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space shuttle Definition

space shuttle

noun

a manned, airplanelike spacecraft designed for shuttling back and forth, as between the earth and a space station, transporting personnel and equipment

space shuttle Usage Examples

Preposition: into

  • sun: Fly my space shuttle into the sun on my 105th birthday.

Converse of object

  • replace: Bucky tube elevators could reach outer space, thereby replacing cumbersome space shuttles.
  • see: One was seeing the space shuttle fly over my school, the other was seeing the Challenger disaster on Newsround.

Adjective modifier

  • first: American Bonnie, 57, was one of the scientists who worked on the first space shuttle.
  • American: An American space shuttle has crashed, killing all the crew, and this flag is lowered in sympathy.

Modifies a noun

  • mission: Twenty flights, which include 16 space shuttle missions, have already occurred in the ISS era.
  • disaster: The second example concerns the Challenger space shuttle disaster in the ' 80s.
  • flight: Twenty years later Columbia took off on the first space shuttle flight.
  • launch: The rod strained against the surreal backdrop of the space shuttle launch pads.
  • program: His rocket, which reached speeds of 3,500 miles per hour, was the basis of the American space shuttle program.
  • image: Nasa World Map Pick a location - see the space shuttle image.