Nasa's shuttle Discovery is getting ready to blast off into space one last time, after technicians reattached a main separation nut that fell off on Friday.

在技术人员们将上周五掉落的一个主要的分离螺帽重新安装好之后，NASA(美国航空航天局)的发现号航天飞机正准备最后一次飞向太空。

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Fifty years ago when Alan Shepard climbed inside his Mercury capsule to blast off into space, things were looking pretty grim for the fledgling U.S. space program.

五十年前，当艾伦·谢波德进入墨丘利号太空舱等待发射升空时，所有的一切对于羽翼未丰的美国太空计划都显得十分残酷。

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Fifty years ago when Alan Shepard climbed inside his Mercury capsule to blast off into space, things were looking pretty grim for the fledgling U. S. space program.

五十年前，当艾伦·谢波德进入墨丘利号太空舱等待发射升空时，所有的一切对于羽翼未丰的美国太空计划都显得十分残酷。

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The craft is meant to speed off a runway and accelerate gracefully into orbit in a single blast, perform a task like launching a satellite and then glide back home to its hangar.

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