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英语课

Brian Wagner | Miami 05 April 2010




Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape 1 Canaveral, Florida, 5 Apr 2010. Discovery's seven-member crew are on a mission to deliver science racks, the last of the crew quarters and supplies to the International Space Station.




Space shuttle Discovery has launched on a mission to deliver new science equipment to the International Space Station.


Discovery blasted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida and rose toward orbit shortly before sunrise on Monday. 


Commander Alan Poindexter is leading the Discovery's crew on a 13-day mission that includes a stop at the space station.  The vehicle is carrying nearly 8,000 kilograms of supplies, including a series of new science experiments to be conducted in space.  Some of the experiments focus on studying how orbiting in space can affect the human body and plant growth.


Also on board is a new exercise machine, which is part of ongoing 2 studies into the effects of long-term space flight on muscle and bone loss in astronauts.


Moments before Discovery's launch, NASA camera caught the space station passing through its orbit above Florida.  NASA's George Diller said the station is easily visible from Earth because it is more than 100 meters long and 14 meters tall.


"It is a large object, getting bigger all the time," he noted 3.  "Six permanent crew members are there today, and about to be joined by the seven crew members of Discovery to conduct science in space."


Discovery is delivering a new astronaut sleeping quarters, an ammonia tank and a gyroscope for the space station.  Astronauts will conduct three space walks during the mission to install some of the equipment to the station.


NASA officials say plans to build out and expand the station are more than 90 percent complete, mainly thanks to space shuttle and its large cargo 4 capacity.  Recent shuttle missions have delivered new sleeping quarters, laboratory segments and other modules 5 to the station.


There are only three shuttle flights remaining before the fleet is set to be retired 6, later this year.  After that, space station partners will rely on Russian and private launch vehicles to ferry supplies to the orbiter.

 



n.海角,岬;披肩,短披风
  • I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
  • She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。
adj.进行中的,前进的
  • The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
  • The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。
adj.著名的,知名的
  • The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
  • Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物
  • The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
  • A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。
n.模块( module的名词复数 );单元;(宇宙飞船上各个独立的)舱;组件
  • The course consists of ten core modules and five optional modules. 这门课程包括十个必修单元和五个选修单元。
  • Our English course is divided into modules on poetry, drama, and novels. 我们的英语课分为诗歌、戏剧和小说等单元。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.隐退的,退休的,退役的
  • The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
  • Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。
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abnormal hearing
adipocytes
aerodynamic maneuver
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aloe chinensis bak.
Ambohibary
analog-digital-analog conversion system
atonest
autograt
be up to one's old tricks
Brooklynite
brunei b.
bull gear reducer
calcium 5'-ribonuucleotide
caveated
cerous hydropyrophosphate
chelseas
Chetopir
Chirita monantha
combining
constant formula diet
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corporation library
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descanted
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encylical
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feathering paddle-wheel
finance statistics
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glutinane
go down to
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goodstein
gotterleben
gyffe
have one's fingers in the till
heredo-familial corneal dystrophy
iced-tea spoons
implementation requirement
in view of
inclosure(enclosure)
inner ring axis
internal dielectric membrane
inuredness
inwardmost
kiet
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large pill
learning activity package
Marquess of Queensberry rules
maximum grinding hole diameter
megalomycin
minelaying
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multi-gradient magnetic separator
multispectral remote sensing system
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overtoils
oxandrin
peace camp
pectinellus
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Pierofanina
pilot's automatic telephone weather answering service
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pure clay
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qusternary syphilis
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raw gasoline
recognized component
revised price
Rubia mandersii
run-on sentences
scheerer
seminal cyst
shell tap
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sowing plot
spongio-
spontaneous request
tank block
tavarus
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to smash
tobicillin
total derived functor
triple deck screen
two lined octave
vaccinoids
whitetailed
wrightstown
zawadski