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Terrene shuttle on launch pad

by

Walter B. Myers/Novapix

Reference

e-ill04-00008

Date

2014-02-12

An imagined space shuttle of the future is readied for launch at twilight illumed by gantry lighting. 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.