How to Use space shuttle in a Sentence

space shuttle

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  • The loss of the space shuttle was a wrenching tragedy for NASA, the nation, and the world.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 1 Feb. 2023
  • No, this is not the plot of a kitschy sci-fi film where the space shuttles make a comeback.
    — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Beavis and Butt-Head excel at it and are asked to join the space shuttle mission in a PR move.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 27 June 2022
  • At the time the Hubble Space Telescope was still five years away from launching on a space shuttle.
    — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The engines used in the core stage of the Space Launch System are repurposed main engines from the space shuttle.
    — Christopher Cokinos, Discover Magazine, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Our space shuttle docked with the Russian space station Mir.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 7 July 2022
  • Up goes the volume to space shuttle levels, the strobe machines switch to double-time.
    — Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 25 July 2022
  • The space shuttle program was launched following the Apollo-era mission to land on the moon.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2022
  • More than a decade after the last space shuttle took flight, NASA’s almost ready to launch a rocket once again.
    — Ramin Skibba, Wired, 17 Mar. 2022
  • How does the Tenacity spaceplane compare to the space shuttle?
    — Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Those have been modified over time but are based on a 45-year-old design from the space shuttle era.
    — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Mriya wasn’t easy to fly, especially with a space shuttle strapped to its back.
    — New York Times, 22 Apr. 2022
  • At the time, the company was the prime contractor for NASA’s space shuttle program.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The final journey for the last space shuttle ever built is complete.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2024
  • This will be the last chance for guests to see the space shuttle up close for years before Endeavour will be on view again at the space center.
    — Saumya Gupta, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
  • The latter starred Peter Weller in the story of a space shuttle crew thrown back in time five years to prevent the destruction of Earth.
    — Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 July 2023
  • That spring, the space agency began test-firing the main engines left over from the space shuttle program.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Its newest set is for the space shuttle Discovery, which clocks in at a whopping 2,354 pieces.
    — Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2021
  • Before the summer games in Atlanta in 1996, an Olympic torch flew aboard the space shuttle Columbia.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Built from luminous white and bright-blue plastic and resembling the nose of a space shuttle, the iMac looked like nothing else.
    — PCMAG, 27 July 2022
  • The disaster shocked the nation — and led to an immediate pause in the space shuttle program.
    — Brittany Kasko, Fox News, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser, a spaceplane that looks like a miniature version of the space shuttle.
    — Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2021
  • There were still 50 space shuttle flights to go before the program's completion.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 29 Apr. 2022
  • The iPhone was still a decade from being introduced by Apple and the space shuttle Atlantis was blasting off on its 19th flight.
    — Aliyah Thomas, ABC News, 12 May 2022
  • The new suits are meant to replace the existing ones, which have been modified over time but are based on a 45-year-old design from the space shuttle era.
    — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2022
  • The paper machine stretched across almost the entire mill floor and trembled like a space shuttle just before liftoff.
    — Matthew Shaer, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2022
  • After piloting the space shuttle, flying a Soyuz and taking space walks, Virts shares the big picture.
    — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2022
  • In the cramped space shuttle, the narrator fantasizes about mundane wonders such as dirt, fire, birds, fish, and fresh air.
    — Nicole Acheampong, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Foster’s Bodegas Portia looks more like a space shuttle launch pad than a winery.
    — Spencer Bailey, Town & Country, 15 June 2023
  • But before their laser altimeter goes to Mars, the team seizes an opportunity to test it on the space shuttle.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2023

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