A rocket carrying two chinese astronauts blasted off wednesday from a base in china ' s desert northwest , returning the country ' s manned space program to orbit two years after its history - making first flight 载有两名中国宇航员的火箭周三在中国西北沙漠基地点火起飞，这是自中国历史上第一次载人飞行两年后再一次回到空间计划的轨道上来。
China ' s successful launch of two taikonuats in its second manned space mission wednesday tells the world a lot about how serious , formidable and well - prepared the chinese space program is 美国合众国际社高级新闻分析家马丁?西夫日前撰文指出，中国近日成功发射第二艘载人飞船将两名宇航员送入太空，向世界充分显示了中国实施空间计划的务实态度、长远目标和扎实的准备。
The russians have only made clear that they are prepared to operate the international space station by themselves if the united states cannot or will not pull its own weight on it . russia appears to have no plans to send its cosmonauts to the moon by itself 尽管俄罗斯的空间计划仍在按部就班地进行，并且以丰富的石油资源作为保证，但他们仅仅满足即使在没有美国人参与的情况下维持国际空间站正常运转的目标，他们似乎也没有打算依靠自己力量将本国宇航员送上月球。
