The photographer became fascinated with aurorae after working at a rocket launch site in the far north of Norway for 25 years.

摄影师米卡森在挪威最北部的火箭发射场工作了25年，从此便爱上了极光。

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NASA? S test launch of a brand new rocket this week will last only minutes, but the space agency is expecting thousands of spectators to flock to its Florida launching site to watch the historic show.

即将在本周进行的NASA新火箭的试飞持续时间只有几分钟，但是美国航天局预计将有数以千计的观众到佛罗里达州发射场见证这历史性的时刻。

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A Long March II F carrier rocket stands at the site in the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Northwest China's Gansu Province.

长征—2f运载火箭目前已矗立在中国西北甘肃省酒泉人造卫星发射中心的发射场上。

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North Korea is warning the United States not to send surveillance planes too close to the site of a planned long-range rocket launch.

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Recent satellite images show that North Korea has been conducting tests at a rocket launch site, says a US academic organisation.

BBC: US institute: North Korea 'testing at rocket site'

South Korean defence officials say the main body of the rocket has now been moved to the launch site in preparation.

BBC: Obama warns North Korea against missile test launch

Russia will need a new rocket to get to Mars, though, and a new launch site to operate manned flights as early as in 2018.

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