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  • proper noun A space transportation system developed by NASA consisting of a reusable winged orbiter, a set of recoverable booster rockets, and a fuel tank.
  • proper noun The reusable winged orbiter itself.

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Examples

  • As it stands now, the Space Shuttle and other space-bound vehicles have to carry huge tanks of oxygen along board to keep the rocket fuel burning.

    When Supersonic Is Just Too Slow 2010

  • So any questions you have about the Hubble or just life on the Space Shuttle, life in space, send them along, and we'll fire away to Steve.

    CNN Transcript Mar 9, 2002 2002

  • Engineers for USA, the prime Space Shuttle contractor, are using the same technology at the Kennedy Space Center to help build future space vehicles safer and more efficiently.

    Automotive Headlines 2010

  • Engineers for USA, the prime Space Shuttle contractor, are using the same technology at the Kennedy Space Center to help build future space vehicles safer and more efficiently.

    WebWire | Recent Headlines 2010

  • This year, the Space Shuttle fleet is expected to be retired after nearly 30 years of ferrying astronauts and equipment into space.

    DailyTech Main News Feed 2010

  • Engineers for USA, the prime Space Shuttle contractor, are using the same technology at the Kennedy Space Center to help build future space vehicles safer and more efficiently.

    WebWire | Recent Headlines 2010

  • As it stands now, the Space Shuttle and other space-bound vehicles have to carry huge tanks of oxygen along board to keep the rocket fuel burning.

    Technology Technology 2010

  • Engineers for USA, the prime Space Shuttle contractor, are using the same technology at the Kennedy Space Center to help build future space vehicles safer and more efficiently.

    Autoblog 2010

  • Landsat 5 was constructed with extra fuel systems so it could be brought down to a lower orbit for potential repair by the Space Shuttle vehicles.

    USGS Newsroom 2009

  • And the monoliths ... the biggest thing technology can lift today is the Space Shuttle, right?

    The Wire 2009

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