space shuttle
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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
Williams launched for the first time aboard space shuttle Discovery with STS-116 in December 2006 and returned aboard space shuttle Atlantis with the STS-117 crew.
From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 2026
Almost 40 years after the space shuttle Challenger exploded on Jan. 28, 1986, there are still competing theories to account for how such a catastrophe could happen.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
“The space shuttle program really helped to democratize spaceflight.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025
Kyle flew the space shuttle, making an excellent landing on Mars before crashing into one of Saturn’s moons.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
