The space agency is developing a new generation of rockets and crew capsules capable of reaching the moon which are due to fly within five years of the space shuttle fleet being retired next year.

美国宇航局正在研制能到达月球的新一代火箭和载人太空舱，计划在五年内搭载航天飞机进行发射，而目前的航天飞机将于明年退役。

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New York City, seen by one of the Expedition Three crew members onboard the International Space Station (ISS) on September 11, 2001.

纽约市，由国际空间站(ISS)三名机组人员中的其中一位于2001年9月1日看到。

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The space station has a permanent crew of six, so the arrival of new faces is a cause for celebration.

空间站始终配备有 6 名宇航员，因此新面孔的加入是值得庆祝的事情。

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Shuttle Endeavour, which had been docked with the Mir space station, unhooked on Thursday, about a half hour after the Russian space agency launched a Soyuz rocket with three new crew members for the space station.

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Our second goal is to develop and test a new space craft, the crew exploration vehicle, by 2008, and to conduct the first manned mission no later than 2014.

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On board were three new crew members for the International Space Station.

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