space shuttle

noun

: a reusable spacecraft designed to transport people and cargo between earth and space

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The law also sets a deadline of Jan. 4, 2027, for the transportation of the space shuttle to be completed. Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 8 July 2025 Day 1 on the job, Lois is in deadly peril when a space shuttle launched from the back of a jet fails to disengage and rockets into space with the jet still attached and Lois onboard. Kirk Honeycutt, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2025 Ezri was especially buoyed to continue reaching for the stars by three-time space shuttle astronaut Dr. Jan Davis, who spoke to campers. Melissa Willets, Parents, 4 July 2025 The parliamentarian also rejected language in the bill to appropriate $85 million to transfer the space shuttle in display at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum to a nonprofit group in Houston. Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 27 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for space shuttle

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First Known Use

1950, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of space shuttle was in 1950

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“Space shuttle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/space%20shuttle. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.

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space shuttle

noun
: a spacecraft designed to transport people and cargo between earth and space that can be used repeatedly

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