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space shuttle

NOUN
reusable spacecraft
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The Space Shuttle Endeavour, NASA’s final space shuttle, will soon be available again for public viewing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 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

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

MapleG: No, but we did get to watch a space shuttle launch.

From "Doing Time Online" by Jan Siebold


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