Phrase guide

Space Shuttle

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The reusable winged orbiter of this system.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

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

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Any vehicle capable of repeatedly travelling between destinations in outer space carrying people or cargo.

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5

noun

Meaning 5

a reusable spacecraft with wings for a controlled descent through the Earth's atmosphere

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: spacecraft, ballistic capsule, space vehicle

History

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Across languages

Translations

117 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: ruimtependeltuig — a space transportation system
  • Breton: egorvulzun — a space transportation system
  • Breton: egorvulzunoù — a space transportation system
  • Bulgarian: совалка (sovalka) — a space transportation system
  • Chinese Mandarin: 航天飛機 /航天飞机 (hángtiān fēijī) — a space transportation system
  • Danish: rumfærge — a space transportation system
  • Dutch: ruimteveer — a space transportation system
  • Dutch: space shuttle — a space transportation system
  • Finnish: avaruussukkula — a space transportation system
  • French: navette spatiale — a space transportation system
  • German: Spaceshuttle — a space transportation system
  • Hebrew: מעבורת חלל (ma‘boret khalal) — a space transportation system
  • Hungarian: űrsikló — a space transportation system
  • Hungarian: űrrepülőgép — a space transportation system
  • Icelandic: geimflaug — a space transportation system
  • Italian: shuttle — a space transportation system
  • Italian: navetta spaziale — a space transportation system
  • Japanese: スペースシャトル (supēsushatoru) — a space transportation system
  • Korean: 우주왕복선 (ujuwangbokseon) — a space transportation system
  • Korean: 스페이스 셔틀 (seupeiseu syeoteul) — a space transportation system
  • Northern Kurdish: mekok — a space transportation system
  • Navajo: yágháhoníkáángóó ałánátʼahí — a space transportation system
  • Polish: prom kosmiczny — a space transportation system
  • Portuguese: ônibus espacial — a space transportation system
  • Russian: многора́зовый тра́нспортный косми́ческий кора́бль (mnogorázovyj tránsportnyj kosmíčeskij koráblʹ) — a space transportation system
  • Russian: МТКК (MTKK) — a space transportation system
  • Russian: косми́ческий челно́к (kosmíčeskij čelnók) — a space transportation system
  • Russian: спейс-ша́ттл (spɛjs-šáttl) — a space transportation system
  • Russian: шаттл (šattl) — a space transportation system
  • Russian: челно́к (čelnók) — a space transportation system
  • Spanish: transbordador espacial — a space transportation system
  • Swedish: rymdfärja — a space transportation system
  • Thai: กระสวยอวกาศ (gràsŭay àwágàat) — a space transportation system
  • Uyghur: ئالەم ئايرۇپىلانى (alem ayrupilani) — a space transportation system
  • Vietnamese: tàu con thoi — a space transportation system
  • Afrikaans: ruimtependeltuig — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Arabic: مَكُوك فَضَاء (makūk faḍāʔ) — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Belarusian: спэйс шатл (spejs šatl) — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Breton: egorvulzun — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Bulgarian: сова́лка (soválka) — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Bulgarian: косми́ческа сова́лка (kosmíčeska soválka) — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Bulgarian: спейс ша́тъл (spejs šátǎl) — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Burmese: အာကာသလွန်းပျံ (akasa.lwan:pyam) — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Chinese Mandarin: 航天飛機 /航天飞机 (hángtiān fēijī) — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Czech: raketoplán — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Danish: rumfærge — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Dutch: ruimteveer — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Dutch: space shuttle — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Esperanto: kosmopramo — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Estonian: kosmosesüstik — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Faroese: rúmdarferja — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Finnish: avaruussukkula — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • French: navette spatiale — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Saterland Frisian: Ruumtefeer — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • German: Raumfähre — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • German: Weltraumfähre — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • German: (but the historic NASA Space Shuttle usually) Spaceshuttle — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Greek: διαστημικό λεωφορείο (diastimikó leoforeío) — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Hebrew: מַעְבֹּרֶת חָלָל \ מעבורת חלל (ma'bóret khalál) — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Hindi: अंतरिक्ष यान (antrikṣ yān) — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Hindi: अंतरिक्ष शटल (antrikṣ śaṭal) — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Hungarian: űrsikló — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Hungarian: űrrepülőgép — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Icelandic: geimflaug — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Italian: shuttle — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Italian: navetta spaziale — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Japanese: スペースシャトル (supēsu shatoru) — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Javanese: pesawat ulang-alik — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Korean: 우주왕복선 (ujuwangbokseon) — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Korean: 스페이스 셔틀 (seupeiseu syeoteul) — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Northern Kurdish: mekok — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Lao: ກະສວຍອາວະກາດ (ka suāi ʼā wa kāt) — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Latin: navicula sideralis — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Latin: navicula spatialis — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Latin: navicula sideralis circumvolans — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Latvian: kosmoplāns — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Limburgish: ruimteveer — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Lithuanian: daugkartinis erdvėlaivis — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Low German: Ruumfähr — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Luxembourgish: Raumfär — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Macedonian: спејс шатл (spejs šatl) — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Malagasy: sambon-danitra — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Māori: waka kōpiko tuarangi — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Navajo: yágháhoníkáángóó ałánátʼahí — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Norwegian Bokmål: romferge — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Norwegian Bokmål: romferje — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: romferje — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Persian: شاتل فضایی (šâtel-e fazâyi) — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Polish: kosmoplan — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Polish: prom kosmiczny — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Polish: wahadłowiec — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Portuguese: ônibus espacial — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Portuguese: vaivém espacial — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Portuguese: vaivém — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Romanian: navetă spațială — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Russian: многора́зовый тра́нспортный косми́ческий кора́бль (mnogorázovyj tránsportnyj kosmíčeskij koráblʹ) — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Russian: МТКК (MTKK) — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Russian: косми́ческий челно́к (kosmíčeskij čelnók) — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Russian: спейс шаттл (spɛjs šattl) — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Russian: шаттл (šattl) — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Serbo-Croatian: спејс шатл — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Serbo-Croatian: spejs šatl — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Sinhalese: අභ්යවකාශ ෂටල (abhyawakāśa ṣaṭala) — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Slovak: raketoplán — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Slovene: space shuttle — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Spanish: transbordador espacial — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Swedish: rymdfärja — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Tamil: விண்ணோடம் (viṇṇōṭam) — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Thai: กระสวยอวกาศ (grà-sǔai-à-wá-gàat) — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Turkish: uzay mekiği — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Ukrainian: спейс шаттл (spejs šattl) — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Urdu: خلائی شٹل (xalāī śaṭal) — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Uyghur: ئالەم ئايرۇپىلانى (alem ayrupilani) — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Uzbek: fazoviy moki — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Vietnamese: tàu con thoi — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Welsh: gwennol ofod — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space
  • Yoruba: ọkọ̀-àlọbọ̀ òfurufú — vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between Earth and outer space