space shuttle
noun
: a reusable spacecraft designed to transport people and cargo between earth and space
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Marc Garneau, who made three flights on NASA's space shuttle missions, died on Wednesday (June 4), after what his family described as a short illness.
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Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 5 June 2025
In 1986, the space shuttle broke apart only 73 seconds into its flight, killing every member of its seven-person crew.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 3 June 2025
Thirty-five years ago, in April of 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit aboard the space shuttle Discovery.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2025
Moskowitz has reported live from rocket launches, space shuttle liftoffs and landings, suborbital spaceflight training, mountaintop observatories, and more.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 26 May 2025
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Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 5 June 2025
In 1986, the space shuttle broke apart only 73 seconds into its flight, killing every member of its seven-person crew.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 3 June 2025
Thirty-five years ago, in April of 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit aboard the space shuttle Discovery.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2025
Moskowitz has reported live from rocket launches, space shuttle liftoffs and landings, suborbital spaceflight training, mountaintop observatories, and more.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 26 May 2025
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“Space shuttle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/space%20shuttle. Accessed 25 Jun. 2025.
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