space shuttle
noun
: a reusable spacecraft designed to transport people and cargo between earth and space
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The collections out there are just unbelievably moving and meaningful, and there’s nothing like standing next to a space shuttle.
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Kayla Randall, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Jan. 2025
Moskowitz has reported live from rocket launches, space shuttle liftoffs and landings, suborbital spaceflight training, mountaintop observatories, and more.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
Kraft recounted fiscal problems plaguing the space shuttle program in 1977 and 1978 that delayed development of the space shuttle’s main engines, thermal protection system, and other flight critical elements.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
Hubble launched to space on April 24, 1990, aboard the space shuttle Discovery.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 27 Dec. 2024
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Kayla Randall, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Jan. 2025
Moskowitz has reported live from rocket launches, space shuttle liftoffs and landings, suborbital spaceflight training, mountaintop observatories, and more.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
Kraft recounted fiscal problems plaguing the space shuttle program in 1977 and 1978 that delayed development of the space shuttle’s main engines, thermal protection system, and other flight critical elements.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
Hubble launched to space on April 24, 1990, aboard the space shuttle Discovery.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Space shuttle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/space%20shuttle. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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