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space shuttle

space shuttle noun: any vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between the Earth's surface and outer space carrying people or cargo.

Noun (1)

space shuttle (plural space shuttles)

  1. Any vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between the Earth's surface and outer space carrying people or cargo.
  2. Any vehicle capable of repeatedly travelling between destinations in outer space carrying people or cargo.

Noun (2) capitalized: Space Shuttle

Space Shuttle (plural Space Shuttles)

  1. A space transportation system developed by NASA consisting of a reusable winged orbiter, a set of recoverable booster rockets, and a fuel tank.
  2. The reusable winged orbiter of this system.

space shuttle meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Sinhala

space shuttle in Hindi

vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
अंतरिक्ष यान antrikṣ yān, अंतरिक्ष शटल antrikṣ śaṭal

space shuttle in Tamil

vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
விண்ணோடம் viṇṇōṭam

space shuttle in Urdu

vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
خلائی شٹل xalāī śaṭal

space shuttle in Sinhala

vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
අභ්යවකාශ ෂටල abhyawakāśa ṣaṭala
More languagesFewer languages
space shuttle in Arabic
مَكُوك فَضَاء makūk faḍāʔ
space shuttle in Persian
شاتل فضایی šâtel-e fazâyi
space shuttle in Thai
กระสวยอวกาศ grà-sǔai-à-wá-gàat
space shuttle in Vietnamese
tàu con thoi
space shuttle in Myanmar
အာကာသလွန်းပျံ akasa.lwan:pyam

Forms of space shuttle

pluralspace shuttles
pluralSpace Shuttles

Questions about space shuttle

What does space shuttle mean?
Space shuttle means any vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between the Earth's surface and outer space carrying people or cargo.
What is space shuttle in Hindi?
Space shuttle in Hindi is अंतरिक्ष यान (antrikṣ yān), अंतरिक्ष शटल (antrikṣ śaṭal). See Space shuttle meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is space shuttle?
Space shuttle is a noun.
What is the plural of space shuttle?
The plural of space shuttle is space shuttles.

Words near space shuttle in the dictionary

  1. space sciences
  2. space sexology
  3. space shifting
  4. space ship
  5. space ships
  6. space shuttle
  7. space shuttles
  8. space sickness
  9. space simulator
  10. space simulators
  11. space station

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