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。
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。
They were confined to low-earth orbit, where they did the unglamorous job of launching satellites or ferrying astronauts to the International Space Station.
他们仅限于在近地轨道运行，在那做着发射卫星或运送宇航员到国际空间站这样毫无任何浪漫色彩的工作。
Commercial space companies like SpaceX and Bigelow Aerospace have argued for a larger role for private industry in providing human launch services to low-earth orbit.
类似space X和Bigelow Aerospace那样的商业空间公司则主张，让私营工业在向地球低轨道提供载人发射方面发挥更大的作用。
A rocket belonging to India's space agency lifted off from the Sriharikota space station in Andhra Pradesh early Monday, putting a cluster of ten satellites into earth orbit within minutes.
星期一早上，印度宇航局的一枚火箭从安得拉邦的斯里赫里戈达航天发射场发射升空，在几分钟之内把搭载的十颗卫星送入地球运行轨道。
The MIT-based authors of the journal article note that the trend could exacerbate some problems, such as the growing congestion in earth orbit as well as the danger of spreading space debris.
一个麻省理工的研究者写文章指出这种趋势加重了一些问题，如日趋严重的地球轨道堵塞和正在增加的空间垃圾。
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。
Access to Earth orbit is expensive, and wildly wasteful.
进入地球轨道是昂贵的，也是疯狂的浪费。
The space telescope was launched into Earth orbit in March 2009.
太空望远镜在2009年3月发射进入地球轨道。
Artwork showing space debris in low and geostationary Earth orbit.
这张作品显示了近地轨道和地球同步轨道上的太空碎片。
In its low Earth orbit, PAMELA regularly plows through this region.
PAMELA卫星在绕地球轨道的低空处定期地穿越该区域。
It would also have enough thrust to deliver a satellite to low-Earth orbit.
还拥有足够的推力将卫星送入低地球轨道。
The rocket successfully lifted a reconnaissance satellite to low Earth orbit.
火箭成功的将一枚勘测卫星送入地球低轨道。
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。
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。
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 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。
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。
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。
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