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

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

To an extent, Ship's descent profile is not very unlike the space shuttles, except for its actual touchdown, which differs significantly. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 10 July 2026

But even as Moon landings, space shuttles, and reusable rockets seized the headlines, Link, along with a stubborn handful of engineers, explorers, and flat-out dreamers, kept plumbing the ocean instead. — Bill Gourgey, Popular Science, 2 July 2026

Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Samokutyaev, who served twice as a crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS), including during the final US space shuttle mission in 2011, has died at the age of 56. — Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 18 June 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