space shuttle \space" shut`tle\, n.
   a reusable vehicle that can carry people or objects into
   orbit around the earth and return to be used again for
   subsequent trips; -- distinguished from rockets that are used
   only once. The present (1997) American space shuttle is a
   manned vehicle, having an external fuel tank that is
   expendable and not re-used.
   [PJC]

	

	space shuttle
    n 1: a reusable spacecraft with wings for a controlled descent
         through the Earth's atmosphere