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shut·tle
/ ˈshətl/
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n.
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a form of transportation that travels regularly between two places:
the nine o'clock shuttle from Boston |
[as adj.]
a shuttle bus service from the city center.
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short for space shuttle.
2.
a wooden device with two pointed ends holding a bobbin, used for carrying the weft thread between the warp threads in weaving.
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a bobbin carrying the lower thread in a sewing machine.
3.
short for shuttlecock.
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v. [intr.]
travel regularly between two or more places:
a container ship that shuttled between Rotterdam and the Persian Gulf.
∎ [tr.]
transport in a shuttle:
the river taxi shuttled employees between the newspaper's offices and the capital.
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 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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SPACE SHUTTLES STREAMLINE FOR NEW MILLENNIUM; NEW DESIGNS KEEP FLEET APACE.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 6/1/1999; 700+ words
; ...visible sign of changes in the shuttles, but a lot of the other modifications...its next flight. ``The shuttle will be flying for a long...updating, officials say, these shuttles could conceivably fly for...years. Elric McHenry, the shuttle program development manager...longer than that.'' Other ...
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Space shuttles safer after modification
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 12/8/2006; 606 words
; ...National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA...been made in the space shuttles, which would minimise the risk of the shuttle catching fire both while...least possibilities of shuttle disaster both in space...changes in the space shuttle modules have been ...
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Space Shuttles Bound to Technologies of the Past
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/25/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...evaluated was the space shuttle's robotic arm...America's space shuttles, once heralded...vital parts of the shuttles are obsolete, and...reliable -- the shuttle fleet's intensifying...cheap way to access space. It was neither...plans to fly 50 shuttle missions a year...
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Are Space Shuttles Too Old to Keep Flying? -- Many people, including former engineers at NASA, say wear and tear have taken toll
Newspaper article from: Yakima Herald-Republic; 5/27/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...developing a new spacecraft. The shuttle can be salvaged with newer...systems, Eastlake said. The shuttle's aluminum structure...spanned Gemini, Apollo and the space shuttle, disagrees. He believes the shuttles shouldn't fly in their...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Officials find new threat to fleet of space shuttles
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 6/13/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...new threat to future space shuttles -- a 40-pound bolt...rocket boosters to the shuttle's external fuel tank...Smith, who studies the space program at the Congressional...tie any decline in shuttle funding to the February...insulating foam might damage shuttles on takeoff. The budget ...
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Digital Cameras Urged For Space Shuttles; Crucial Moments Could Be Monitored, Board Says
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/31/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...reinforced carbon panels on shuttle wings' leading edges; requiring routine imaging of each shuttle flight while in orbit; developing...practicable range" of damage to shuttles while orbiting in space or docked at the international...three useful views of the shuttle from liftoff to at ...
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Space shuttles never lived up to expectations
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 4/10/2006; ; 575 words
; ...70s, NASA touted the space shuttle as reliable, economical...years of flight, the shuttles were often over budget...anniversary of the first shuttle flight, which had astronauts...took center stage. The shuttle that emerged was quite...that wanted to use the shuttles for deploying ...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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Telling the hawk from the handsaw. (differences between the Soviet and American space shuttles)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 11/5/1988; 700+ words
; ...uninitiated eye, one space shuttle looks much like the next. The Soviet shuttle Buran-the name means...similarities to the three shuttles in America's fleet...s, or parts of a space station, or parts...foreseeable future-the shuttle is just one of its components. America's ...
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Space shuttles for sale. Asking price? Out of this world.(N)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 12/21/2008; 700+ words
; ...obtaining a genuine space shuttle that it's really...the three remaining shuttles - now scheduled to...controlled indoor display space." Staff members at...seek payment for a shuttle but would not commentuntil...interest in displaying a shuttle include the Smithsonian...of three ...
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NASA's Space Shuttles Likely to Continue Operations Until More Options Surface.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 2/9/2003; 700+ words
; ...s three remaining space shuttles, based on a design...must still rely on the shuttle. Liftoff for a viable...The fact is, the space shuttle is a virtual Swiss army...likely to remain with the space shuttle, which can carry about...
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Space Shuttle
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...included deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope in 1990. Beginning...station Mir. In late 1998, the shuttle Endeavour transported Unity...orbit. The February 2000 Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) aboard the space shuttle Endeavour collected information...surface. The original ...
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The Space Shuttle Program
Book article from: Space Exploration: Triumphs and Tragedies
The Space Shuttle Program It will revolutionize...1972 The U.S. space shuttle was supposed to make...conceivers envisioned shuttles regularly transporting...National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA...1981 and 2007 space shuttles flew only 120 times...times ...
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space shuttle
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
space shuttle reusable U.S. space vehicle...were corrected. Missions of the space shuttle have included the transport of the...Atlantis accomplished the first of nine shuttle- Mir (Russian space station ) docking maneuvers and crew...
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Space Shuttle, Private Operations
Book article from: Space Sciences
Space Shuttle, Private Operations In the early twenty...the International Space Station. The Space Shuttle's Limitations Despite the shuttle...result of policy made after the 1986 space shuttle Challenger explosion that killed seven...
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shuttle
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...regularly between two places: the nine o'clock shuttle from Boston | [as adj. ] a shuttle bus service from the city center. ∎ short for space shuttle . 2. a wooden device with two pointed ends...
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