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

The real Hubble Space Telescope was launched on the space shuttle Discovery and deployed by the STS-31 crew in 1990. — Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 3 Aug. 2026

Set in the 1980s during the NASA space shuttle program, this suspenseful novel reveals the complexity behind every expedition, following the relationships and obstacles while conveying a love of exploring the unknown. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 31 July 2026

In 1978 Hoffman was selected as an astronaut to fly on NASA’s space shuttle. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 July 2026

Also of concern has been its sonic boom potential during both booster landings and upper stage Starship return-to-launch-site flights that would bring it across Central Florida similar to how the space shuttle used to land back at KSC. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 July 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