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, any smaller spacecraft, usually capable of atmospheric transport

Air transportation

• Delta Shuttle, the brand name for Delta Air Lines' air shuttle service
• 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

• A public transport system operating at frequent intervals on a short, (mostly) non-stop route between two places
  • New York City Subway shuttles
  • Shuttle (Amtrak)
  • shuttle bus service
• Eurotunnel Shuttle, the car-carrying trains used in the Channel Tunnel
• Shuttle van, a New Zealand term for shared taxis

Sciences and technology

• Molecular shuttles, a molecule capable of nanoscale transportation
• Shuttle vector, vector that shuttles between species, biochemistry, genetics
• Shuttle machinery, as used in extrusion blow molding
• 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, England
• USS Shuttle (SP-3572), a United States navy patrol vessel in commission from 1918 to 1919
• Shuttle (compact disc player), a device that holds multiple compact music discs which is then inserted into a multi-disc player.
• Shuttle (Seminconductor Wafer Fabrication), a tray used to contain multiple wafers during production which allows them to be plated.