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Terrene shuttle on launch pad

by

Walter B. Myers/Novapix

Reference

e-ill04-00007

Date

2011-03-09

An imagined space shuttle of the future awaits launch in hazy twilight. This shuttle is referred to as "terrene" (meaning "of the Earth") to differentiate it from other space shuttles that may one day operate from the surface of the Moon and other planets.