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, 11 Aug. 2025
Of course, that's a hard pass, and the whole trip ends with Sue giving birth in a space shuttle escape back to Earth.
—Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 27 July 2025
Another key memory for Walshe, 51, and O’Connell, 46, was the Challenger space shuttle disaster in 1986.
—Hugh Morris, New York Times, 25 July 2025
Mike Fincke, 58, is beginning his fourth spaceflight after previous launches on Russian Soyuz spacecraft and NASA's space shuttle.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2025
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Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 11 Aug. 2025
Of course, that's a hard pass, and the whole trip ends with Sue giving birth in a space shuttle escape back to Earth.
—Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 27 July 2025
Another key memory for Walshe, 51, and O’Connell, 46, was the Challenger space shuttle disaster in 1986.
—Hugh Morris, New York Times, 25 July 2025
Mike Fincke, 58, is beginning his fourth spaceflight after previous launches on Russian Soyuz spacecraft and NASA's space shuttle.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2025
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“Space shuttle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/space%20shuttle. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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