When we finish, ISS will be a premier, world-class laboratory in low Earth orbit.
当我们完成时，国际空间站将成为近地轨道上一流的世界级实验室。
But low-Earth orbit isn't a perfect vacuum.
但近地球轨道不是一个完美的的真空。
If we take the shuttle as an example of a near-Earth orbit, so we have the shuttle.
我们以航天飞机为例，在近地球轨道上，有一个航天飞机。
PASADENA, Calif. - Send a robot into space. Grab an asteroid. Bring it back to Earth orbit.
加州帕萨迪纳市——将机器人发射入太空，抓取一个小行星，然后把它拖回地球轨道。
NASA has not flown astronauts beyond low-Earth orbit since the Apollo program, in the 1970s.
美国航空航天局自20世纪70年代的“阿波罗计划”以来，就没有进行过超出地球低轨道的载人航空活动。
What the shuttles did provide, however, was a way for America to carry people into low-earth orbit.
然而，航天飞机为美国提供了一种将人带入近地轨道的方法。
Earth orbit is and will remain a valuable place, as the swarms of satellites that circle the planet attest.
地球轨道是并一直是难得的地点，成群的环绕卫星就是例证。
This altered the propagation of GPS signals and slowed the rate of decay of space debris in low Earth orbit.
这样就改变了GPS信号的传播，减小了地球底层轨道上空间碎块的衰减速度。
The satellite Markus USES - ICESat - was retired in early 2010 after 7 years collecting data in Earth orbit.
马库斯所用的ICESat号卫星在沿地球轨道飞行，收集了7年的数据，已于2010年初退役。
Since the crew of Apollo 17 returned from the moon in December 1972, no human has ever left low-Earth orbit.
自从1972年12月阿波罗17号的机组成员从月球返回地球以来，再没有人飞出过近地轨道。
NASA should stop travelling to the International Space Station in particular and to “low Earth orbit” in general.
国家宇航局尤其要停止飞往国际太空站，一般的“近地轨道”飞行也要停止。
NASA isn’t just tasked with reinventing its hardware; to get beyond low-Earth orbit, it must reinvent its astronauts.
国家宇航局不仅面临重新改造其硬件设施和到达近地轨道之外的任务，它还必须重新改造宇航员。
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden says the budget "enables NASA to set its sights on destinations beyond Earth orbit."
图释：美国太空总署行政长官查尔斯·博登称这次预算将使美国太空总署能够将目光投向地球轨道外的目标。
In the meantime, it could replace chemical rockets for pushing satellites from low Earth orbit to geostationary orbit.
同时，它可以取代化学燃料火箭来帮助卫星从近地轨道变轨至静止轨道。
One calls for launching microsatellites into low Earth orbit in constellations that would provide continuous target coverage.
其中之一是将小卫星发射到低地球轨道构成卫星星座，以便能提供对目标的持续覆盖。
The firm is developing a space vehicle called Dream Chaser, which could carry six to eight people to and from low-Earth orbit.
该公司正研发叫“追梦者”的航天飞船，该飞船能载6到8人在近地轨道往返飞行。
The rocket is designed to launch 207 tons (414,000 pounds) of cargo to low-Earth orbit and 78.5 tons (157,000 pounds) to the moon.
火箭发射的目的是将207吨(41.4万磅)的货物送上低地球轨道，以及将78.5吨(15.7万磅)的货物送到月球。
Phobos-Grunt has been stuck in Earth orbit since its launch on 9 November, unable to fire the engine that would take it on to Mars.
“福布斯-格朗特”号11月9日发射后由于引擎故障一直被困在地球轨道上，无法朝着火星的方向继续飞行。
Space Fence will provide continuous, net-centric space situational awareness by detecting smaller objects in low and medium earth orbit.
太空护栏将通过探测中低地球轨道的小型目标提供持续的网络中心态势感知。
In theory, the outsourcing of low earth orbit will make available resources for NASA to focus on farther-reaching manned exploration.
理论上，近地轨道外包将使美国宇航局有更多资源来专注于远程有人探索。
But then again, most sailboats do have a motor for tooling around in the harbor, which is how Dr. Friedman describes being in Earth orbit.
但是，反过来说，大多数帆船都配有马达，以便在港口内行驶，弗里德曼博士这样描述在地球轨道的情况。
In addition, in 2009 the space station increased its capacity from three crew members to six, increasing demand to fly to low Earth orbit.
另外，2009年国际空间站机组成员由3人提升6人，大大增加了当时的近地轨道飞行运力需求。
So what we are doing is relying on commercial capability to get us access to low Earth orbit, to get us to the International Space Station.
所以我们所要做的就是依靠商业功能让我们进入低地球轨道，让我们进入国际空间站。
The communications vessels collided at more than 3,000m per second - the first major smash between two operational satellites in Earth orbit.
当时，在地球轨道上以时速3000米每秒的高速运行的两颗发生了对撞。
To learn more about how the sun and other stars work, after early observations using rockets, scientists began studying the sun from Earth orbit.
为了探索太阳和其它恒星的工作原理，在早期观测活动后，科学家使用火箭开始在地球轨道上对太阳进行研究。
In low Earth orbit, say 220 miles (355 km) up, where most human space travel takes place, a single circuit is completed in a much brisker 90 minutes.
在近地轨道，例如高于地球表面220英里(355公里)处大多数人类太空旅行发生的地方，运行一圈则需要更短的90分钟。
In low Earth orbit, say 220 miles (355 km) up, where most human space travel takes place, a single circuit is completed in a much brisker 90 minutes.
在近地轨道，例如高于地球表面220英里(355公里)处大多数人类太空旅行发生的地方，运行一圈则需要更短的90分钟。
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