space shuttle
noun
: a reusable spacecraft designed to transport people and cargo between earth and space
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In 1986, while serving on the commission to investigate the Challenger disaster, Feynman conceived of a famous demonstration—involving a piece of rubber and a glass of ice water—to show that the O-ring seals in the space shuttle’s rockets became unreliable at low temperatures.
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Alec Nevala-Lee
june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
We are joined this week by Dr. John Grunsfeld, who flew five times on the space shuttle and spent over 50 hours on Hubble servicing missions to keep those incredible images coming.
—Space.com Staff, Space.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Marc Garneau, who made three flights on NASA's space shuttle missions, died on Wednesday (June 4), after what his family described as a short illness.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 5 June 2025
In 1986, the space shuttle broke apart only 73 seconds into its flight, killing every member of its seven-person crew.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 3 June 2025
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Alec Nevala-Lee
june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
We are joined this week by Dr. John Grunsfeld, who flew five times on the space shuttle and spent over 50 hours on Hubble servicing missions to keep those incredible images coming.
—Space.com Staff, Space.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Marc Garneau, who made three flights on NASA's space shuttle missions, died on Wednesday (June 4), after what his family described as a short illness.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 5 June 2025
In 1986, the space shuttle broke apart only 73 seconds into its flight, killing every member of its seven-person crew.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 3 June 2025
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“Space shuttle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/space%20shuttle. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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