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shuttle

[shuht-l] / ˈʃʌt l /


VERB
travel back and forth
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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

Together, these capture both direct Hormuz movements and Gulf of Oman-linked flows that may involve “dark” transits, shuttle tanker movements or offshore transfers, Smith said.

From MarketWatch • 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

The journey via the direct shuttle will be around 40 minutes each way.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Antigravity starts up, and the shuttle slows, then stops, hovering at the same level as the ship.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera




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