Full record for shuttle n.

Definition	a space shuttle
OED requirements	antedating 1950
Earliest cite	in Theodore Sturgeon's "The Stars are the Styx"
Comment	Douglas Winston submitted cites from an Ace books reprint of Robert A. Heinlein's 1951 "Between Planets": we would like to verify these in pre-1960 editions, or, preferably, in the serialization in Blue Book Magazine, Sept.-Oct 1951. Irene Grumman submitted a 1950 cite from "The Stars are the Styx" by Theodore Sturgeon.
Last modified	3 June, 2009

Citations for shuttle n.

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1940 Astounding Sci. Fiction Dec. 39/1	The Andromeda has been sold, Bert,‥to the Ionian freight shuttle. You and the gang are ordered back to Earth
1953 R. A. Heinlein Starman Jones (1975) iii. 39	Fast little military darts, stubby Moon shuttles, winged ships that served the satellite stations.
1982 S. Cooper Black Fire ix.175	He's taking a shuttle.
1986 J.M. Dillard Demons i. 12	Take the evening shuttle to ShiKahr and I will meet you at the station.
1986 D. Carey Dreadnought ii.21,	I was quivering with anticipation as the shuttle arched out over the shimmer of Puget Sound.
1988 A. C. Clarke 2061: Odyssey Three 195	When the cloud had cleared, the shuttle was already landing, two hundred metres away.
1988 A. C. Clarke 2061: Odyssey Three 194	How are you going to get the shuttle out of its garage?
1992 L. A. Graf Ice Trap i.2,	I want to find out as much as possible about this medical crisis Nordstrals having before I go down to look for their lost shuttle.
1995 C. Carter Truth is out There: Official Guide to The X Files The Episodes: Season 1 120	Lt. Col. Belt, now supervisor of the shuttle program, was on that mission and has flashbacks of a spacewalk, seeing that same face looking down at him.
1995 C. Carter Truth is out There: Official Guide to The X Files The Episodes: Season 1 120	Although the shuttle is damaged, Belt tells the astronauts to deliver their payload, fearing that millions of dollars will be lost—and the space program crippled—if they don't follow through.
1996 W. Shatner Return ii. 13	We have to get to a shuttle.
1999 C. Pellegrino & G. Zebrowski Star Trek Next Generation: Dyson Sphere iv. 66	He managed it after two tries, and in a few minutes was ascending through low gravity, into the brightly lit shuttle compartment.