He was speaking of the space shuttle, an old but arguably serviceable spacecraft.
他说的是航天飞机，一艘旧的，但证明仍能服役的飞船。
Luke Schmick already has a pretty cool job teaching astronauts how to operate the space shuttle.
卢克·施米克有一个非常酷的工作，他教宇航员如何操作航天飞机。
Learning to pilot the space shuttle was in many ways the centerpiece of past astronauts' training.
学习驾驶航天飞机在许多方面是过去宇航员训练的中心内容。
In 1999, NASA sent ladybugs and aphids up in the space shuttle to test their movements in zero gravity.
1999年，NASA(美国航空航天局)将瓢虫和蚜虫带上了航天飞机以测试它们在失重状态下的行动。
Endeavour is scheduled to fly the last mission of the space shuttle program in November of this year.
按照飞行时间表的安排，今年11月，奋进号执行完最后一次飞行任务后也将退役。
One notable example of this was testing NASA's website used to stream video of the space shuttle launch.
这项任务的一个著名示例是测试NASA用于传输航天飞机发射视频的网站。
Such efforts may attract little attention compared with the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour this week.
与本周发射的奋进号航天飞机相比，上述计划可能不会被过多关注。
The idea for the chemical engine is similar to that used on the space shuttle, liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen.
化学发动机跟航天飞机使用的发动机类似，都是用液氧和液氢作燃料。
“A BMW has more software than the space shuttle,” says Manfred Broy, a professor of information technology at TUM.
“比起航天飞机，一辆宝马车所需的软件要更多，”慕尼黑工大的信息学教授曼弗雷德·布洛伊如是说。
Hubble was launched into space April 24, 1990 aboard the space shuttle Discovery. [See Hubble's new galaxy photo].
哈勃在1990年四月24日由航天飞机发现号发射入太空。
The last wake-up call of the space shuttle mission was Kate Smith’s version of Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America.”
最后一天的晨起音乐是凯特史密斯的《天佑美国》。
Winters said Ares I-X's weather requirements were more stringent than the conditions needed to launch the space shuttle.
温特斯表示，发射战神1号- X对天气条件的要求比发射航天飞机的要求更为的严格。
In effect, therefore, NASA has decided that the successor to the space shuttle will be commercial rockets and spacecraft.
事实上因此，美国宇航局决定其继任者会是商业火箭与航天器。
On Feb. 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia broke apart on reentry into Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven crew members.
2003年2月1日，哥伦比亚号航天飞机在返回大气层时解体，7名宇航员全部罹难。
Apollo used fuel cell technology (as does the space shuttle), which requires oxygen and hydrogen be carried along for the ride.
阿波罗飞船使用燃料电池技术(航天飞机也使用燃料电池技术)，使用燃料电池技术需要在整个行程中携带氧和氢。
The atmosphere here on Friday at the launching of the space shuttle Atlantis was, in some respects, reminiscent of the old days.
周五这天，亚特兰蒂斯航天飞机发射场的气氛，或多或少，让人不由得想起当年。
But they would do a lot less harm to the stratosphere than Concorde or the space shuttle, devices that were accepted by most people.
但是同已为人们所接受的诸如协和号飞机或者太空飞船相比，它们对平流层的危害要小很多。
The first fuel cells were made in the 19th century, and they've long been used to generate power in remote areas and on the space shuttle.
早在19世纪，人们就生产第一批燃料电池，长期用在遥远的地区和太空舱内发电。
Moreover, the panel said that Ares I/Orion would be ready to fly to the space station only in 2017, six years after the space shuttle retires.
另外，专门小组称“战神Ⅰ号”/“猎户座”预备在航天飞机退役六年后，即2017年才飞向空间站。
A planned servicing mission was cancelled in January 2004 after the space shuttle Columbia was lost along with its crew of seven astronauts in 2003.
2003年哥伦比亚号太空飞梭失事，七名宇航员丧生，这之后，2004年，对哈勃原定的维修任务被取消。
Okay, we get that the space shuttle is cool - but so are sneezing pandas and homemade macaroni and cheese, and none of them belong on a list of great cars.
好吧，我们承认航天飞机是挺酷的——不过这么说来打喷嚏的熊猫还有自家做的通心粉和芝士也挺酷的，而且它们也都不会出现在一个评选超级跑车的名单里。
The Magnum would use the space shuttle launch facilities at Cape Canaveral and could launch 80 tons (81, 280 kilograms) of payload into low Earth orbit (LEO).
“大酒瓶”号将利用卡纳维拉尔角的航天飞机发射装置进行发射，它能运送80吨（81 280公斤）的载荷进入近地轨道。
That is about half what Russia charges for a trip to the international station, a price that is likely to go up after the space shuttle retires later this year.
太空旅馆的价格大约是俄罗斯为国际空间站旅行定价的一半，而且俄罗斯的定价还有可能由于航天飞机在今年退役而水涨船高。
Explanation: This luminous night view of the space shuttle orbiter Endeavour, docked with the International Space Station for a final time, was captured on May 28.
解说：这幅奋进号宇宙飞船上光彩夺目的夜景是在5月28日拍摄的，奋进号此次是最后一次停靠在国际空间站了。
As so often happens when there's a plumbing problem, house guests are on the way: the space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to launch on Saturday, with seven astronauts aboard.
屋漏偏逢连夜雨，太空站还将有新“客人”加入：载有7名宇航员的“发现号”航天飞机计划于本周六发射。
Further moves are afoot to keep the station flying until 2028; with the space shuttle about to retire, it will be left to the Russian Soyuz capsule to ferry people back and forth.
让空间站持续工作到2028年的进一步行动正在筹备中；由于太空穿梭机将要退役，接送人员的任务将会留给俄罗斯的Soyuz太空舱。
A spectator in the NASA press site views the launch of the space shuttle Discovery on Mission STS-102 to the International space Station at the Kennedy space Center, March 8, 2001.
2001年3月8日，肯尼迪航天中心，一名观众正在宇航局新闻区观看发现者号航天飞机发射，这次发射的代号是STS- 102，航天飞机将去往国际空间站执行任务。
But they may look back on 2011 and see three events that undermine that story: the downgrade of America's credit rating; the last flight of the space shuttle; and Mr Jobs's death.
但回头看看2011年，有三件事足以打破他们心中这个神话：美国信用评级下降；航天飞机项目终结；还有乔布斯的去世。
But they may look back on 2011 and see three events that undermine that story: the downgrade of America's credit rating; the last flight of the space shuttle; and Mr Jobs's death.
但回头看看2011年，有三件事足以打破他们心中这个神话：美国信用评级下降；航天飞机项目终结；还有乔布斯的去世。
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