space shuttle
noun
: a reusable spacecraft designed to transport people and cargo between earth and space
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For some people within the agency, the multiple safety reviews for NASA missions are a necessary safeguard after the space shuttle Challenger and Columbia tragedies.
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Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
Sleepless in orbit NASA conducted one of the first experiments on the effects of spaceflight on stem cells in 2010 using the space shuttle Discovery.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
The novel is centered around Joan Goodwin, an astrophysicist who joins the NASA space shuttle program in the 1980s, becoming one of the first female astronauts.
—Katie Mannion, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
In comparison, the space shuttle orbiters were 184 feet long with 78-foot wingspan.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
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Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
Sleepless in orbit NASA conducted one of the first experiments on the effects of spaceflight on stem cells in 2010 using the space shuttle Discovery.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
The novel is centered around Joan Goodwin, an astrophysicist who joins the NASA space shuttle program in the 1980s, becoming one of the first female astronauts.
—Katie Mannion, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
In comparison, the space shuttle orbiters were 184 feet long with 78-foot wingspan.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Space shuttle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/space%20shuttle. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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