space shuttle

noun

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

Examples of space shuttle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In 2007, a piece of space debris punched a bullet-like hole through the radiator panel of the US space shuttle Endeavor. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026

The robotic arm would unload the contents of the space shuttle’s payload bay. — Joanna Goodrich, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Sep. 2026

Coming nine years after the space shuttle program’s close, their 2020 test flight to the International Space Station restored America’s ability to launch crews from home soil. — Marcia Dunn, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026

The award was also given to each of the 14 astronauts who died in the space shuttle Challenger and Columbia disasters. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1950, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for space shuttle

• rebuttal
• cuttle
• scuttle
• shtetl
• subtle
• suttle

Kids Definition

space shuttle

noun

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