The crew of space shuttle atlantis is inspecting the shuttle ' s thermal skin to make sure it wasn ' t damaged during liftoff 阿特兰提斯号航天飞机的机组人员正利用飞机尾部的机械手上的传感器和摄像机,对飞机的绝热外壳进行检查，以确认其起飞过程中并未遭受损坏。
And nasa returns the shuttle discovery to the launch pad ahead of a liftoff set for next month on its first mission since the columbia disaster 哥伦比亚号是美国研制的第一架航天飞机，于1981年4月12日第一次进入环绕地球的轨道。美国当地时间2003年2月1日，哥伦比亚号在着陆前解体坠毁。
A three - day countdown for a mission to the international space station had been scheduled to start on monday , leading to a thursday liftoff from the kennedy space center 本来这个星期一将是航天飞机发射的倒数第三日，也就是说按照原计划这星期四航天飞机应该从肯尼迪航天中心发射升空。
" the shenzhou liftoff brings pride to our divine land , pride to our chinese people , pride to our country and pride to humankind , " said one man , who would give only his surname , zhu 一位只愿透露姓朱的人士说，神州一飞冲天，为我们神圣的土地，我们中国人民，我们的祖国和人类都带来了骄傲。
Ansari ' s husband , hamid ansari , watched the liftoff stoically , but her sister ' s face was streaked with tears and her aunt jumped up and down , shrieking and pumping her arms in the air 安萨里的丈夫哈米德?安萨里显得比较平静，而安萨里的妹妹已是泪流满面，她的阿姨则不停的上下跳着，尖叫着，挥动着双手。
Pavano , the yankees ' opening day starter on april 2 , is expected to be a possibility to miss the remainder of the season , which created an even more glaring void for the rocket ' s liftoff to fill 这位4月2号洋基开幕战的投手，被预估可能又要错失剩下所有的季赛，这个消息使得火箭人填补洋基空缺的可能性更为明朗。
A centrifuge delivers more than two gs of force during the simulated liftoff , pinning guests deep into their seats while space views are projected through the windows of the simulated flight deck 在模拟起飞的过程中，离心机制造出的力量相当于两倍地心引力，将游客牢牢的吸在座位上，此时透过模拟飞行舱的窗户放映宇宙景象。
Anousheh ansari was accompanied by a usrussian crew on the soyuz tma9 capsule , which entered orbit about 10 minutes after liftoff from the russian cosmodrome in kazakhstan 这位名叫阿诺谢赫?安萨里的女子在两位美俄宇航员的陪同下，搭乘"联盟tma9号"飞船在位于哈萨克斯坦境内的俄罗斯发射基地升空， 10分钟后，飞船进入预定轨道。
On board with ansari were russian cosmonaut mikhail tyurin and us astronaut michael lopez - alegria , who were to join german astronaut thomas reiter on the station just over 48 hours after liftoff 与安萨里同行的是俄罗斯宇航员米凯尔?秋林和美国宇航员迈克尔?洛佩兹-阿里格利亚，他们将在48个多小时后和已在空间站的德国宇航员托马斯?里特会合。
