space shuttle
noun
: a reusable spacecraft designed to transport people and cargo between earth and space
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It was created in 1959 to support the United States' first crewed spaceflight program, Project Mercury, and later supported the space shuttle program.
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Brett Tingley, Space.com, 30 Apr. 2025
It's been used as wake up music for multiple crews on the Discovery and Atlantis space shuttles.
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—Neda Ulaby, NPR, 9 Apr. 2025
The longest-serving spacecraft in history, the space shuttle Discovery, only flew a few dozen times before it was retired in 2011.
—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
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Brett Tingley, Space.com, 30 Apr. 2025
It's been used as wake up music for multiple crews on the Discovery and Atlantis space shuttles.
4.
—Neda Ulaby, NPR, 9 Apr. 2025
The longest-serving spacecraft in history, the space shuttle Discovery, only flew a few dozen times before it was retired in 2011.
—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
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“Space shuttle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/space%20shuttle. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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