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space shuttle

NOUN
reusable spacecraft
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Astronaut Danny Olivas explains the space shuttle program’s significance and what it means for Endeavour to return to launch position in Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Its two-mile runway is so long it was once an emergency backup for the US space shuttle programme.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

In 2004, a Senate subcommittee gathered on Capitol Hill to ask a question that now sounds quaint: Could America still reach space without the space shuttle?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

He first flew aboard space shuttle Atlantis on the STS-129 mission to the International Space Station in 2009.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 11, 2026

How often can you watch a space shuttle launch?

From "Doing Time Online" by Jan Siebold


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