space shuttle
noun
: a reusable spacecraft designed to transport people and cargo between earth and space
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The visitor complex was built in 1967 as a place for astronauts and their families to observe space center operations, and today visitors can touch a piece of the moon, stand nose-to-nose with a real space shuttle and experience a simulated rocket launch.
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Mariette Williams, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
The Challenger space shuttle disaster in 1986 came after warnings from engineers were repeatedly suppressed and ignored.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025
As later vehicles, such as NASA's space shuttle orbiters and SpaceX's Dragon capsules, became reusable, names were used to help engage the public and impart a sense of character to each craft.
—Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
Her parents Jeanie and Harry also took her to Edwards Air Force Base in the high desert to watch occasional landings of the space shuttle.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
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Mariette Williams, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
The Challenger space shuttle disaster in 1986 came after warnings from engineers were repeatedly suppressed and ignored.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025
As later vehicles, such as NASA's space shuttle orbiters and SpaceX's Dragon capsules, became reusable, names were used to help engage the public and impart a sense of character to each craft.
—Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
Her parents Jeanie and Harry also took her to Edwards Air Force Base in the high desert to watch occasional landings of the space shuttle.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
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“Space shuttle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/space%20shuttle. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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