space shuttle

noun

: a reusable spacecraft designed to transport people and cargo between earth and space

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The company this year opened its 100,000-square-foot facility adjacent to the former space shuttle landing site under a lease announced in 2023 from Space Florida, the state’s aerospace finance and development authority. Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 July 2025 Led by seven-time space shuttle mission specialist Jerry Ross, the seven other astronauts at the event included fellow shuttle veterans Roy Bridges, Mark Polansky and Charlie Walker, as well as suborbital fliers Sirisha Bandla, Marc Eagle, Beth Moses and Audrey Powers. Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 23 July 2025 The optimism of the era and the wonder of space exploration are also key to Taylor Jenkin Reid’s latest novel, Atmosphere, which follows Joan Goodwin, a member of the 1980s space shuttle program (and only the second class of female astronauts at NASA ever). Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 15 July 2025 Senator calls out Texas for trying to steal space shuttle. ArsTechnica, 11 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for space shuttle

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First Known Use

1950, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of space shuttle was in 1950

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“Space shuttle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/space%20shuttle. Accessed 28 Jul. 2025.

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space shuttle

noun
: a spacecraft designed to transport people and cargo between earth and space that can be used repeatedly

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