shuttle
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While horrifying, the space-obsessed couldn’t have been wholly shocked when the Columbia disaster of 2003 echoed that of Challenger; that the shuttle program had flown nearly 90 missions in the intervening 17 years barely registered.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
The next year President George W. Bush announced the shuttle would be retired in 2010.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
The dimness of the shuttle gallery also assists in the immersive fantasy, both as an artistic choice and a practical one due to the shuttle’s sensitivity to light.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
The Samuel Oschin Air & Space Center will be split into three galleries — air, space and shuttle — containing aerospace artifacts and hands-on exhibits demonstrating scientific principles.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
Crick’s monotone voice speaks through the comm unit connected to our corpomonitor, “Depart the shuttle, Zeta unit.”
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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