space shuttle
noun
: a reusable spacecraft designed to transport people and cargo between earth and space
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That included the Saturn V rocket, the space shuttles and the lunar roving vehicles — popularly known as moon buggies — that astronauts drove on the moon during the last three Apollo missions in 1971 and 1972.
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Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
Crews aboard the recovery ships Liberty Star and Freedom Star retrieve a reusable right solid rocket booster (below) after a space shuttle mission.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
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Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
Crews aboard the recovery ships Liberty Star and Freedom Star retrieve a reusable right solid rocket booster (below) after a space shuttle mission.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
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“Space shuttle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/space%20shuttle. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
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