a reusable vehicle that can carry people or objects into orbit around the earth and return to be used again for subsequent trips; -- distinguished from rockets that are used only once. The present (1997) American space shuttle is a manned vehicle, having an external fuel tank that is expendable and not re-used.
The space craft developed by NASA. The American President ordered the shuttle to be launched to investigate space ships and a base on the Moon. It was crewed by Morgan Evans and Dave Ricardo. Before it reached the Moon it was destroyed by a Thargon ship during a battle with the Sorsons. The crew were rescued by the Tomorrow People.
a reusable spacecraft designed to transport people and cargo between earth and space
Reusable spaceship currently used for all U.S. manned space missions
() a reusable space vehicle designed to carry people, spacecraft, and equipment to and from Earth
a reusable spacecraft with wings for a controlled descent through the Earth's atmosphere
a manned spacecraft used to transport crews and materials into orbit on short missions that have a particular purpose
a relatively fragile compartment housing crew and cargo and perched precariously on a huge propulsion system that is essentially a controlled bomb
a reusable space vehicle which was developed by NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) in the United States
a reusable United States space vehicle
a spacecraft which carries people and materials into space. It is launched like a rocket, but lands like a plane and can be used again.
A partially reusable space transportation system that can carry people and cargo; built to replace launch vehicles that could only be used once.
The reusable space vehicle, consisting of an orbiter, external tank, and two solid rocket boosters, that carries humans and other payloads into Earth orbit.
People fly in NASA's space shuttle to go into Earth orbit and return to Earth again. There have been over 100 Space Shuttle flights into orbit. The first space shuttle, STS-1 Columbia (OV-102), launched on April 12, 1981 (from Florida), and landed April 14, 1981 (at Edwards Air Force Base, CA). NASA's orbiter vehicles include Atlantis, Challenger, Columbia, Discovery, and Endeavor.
Developed by the U.S. to improve its access to space. Since the first flight in April 1981, the Shuttle has carried more than 2.8 million pounds of cargo and hundreds of people into space. The Shuttle is the first and only reusable space vehicle. The Shuttle can be configured to carry many different types of equipment, spacecraft and scientific experiments. The Shuttle also allows astronauts to service and repair satellites and observatories in space, as was demonstrated with the successful repair of the Hubble Space Telescope in December 1999.
The principal vehicle, consisting of a manned orbiter powered by liquid-fuel rocket engines, an external tank for liquid fuel and two solid-fuel rockets, use by the United States to place payloads into orbits as high as several hundred miles above Earth's surface.
A reusable U.S. spacecraft operated by astronauts and used to transport cargo, such as satellites, into space. The spacecraft uses rockets to launch into space, but it lands like an airplane. A space shuttle carried the Hubble Space Telescope into space in 1990. Astronauts aboard subsequent space shuttles have visited the telescope to service it.
NASA's Space Shuttle, officially called Space Transportation System (STS), is the United States government's current manned launch vehicle. A total of five usable orbiters were built, of which three remain. The winged shuttle orbiter is launched vertically, usually carrying five to seven astronauts (although eight have been carried and eleven could be accommodated in an emergency) and up to 50,000 lb (22,700 kg) of payload into low earth orbit.