Capsule
Capsule noun - A small mass containing medicine to be taken orally.
Space shuttle and capsule are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Space shuttle" instead a noun "Capsule".
Nearby Words: capsuled, capsuling, capsulation
Space shuttle
Space shuttle noun - A reusable spacecraft with wings for a controlled descent through the Earth's atmosphere.
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Capsule and space shuttle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Capsule" instead a noun phrase "Space shuttle".
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- The "step backwards" moving from the Space Shuttle to the Orion capsule is more of a purification.
Source: The Aesthetics of Technology -
There seems to be a time skip when Stone and Kowalski are getting back to the space shuttle, and another when Stone is exiting the Soyuz capsule to untether it (in that scene the camera cuts from her in the capsule without a suit, to her exiting the capsule with full suit on).
Source: Film / Gravity
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