space shuttle
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has already cut the cost of reaching space by 95% relative to the space shuttle.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
In the 1980s, we heard about the space shuttle, a reusable spacecraft that would be used for Earth-to-orbit missions, including eventually to the International Space Station.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
When a young Glover watched a space shuttle launch on television, he immediately wanted to drive the thing.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
Nasa's "Type A" grade puts the Starliner incident at the same level assigned to the fatal 2023 Columbia and 1986 Challenger space shuttle disasters.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026
We’d toured historic launch sites and working spaceflight facilities, strapped in for an eight-and-a-half-minute simulated space shuttle ascent into orbit, and met astronaut Fred Gregory.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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