The two white Solid Rocket boosters fall back into the sea and are re-used. The main engines are on the shuttle itself which of course is used many times.
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No, the space shuttle rockets are not reused. After each launch, the boosters and main engines are typically discarded and new ones are used for subsequent flights.
The space shuttle that was reused was the Space Shuttle Orbiter, a part of NASA's Space Shuttle system. The first orbiter to be reused was Columbia, followed by Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour.
The American space shuttle.
The shuttle moved by the use of thruster rockets.
After the space shuttle's rockets are jettisoned, they fall back to Earth and either land in the ocean or are disposed of in a designated area. They are not reused and are typically not recovered for future missions.
The space shuttle is a reusable spacecraft that can launch like a rocket but can also land like an airplane. Rockets are typically one-time use vehicles that are not designed to return to Earth intact. Additionally, the space shuttle can carry astronauts and cargo to space, whereas rockets are mainly used for payload delivery.