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- A Space Shuttle is a reusable spacecraft with wings for controlled descent in the atmosphere, designed to transport astronauts between Earth and an orbiting space station and also used to deploy and retrieve satellites.
[Source: The American Heritage]
Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: SPACE SHUTTLES Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Space Stations/Manned Spacecraft Platform_Series_or_Entity: SPACE SHUTTLE Short_Name: SPACE SHUTTLES End_Group Creation_Date: 2008-01-25 Online_Resource: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle Sample_Image: http://www.aerospaceguide.net/spacepictures/shuttle_endeavour.jpg End_Group
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