space shuttle
noun
: a reusable spacecraft designed to transport people and cargo between earth and space
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The fleet of space shuttle orbiters supported satellite deployment and microgravity research on orbital missions of up to 17 days.
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Emily A. Margolis, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2026
Astronauts will bring a flag flown during the first space shuttle mission, the last mission and the first cargo mission, Dragon SpaceX, on the Orion spacecraft to celebrate these milestones in space aviation history.
—Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
For example, the last liftoff of the space shuttle Discovery in February 2011 generated as many as 500,000 visitors, according to tourism numbers available at the time.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 30 Mar. 2026
Original crew members, NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, who was originally slated to be commander but would have been making her first spaceflight, and Stephanie Wilson, a veteran of three space shuttle flights, were pulled from the mission.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
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Emily A. Margolis, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2026
Astronauts will bring a flag flown during the first space shuttle mission, the last mission and the first cargo mission, Dragon SpaceX, on the Orion spacecraft to celebrate these milestones in space aviation history.
—Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
For example, the last liftoff of the space shuttle Discovery in February 2011 generated as many as 500,000 visitors, according to tourism numbers available at the time.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 30 Mar. 2026
Original crew members, NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, who was originally slated to be commander but would have been making her first spaceflight, and Stephanie Wilson, a veteran of three space shuttle flights, were pulled from the mission.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
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