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Space shuttle, partially reusable rocket-launched vehicle designed to go into orbit around Earth, to transport people and cargo to and from orbiting spacecraft, and to glide to a runway landing on its return to Earth’s surface that was developed by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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Glossary – Space Shuttle
- The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated for 30 years from 1981 to 2011 by NASA.
- The Space Shuttle was the world’s first reusable spacecraft, and the first spacecraft in history that can carry large satellites both to and from orbit.
- The Shuttle launches like a rocket, maneuvers in Earth orbit like a spacecraft and lands like an airplane.
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