space shuttle
noun
: a reusable spacecraft designed to transport people and cargo between earth and space
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Moskowitz has reported live from rocket launches, space shuttle liftoffs and landings, suborbital spaceflight training, mountaintop observatories, and more.
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Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 9 Dec. 2025
Debris left bullet-like cracks in the windshield of the space shuttle Challenger during Sally Ride’s first flight in 1983.
—Maggie Koerth, CNN Money, 8 Dec. 2025
With the space shuttle Challenger accident in January 1986, Jenkins' report was quietly put on the back burner, Ladwig said.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 5 Dec. 2025
After the Columbia space shuttle exploded during reentry to the Earth's atmosphere in 2003, killing all seven astronauts aboard, NASA suspended all space flights.
—Maham Javaid The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 30 Nov. 2025
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Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 9 Dec. 2025
Debris left bullet-like cracks in the windshield of the space shuttle Challenger during Sally Ride’s first flight in 1983.
—Maggie Koerth, CNN Money, 8 Dec. 2025
With the space shuttle Challenger accident in January 1986, Jenkins' report was quietly put on the back burner, Ladwig said.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 5 Dec. 2025
After the Columbia space shuttle exploded during reentry to the Earth's atmosphere in 2003, killing all seven astronauts aboard, NASA suspended all space flights.
—Maham Javaid The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 30 Nov. 2025
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“Space shuttle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/space%20shuttle. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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