Space Shuttle Vehicle

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
SSV
Pronunciation
/speɪs ˈʃətəl ˈviɪkəl/
Category
Governmental
Related Field
NASA

Examples in Context

  1. America's next major space program is the space shuttle, a reusable space vehicle which will permit more economical and more frequent space missions.
  2. But many visitors expressed uneasiness with the decision to end the space shuttle program before any other vehicle has been developed to replace it.
  3. The desire to increase landing safety margins for the Space Shuttle Orbiter led to decision to implement a Drag Parachute System into the Orbiter Vehicle.
  4. The Mars Observer is to be deployed from an America space shuttle. The scientists will ride with the crew in the shuttle cabin during the vehicle's launch and re-entry.
  5. Space shuttle Atlantis is lowered alongside its external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters in High Bay-1 of NASA's massive Vehicle Assembly Building.

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