space shuttle
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Tweet n. A reusable spacecraft with wings for controlled descent in the atmosphere, designed to transport astronauts between Earth and an orbiting space station and also used to deploy and retrieve satellites. (click for a larger image) space shuttlespace shuttle Discovery landing at Kennedy Space Center in Florida in March 2009 |
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