space shuttle noun

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n [C usually singular]

Definition

a vehicle in which people travel into space and back again, sometimes carrying a satellite or other equipment into orbit (= a curved path through space)

(Definition of space shuttle noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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