Shuttle

The original meaning of the word shuttle is the device used in weaving to carry the weft. By reference to the continual to-and-fro motion associated with that, the term was then applied in transportation and then in other spheres. Thus the word may now also refer to:

Transportation

Spacecraft

• Buran (spacecraft), the vehicle for the Soviet space shuttle program
• Space Shuttle, the vehicle for the NASA space program from 1981 to 2011
• Shuttlecraft (disambiguation), any smaller spacecraft, usually capable of atmospheric transport

Air transportation

• Delta Shuttle, the brand name for Delta Air Lines' air shuttle service
• Rossi Shuttle Quik, an Italian ultralight trike design
• Shuttle America, a regional airline based in Indianapolis, Indiana
• Shuttle by United, a regional airline operated as a subsidiary of United Airlines
• Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, modified Boeing 747 airliners used to transport Space Shuttle orbiters
• US Airways Shuttle, the brand name for an hourly service offered by US Airways

Land transportation

• Public transport system operating at frequent intervals on a short, (mostly) non-stop route between two places
  • shuttle bus service
  • shuttle train service
    • Shuttle (New York City Subway)
    • Shuttle (Amtrak)
    • car shuttle train
      • Eurotunnel Shuttle, the car-carrying trains used in the Channel Tunnel
• Shuttle van, a New Zealand term for shared taxis
• The first generation Honda Odyssey, also known as Honda Shuttle
• The station wagon version of Honda Fit, known as Fit Shuttle

Sciences and technology

• Molecular shuttles, a molecule capable of nanoscale transportation
• Shuttle vector, vector that shuttles between species, biochemistry, genetics
• Shuttle bombing, a World War II strategic bombing tactic
• MPW shuttle, an integrated circuit production run for multi-chip or multi-project wafers

Media

• Shuttle (film), a 2008 thriller film
• Shuttle (video game), a video game produced by Virgin

Other

• Shuttle Inc., a manufacturer of small form-factor computers
• Shuttlecock or birdie, the object batted back and forth in badminton
• River Shuttle, a river of southeast London in England
• USS Shuttle (SP-3572), a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1918 to 1919
• 20-yard shuttle, test performed by American football players
• Shuttle, a school bullying in South Korea
• shuttle trading, a form of goods distribution