In 2005, during the first launch after the Space shuttle Columbia disaster, a shuttle was threatened by another flying menace: a vulture that smacked into the external tank during takeoff.

在2005年在哥伦比亚号遇难后的第一次发射中，太空梭受到了另一飞行威胁：在起飞过程中一只秃鹫撞入燃料箱。

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Nasa has set 13 July as the launch date for Discovery, the first shuttle to go into space since the Columbia disaster in February 2003.

美国宇航局（NASA）日前宣布将于7月13日发射“发现”号航天飞机。 这将是美国航天飞机自2003年2月“哥伦比亚”号失事以来首次恢复发射。

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The 20-year-old pilot son of the Israeli astronaut who died in the Columbia space shuttle disaster of 2003, was killed when his fighter plane crashed during training.

2003年因哥伦比亚航天飞机失事而遇难的以色列宇航员的儿子，在训练中由于战斗机坠毁不幸死亡。

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Ms. Ride also was on the commission that investigated the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.

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He worked at ground zero, helped in the aftermath of the 2003 space shuttle Columbia disaster and waded through the damaged streets of New Orleans in the wake of Katrina.

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