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
  • 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
  • The sightseeing from the space shuttle would be pretty hard to beat.
    — Phoebe Neidl, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • They were repurposed from the space shuttle, and each of the engines mounted to the SLS core stage have flown to space before.
    — Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2021
  • For the next four days, the space station will be home to 11 astronauts, just shy of the record of 13 set during NASA’s space shuttle era.
    — Marcia Dunn, orlandosentinel.com, 24 Apr. 2021
  • In ninth grade, Mr. Varia recalls watching a space shuttle launch on TV.
    — New York Times, 22 Oct. 2021
  • The space shuttle was a flawed program, but since the last flight in 2011, the agency hasn’t been able to send people into space on its own.
    — Rich Lowry, National Review, 23 July 2021
  • At the time, the company was the prime contractor for NASA’s space shuttle program.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The final journey for the last space shuttle ever built is complete.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Up in space, the crew members on board space shuttle Atlantis were sleeping.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 23 Nov. 2020
  • This will be the last chance for guests to see the space shuttle up close for years before Endeavour will be on view again at the space center.
    — Saumya Gupta, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
  • The latter starred Peter Weller in the story of a space shuttle crew thrown back in time five years to prevent the destruction of Earth.
    — Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 July 2023
  • That spring, the space agency began test-firing the main engines left over from the space shuttle program.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 15 Nov. 2022
  • The Starliner is Boeing’s attempt to provide a space shuttle replacement that can go to space and come back.
    — Melvin Backman, Quartz, 5 June 2024
  • Must-do activities: Explore the Astronaut Hall of Fame and space shuttle exhibits.
    — Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024

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