space shuttle
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From up in the space shuttle, in 1983, astronaut Sally Ride could see the pollution blotting out her Los Angeles hometown.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
With SpaceX’s forthcoming Starship, launch costs per kilogram are expected to fall to 1% of the costs under the space shuttle.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026
She returned to Earth with the STS-117 crew aboard space shuttle Atlantis.
From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 2026
"I've been always passionate about space, I remember my seventh birthday cake was a space shuttle," explains Farboud Foroughi, an engineering student at the University of Strathclyde.
From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025
This is the first I’ve heard Russ talk about outer space since we watched the space shuttle launch on my roof to mark his birthday.
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
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