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The Space Shuttle landed like an airplane.

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SUPPORTED
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Is it true that the Space Shuttle landed like an airplane?

Yes. NASA's own reference page states the Shuttle launched like a rocket and landed like an airplane, and a book on the space program uses the same phrasing. Other sources confirm runway landings and describe the orbiter as airplane-like or glider-like.

Verdict: SUPPORTED · 8 sources for, 0 against · Last checked

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Evidence for · 8
List of Space Shuttle landing sites
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List of Space Shuttle landing sites. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Space_Shuttle_landing_sites

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The Space Shuttle - NASA
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The Space Shuttle - NASA. (n.d.). nasa.gov. https://www.nasa.gov/reference/the-space-shuttle/

Space Shuttle Glider. Educational Brief.
2000
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Space Shuttle Glider. Educational Brief.. (2000). eric.ed.gov. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED448039

Space Shuttle Endeavour completes STS-123 mission
2024
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Space Shuttle Endeavour completes STS-123 mission. (2024). en.wikinews.org. https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Endeavour_completes_STS-123_mission

Bold they rise: the space shuttle early years, 1972-1986
2014
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Bold they rise: the space shuttle early years, 1972-1986. (2014). jstor.org. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt1d9nk5v

Biomedical results of the Space Shuttle orbital flight test program
1984
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S.L., P. & A., N. (1984). Biomedical results of the Space Shuttle orbital flight test program. inis.iaea.org. https://inis.iaea.org/records/nsbr3-asa76

Space Shuttle Endeavour enters history books after nineteen years following penultimate landing of program
2024
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Space Shuttle Endeavour enters history books after nineteen years following penultimate landing of program. (2024). en.wikinews.org. https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Endeavour_enters_history_books_after_nineteen_years_following_penultimate_landing_of_program

SPACE & AMERN IMAGINATION
1997
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McCurdy, H. E. (1997). SPACE & AMERN IMAGINATION. books.google.com. http://books.google.com/books?id=rDTbAAAAMAAJ&dq=The+Space+Shuttle+landed+like+an+airplane.&hl=&as_pt=BOOKS&source=gbs_api

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