• 俄罗斯向国际空间站发射新航天器

    14-11-24 Russia launched a new flight featuring Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft with a three-member international crew aboard to the International Space Station (ISS) at 00:01 a.m. Moscow time Monday. 莫斯科时间本周一,俄罗斯向国际空间站发射了载有三名航天员的联盟号...

  • 美国核弹发射密码曾是八个0

    13-12-06 For nearly 20 years, the secret code to authorize launching U.S. nuclear missiles, and starting World War III, was terrifyingly simple and even noted down on a checklist. 核导弹发射密码一向是美国的最高机密,然而在过去近20年的时间里,该密码竟然只是极...

  • 印度第三次发射一颗失败卫星

    13-08-19 Indian space authorities will try to re-launch a communications satellite three years after two successive attempts at lift-off failed. 印度航空管理局将再次发射一颗通讯卫星,该卫星三年前有两次失败的发射记录。 A 29-hour countdown for the launch began...

  • 美国将发射第八颗地球资源卫星

    12-12-26 An oversized semi-trailer truck carrying NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) has arrived at its launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California in preparation for launch. This NASA and U.S. Geological Survey mission will continue a...

  • 朝鲜火箭发射引发轩然大波

    12-12-12 North Korea has defied international warnings with an apparently successful launch of its rocket. 朝鲜公然藐视国际警告,成功发射一颗火箭。 The rocket, launched at 09:49 local time, appears to have followed its planned trajectory(轨道) , with stage...

  • 美国准备发射地球同步飞行环境卫星

    10-01-17 During the first three weeks in January, the latest in the series of Geostationary与地球旋转同步的 Operational Environmental Satellites also known as GOES-P is being processed and prepped for launch. Meanwhile, the first and second stages of the Del...

  • 美国航空航天局试验火箭就位

    09-10-21 The US space agency's Ares 1-X test rocket has reached its launch pad at Florida's Kennedy Space Center. 美国太空总署的Ares 1-X试验火箭已到达佛罗里达州肯尼迪太空中心的发射台。 The rocket was brought out on a large crawler-transporter The launcher's...

  • 'Ice explorer' ready for launch 欧盟“冰层探索”计划将启动

    09-09-15 The European space agency's mission to assess the state of the world's ice cover is likely to launch in February. 欧洲航天局评定世界冰覆盖量的任务将要于明年二月实施。 Scientists hope data from Cryosat will show where Arctic ice is melting fastest Th...

  • Third attempt to launch shuttle 发现号航天飞机试图第三次起飞

    09-08-29 Nasa is set for a fresh attempt to launch the US shuttle Discovery for a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). 美国航空航天局重新计划将发现号航天飞机送上国际空间站。 Discovery's mission is scheduled to include three spacewalks Two previo...

  • S Korean launch 'partial success' 韩国卫星发射“部分性胜利”

    09-08-26 South Korea has launched its first space rocket, though a scientific satellite it was carrying failed to enter into its proper orbit. 韩国发射第一颗宇宙火箭,搭载的一颗科技卫星没有进入预定轨道。 South Korean officials described the launch as a parti...