The phrase "a shuttle commander" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to the person in charge of a space shuttle mission.
Example: "The shuttle commander briefed the crew on the mission objectives before launch."
Alternatives: "space shuttle pilot" or "mission commander".
What is the role of a shuttle commander?
Watch Candice Bergen as she zips into a spacesuit at NASA with a shuttle commander or strolls through Spanish Harlem with a street artist.
As a Marine aviator, he flew more than 100 combat missions in the Vietnam War, and as an astronaut, he flew into orbit four times, twice as a shuttle commander.
Pamela A. Melroy, a shuttle commander and a leader of the study team, said in the conference call that "the crew was doing everything they were trained to do, and they were doing everything right" as disaster struck.
A month prior to liftoff, he discussed what being a Shuttle commander entailed and how it was different from his previous missions: The mission was the second of three Shuttle missions to carry components of Japan's Kibo laboratory to the ISS.
Also also, we're still a little bewildered that a NASA shuttle commander rated a full page higher than both Mitch Ryder and the tranny-kid from Sleepaway Camp.
Mr. Readdy said the return-to-flight effort would be monitored closely by an oversight group of outside experts led by two former astronauts, an Apollo commander, Thomas P. Stafford, and a space shuttle commander, Richard O. Covey.
"The shuttle is an amazing machine," says Brian Duffy, a former shuttle commander and current Lockheed manager.
James Wetherbee, a former shuttle commander and safety official who recently retired from NASA, said he had attended briefings that discussed lowering the risk standards a year ago.
"The effect is known as the twin paradox, though it is not actually a paradox, it is a straightforward consequence of the laws of relativity," says Mark, who has also flown on several space missions including two as a space shuttle commander.
Advisors include former a space shuttle commander and manager, former UN Ambassador Bill Richardson, engineer-author Homer Hickam as well as Hollywood directors and former House Speaker and space policy enthusiast Newt Gingrich.
