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US Shuttle Flights Could Resume This Fall

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Preparations Continue for Thursday Shuttle Launch

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学个词Learn a Word 第1548-think-tank

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U.S. shuttle Atlantis docks with space station

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The space shuttle Endeavour has returned to Earth for the final time, after completing a 16-day mission to the International Space Station. NASA welcomed home the Endeavour shuttle before dawn Wednesday, after the ship glided in from a safe re-entry

shuttle Discovery lands in Florida,concluding flying career

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当年是铁路把美国的大西洋海岸和太平洋沿岸连接了起来。今天要谈的习惯用语就是从那个年代流传至今的。今天学的习惯用语也是诞生在一百多年前。当时大多数美国人还过着乡居生活，但