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Definition of navette spatiale in French Turkish dictionary
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Definition of navette spatiale in French English dictionary
- {n} space shuttle
I still have vivid memories of the explosion of the space shuttle.
-J'ai encore bien en mémoire l'explosion de la navette spatiale.
The astronaut had to conduct many experiments in the space shuttle.
-L'astronaute a dû faire plein d'expériences dans la navette spatiale.
- Any vehicle capable of repeatedly travelling between destinations in outer space carrying people or cargo
- Any vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between the Earth's surface and outer space carrying people or cargo
- A space shuttle or a shuttle is a spacecraft that is designed to travel into space and back to earth several times. 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. formally Space Transportation System (STS) Partially reusable rocket-launched vehicle developed by NASA to go into Earth orbit, transport people and cargo between Earth and orbiting spacecraft, and glide to a runway landing on Earth. The first flight of a space shuttle into orbit took place in 1981. The shuttle consists of a winged orbiter that carries crew and cargo; an expendable external tank of liquid fuel and oxidizer for the orbiter's three main rocket engines; and two large, reusable solid-propellant booster rockets. The orbiter lifts off vertically like an expendable launch vehicle but makes an unpowered descent similar to a glider. Each orbiter was designed to be reused up to 100 times. For manipulating cargo and other materials outside the orbiter, astronauts use a remotely controlled robot arm or exit the orbiter wearing spacesuits. On some missions, the shuttle carries a European-built pressurized research facility called Spacelab in its cargo bay. Between 1981 and 1985, four shuttle orbiters were put into service: Columbia (the first in orbit), Challenger, Discovery, and Atlantis. Challenger exploded in 1986 during launch, killing all seven astronauts aboard; it was replaced in 1992 by Endeavour. From 1995 to 1998, NASA conducted shuttle missions to the Russian space station Mir to prepare for the construction of the International Space Station (ISS). Beginning in 1998, the shuttle was used extensively to ferry components, supplies, and crews to the ISS. In 2003 Columbia disintegrated while returning from a space mission, claiming the lives of its seven-person crew
- spacecraft for transporting astronauts into space
- a reusable spacecraft with wings for a controlled descent through the Earth's atmosphere