| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Earth-to-orbit shuttle | Transportation | The orbiter, solid rocket boosters, and external tank of the STS: a reusable manned spacecraft whose mission is either to resupply a space station with additional crewmen, supplies and experiments or to carry men, supplies and experiments into orbit, support them for periods ranging from a few days to one month, and return them to earth. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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