名詞 space shuttle:

1. a reusable spacecraft with wings for a controlled descent through the Earth's atmosphere

1. After Apollo, NASA's leaders turned their backs on the stars and planets. They delayed or canceled astronomy and space missions, gambling the agency's future on hardware like the space shuttle and space station.
   阿波羅［探測外太空火箭］過后，美國宇航局的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)放棄了對(duì)星球的探測。他們擱置或取消了天文及太空任務(wù)，而將該局的前途賭在航天飛機(jī)及太空站一類的硬件上。
2. The U.S. made the first space shuttle in the world.
   美國制造了世界上第一架航天飛機(jī)。