space shuttle
noun
: a reusable spacecraft designed to transport people and cargo between earth and space
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The companies were chosen by NASA after the agency had to rely on the Russian program to send U.S. astronauts to the station when the space shuttle program was ended in 2011.
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Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
Measuring 30 feet long by 15 feet wide, the plane features a lifting body and innovative wings that enable it to land on a runway in the style of NASA’s now defunct space shuttle.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 21 May 2024
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Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
Measuring 30 feet long by 15 feet wide, the plane features a lifting body and innovative wings that enable it to land on a runway in the style of NASA’s now defunct space shuttle.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 21 May 2024
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“Space shuttle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/space%20shuttle. Accessed 2 Jun. 2024.
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