How to Use space shuttle in a Sentence

space shuttle

noun
  • The toilet on the space shuttle did break from time to time.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Forty years ago, a space shuttle exploded.
    — Harvey Young, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Parts of the twin solid rocket boosters also flew on space shuttle missions.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 1 Apr. 2026
  • One lost bag contained a custom Nikon camera designed for the space shuttle.
    — Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Sadly, Challenger didn't remain the lone space shuttle tragedy.
    — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The engine has flown in space 19 times before on three different space shuttles.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The tug-of-war over space shuttle Discovery is becoming more volatile.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Ride spent six days in orbit on the space shuttle Challenger and became a national hero.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 16 June 2026
  • What happened to the space shuttle Columbia?
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
  • In other words, trust was the layer that held the entire space shuttle program together.
    — Dave Smith, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Cornyn later said that Duffy approved sending a space shuttle to Houston.
    — Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 8 Aug. 2025
  • The first Canadarm made its debut flight on the second space shuttle mission in 1981.
    — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 12 June 2026
  • Finally, there's the question of how to physically move the space shuttle.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The space shuttle initially saw the return to coveralls and two-piece flight suits that were worn throughout the entire mission.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2026
  • This is the kind of movie that could have been made in the era of moon landings and space shuttles, when the general public found science trustworthy and wondrous.
    — G. Allen Johnson, Houston Chronicle, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Now, some of these seats can cost as much as a ride on the space shuttle, especially for the opening ceremonies and the finals of the most popular events.
    — Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 31 Dec. 2025
  • After the Apollo moon mission program ended in 1972, the crawlers were used to haul space shuttles to launch pads.
    — George Petras, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026
  • In comparison, the space shuttle orbiters were 184 feet long with 78-foot wingspan.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
  • For example, early in the space shuttle's 30-year history, launches often took place every few weeks.
    — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Whereas a space shuttle’s flight deck had more than 2,020 displays and controls, Orion has about 60.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Here's what to know about the space shuttle Discovery, and the ongoing battle to transfer the vehicle to Texas.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 22 Jan. 2026
  • For instance, Boeing played foundational roles in the Apollo program and space shuttle.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 24 May 2026
  • Over the next three decades, NASA developed and operated the space shuttle.
    — Emily A. Margolis, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2026
  • As that example from the space shuttle days shows, estimates made using scant data are likely to be imprecise and in need of future revision.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 13 Mar. 2026
  • That estimate also doesn't include the cost of constructing a new facility in Houston to serve as the space shuttle's new home.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Orion is equipped with a heat shield, of course—one that combines updates based on knowledge from both Apollo and the space shuttle program, Levasseur notes.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Using walkie-talkies, students clad in white space jumpsuits staffed the makeshift space shuttle — known as Endurance — in six-hour or eight-hour shifts, while others took part in mission control.
    — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026
  • The loss of the space shuttle Columbia and its seven-person crew in 2003 got the same designation.
    — Denise Chow, NBC news, 19 Feb. 2026
  • No, no, but so many things are in peril compared to the support excitement around the ’60s, the space shuttles, the Hubble and Webb telescopes.
    — Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Astronaut candidates falling in love against the detailed historical backdrop of the early space shuttle program?
    — Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 4 Dec. 2025

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