In 2005, during the first launch after the Space shuttle Columbia disaster, a shuttle was threatened by another flying menace: a vulture that smacked into the external tank during takeoff.

在2005年在哥伦比亚号遇难后的第一次发射中，太空梭受到了另一飞行威胁：在起飞过程中一只秃鹫撞入燃料箱。

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Authorised by Richard Nixon in 1969, the shuttle was a flying compromise.

1969年在尼克松的授权下，航天飞机获得了飞行许可。

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Until a shuttle replacement starts flying in five to seven years, American, European, Canadian and Japanese astronauts will ride Russian Soyuz capsules to the station, paying $50 million per seat.

在航天飞机被替换的未来5到7年中，美国、欧洲、加拿大和日本的宇航员将搭乘俄罗斯联盟号飞船抵达空间站，并支付每位5000万美元的运费。

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"Some people say we should stop flying the shuttle because we've had an accident - frankly two accidents, " she said.

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The two monkeys were part of the joint Russian-American Bion 11 mission in 1997, flying aboard the space shuttle.

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Although vehicles approaching the space station, such as the shuttle, will frequently hold their position just metres away from the platform, this formation flying is very short-lived.

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