Space Transportation System

Japanese: 宇宙輸送システム - うちゅうゆそうしすてむ
Space Transportation System

…Spacelab is a nickname that is an abbreviation of space laboratory. Along with the Space Shuttle, it is one of the components of the American space transportation system (STS), and unlike Skylab, it can be used for various purposes, not for a specific space mission. It was originally planned in the United States, but due to financial difficulties, cooperation was sought from European countries, and it was the ESA (European Space Agency) that actually took charge of the development. …

*Some of the terms used in the term "space transportation system" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…Spacelabはspace laboratoryを略して作られた愛称。スペースシャトルとともにアメリカの宇宙輸送システムspace transportation system(STS)を構成する要素の一つであって,スカイラブのように特定の宇宙ミッションではなく,いろいろの用途に用いることができる。元来,アメリカで計画されていたものだが,資金的に無理があったためヨーロッパ諸国に協力を求め,実際に開発を担当したのはESA(欧州宇宙局)である。…

※「宇宙輸送システム」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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