The mission marks the first time the station will be manned by six permanent crew members.

这次任务标志着空间站将首次配备6名常驻航天员。

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The space station has a permanent crew of six, so the arrival of new faces is a cause for celebration.

空间站始终配备有 6 名宇航员，因此新面孔的加入是值得庆祝的事情。

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Six permanent crew members are there today, and about to be joined by the seven crew members of Discovery to conduct science in space.

现在那上面有6名常驻工作人员，“发现”号的7名机组人员马上就会加入他们，进行空间科学实验。”

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One of the largest of them, the USS Abraham Lincoln (which I visited in April), weighs almost 100, 000 tons, has a full-time crew of about 5, 000 (including its permanent air wing) and can travel over 30 knots per hour.

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