| 单词 | space shuttle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspace shuttle space shuttle n. Science Fiction and Astronautics = shuttle n.1 8c. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > [noun] > which can make repeated journeys space shuttle1950 shuttle rocket1953 spaceplane1957 shuttle ship1959 shuttle1960 1950 ‘N. Menasco’ in Astounding Sci. Fiction Oct. 67/2 In fact it had not been visible a month ago when the pilot of my tiny space shuttle dropped me off in the dark at his cottage. 1964 H. P. Lynn in S. E. Whitfield & G. Roddenberry Making of ‘Star Trek’ (1968) i. vi. 91 Docking is likely to occur by having the large ship ahead of the space shuttle or taxi. As the Enterprise slows down, the taxi nears it from the rear. 1969 New Scientist 5 June 513/2 NASA has announced the formation of task groups to look into..a re-usable low-cost ‘Space Shuttle’ to relay men and materials to and from the [space] station. 1986 Daily Tel. 29 Jan. 1/3 The commander of the flight, Francis Scobee, 46, was making his second space shuttle mission. 2006 Wired Sept. 29 Late next year the new facility will ride a space shuttle into orbit, dock with the ISS, and become one of the biggest all-purpose science laboratories in space. < as lemmas |
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