How to Use space shuttle in a Sentence

space shuttle

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Definition of space shuttlenext
  • The loss of the space shuttle was a wrenching tragedy for NASA, the nation, and the world.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 1 Feb. 2023
  • No, this is not the plot of a kitschy sci-fi film where the space shuttles make a comeback.
    — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Two of the engines were a part of the very last space shuttle mission in 2011.
    — Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2021
  • The vehicle’s wings aren’t as big as the space shuttle’s.
    — Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2019
  • But Musk isn't the only one working on a space shuttle.
    — Fox News, 12 Oct. 2019
  • By the time the space shuttle flew for the first time in 1981, NASA was itching to put it to use building a space station.
    — Daniel Oberhaus, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Sep. 2020
  • Both have flown to space aboard the space shuttle and Russia's Soyuz crew ferry ship.
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 5 May 2024
  • In 1998, John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, took a piece of the fabric on his flight aboard the space shuttle.
    — Anne Saker, The Enquirer, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Beavis and Butt-Head excel at it and are asked to join the space shuttle mission in a PR move.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 27 June 2022
  • In 1995, Eileen Collins became the first woman to pilot the space shuttle.
    — National Geographic, 23 July 2019
  • The sightseeing from the space shuttle would be pretty hard to beat.
    — Phoebe Neidl, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2021
  • When the space shuttle blasts off, two-thirds of its fuel is consumed in the first 20 minutes of flight.
    — Josh Linkner, Detroit Free Press, 19 Oct. 2019
  • At the time the Hubble Space Telescope was still five years away from launching on a space shuttle.
    — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 14 Sep. 2022
  • My son sat in church the next day with his legs dangling off the pew clutching his small space shuttle toy.
    — Leslie Anne Tarabella, al.com, 23 July 2019
  • The engines used in the core stage of the Space Launch System are repurposed main engines from the space shuttle.
    — Christopher Cokinos, Discover Magazine, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The industry also built parts of the space shuttle fleet.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2019
  • Our space shuttle docked with the Russian space station Mir.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 7 July 2022
  • Up goes the volume to space shuttle levels, the strobe machines switch to double-time.
    — Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 25 July 2022
  • The first commercial space shuttle sends loony Ted and his former girlfriend on a trip to the moon.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2019
  • For more than eight years since the last space shuttle flight, no person has launched to orbit from the United States.
    — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2020
  • The plan is for astronauts to take the space shuttle Orion to the Gateway, then shuttle back and forth to the surface of the moon from there.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2019
  • The space shuttle program was launched following the Apollo-era mission to land on the moon.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2022
  • More than a decade after the last space shuttle took flight, NASA’s almost ready to launch a rocket once again.
    — Ramin Skibba, Wired, 17 Mar. 2022
  • How does the Tenacity spaceplane compare to the space shuttle?
    — Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Launched to the station in 2011 aboard the next-to-last space shuttle mission, the AMS was designed to operate for three years.
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2019
  • The missions included two human spaceflights by SpaceX—the first from the U.S. since the end of the space shuttle program in 2011.
    — Irene Klotz, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Those have been modified over time but are based on a 45-year-old design from the space shuttle era.
    — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Mriya wasn’t easy to fly, especially with a space shuttle strapped to its back.
    — New York Times, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Atmosphere is no exception: 1981 saw the launch of the first space shuttle.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2024
  • All of these missions were launched on rockets that have either retired or are nearing retirement: the Atlas V, the Titan, and the space shuttle, to name a few.
    — Ars Technica, 26 Nov. 2024

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