space shuttle
noun
: a reusable spacecraft designed to transport people and cargo between earth and space
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The longest-serving spacecraft in history, the space shuttle Discovery, only flew a few dozen times before it was retired in 2011.
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Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
Hubble launched on April 24, 1990, stowed inside the cargo bay of space shuttle Discovery.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Cornyn alleged in a statement that the Obama administration blocked Houston from receiving a space shuttle for political reasons.
—ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2025
During his first administration, Mr. Trump chose Jim Bridenstine, a former congressman from Oklahoma, and Joseph Biden chose Bill Nelson, a former Florida senator who flew on the space shuttle Columbia in 1986.
—Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
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Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
Hubble launched on April 24, 1990, stowed inside the cargo bay of space shuttle Discovery.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Cornyn alleged in a statement that the Obama administration blocked Houston from receiving a space shuttle for political reasons.
—ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2025
During his first administration, Mr. Trump chose Jim Bridenstine, a former congressman from Oklahoma, and Joseph Biden chose Bill Nelson, a former Florida senator who flew on the space shuttle Columbia in 1986.
—Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Space shuttle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/space%20shuttle. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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