Space Shuttle orbiter

A Space Shuttle orbiter was a type of manned NASA spaceplane, used between April 1981 and July 2011. Flying in Earth orbit, it carried astronauts inside during missions.

TMNT appearances
In the 1987 cartoon episode ''Shredder's Mom', Yogure assists the Ninja Turtles. They fly in a Space Shuttle orbiter from Earth, through a portal and to the Volcanic Asteroid in an attempt to stop Shredder and Krang from heating up Earth's climate.