space shuttle
noun
: a reusable spacecraft designed to transport people and cargo between earth and space
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The delay comes roughly a decade after NASA awarded Boeing a more than $4 billion contract as part of the agency's Commercial Crew Program, which pays private companies to ferry astronauts to and from the space station after the space shuttle was retired in 2011.
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John Helton, NPR, 18 May 2024
As the group cheers accelerating out of their small Oregon town, the film’s sound mix grows into the furious turbulence of a space shuttle breaking out of the Earth’s atmosphere.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 9 May 2024
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John Helton, NPR, 18 May 2024
As the group cheers accelerating out of their small Oregon town, the film’s sound mix grows into the furious turbulence of a space shuttle breaking out of the Earth’s atmosphere.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 9 May 2024
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“Space shuttle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/space%20shuttle. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
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