スペースシャトル
also: スペース・シャトル
Meanings
1
space shuttle
Refers to the reusable spacecraft developed by NASA, used from 1981 to 2011. In Japanese, it is a direct loanword and typically used in historical or technical contexts.
The space shuttle was retired in 2011.
When I was a child, I watched a space shuttle launch on TV.
Usage patterns
- スペースシャトルで〈場所〉に行くto go to (a place, e.g. space/orbit) by space shuttle
The astronauts went into space aboard the space shuttle.
- スペースシャトルを発射するto launch a space shuttle
NASA launched the space shuttle for the first time in 1981.