Did ‘Star Trek’ Give Rise to NASA’s ‘Space Shuttle’?

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NASA's first space shuttle, the test orbiter Enterprise, was named after the fictional starship on Star Trek in response to fans staging a write-in campaign. But did the agency's use of the term "space shuttle" also stem from the television series?

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