本周，发现者号曾经两度尝试发射但都取消了。因为雷雨和航天飞机燃油阀的技术问题。
Two earlier attempts to launch Discovery were scrubbed this week, because of lightning storms and a technical problem with the shuttle's fuel valve.
发现者号周五午夜在佛罗里达太平洋沿岸的肯尼迪太空中心升空前一分钟，携带着8吨送往攻击太空站的仪器。
Discovery lifted off one minute before midnight Friday from the Kennedy Space Center on Florida's Atlantic coast, carrying nearly 8,000 kilograms of equipment for the International Space Station.
图上这名机器宇航员本应在这周作为太空中首位人形机器人而开启它的服役生涯，不过，因为搭载它的航天飞机发现者号在检修故障，所以它的行程推迟了。
Robonaut, who was supposed to start his career as the first humanoid robot in space this week, remains while the shuttle Discovery sorts out its problems.
在1981年和1985年，有四架轨道飞行器进行了服务，它们是“哥伦比亚号”(第一架进入轨道的)、“挑战者号”、“发现者号”和“亚特兰提斯号”。
Between 1981 and 1985, four shuttle orbiters were put into service: Columbia (the first in orbit), Challenger, Discovery, and Atlantis.
2001年3月8日，肯尼迪航天中心，一名观众正在宇航局新闻区观看发现者号航天飞机发射，这次发射的代号是STS- 102，航天飞机将去往国际空间站执行任务。
A spectator in the NASA press site views the launch of the space shuttle Discovery on Mission STS-102 to the International space Station at the Kennedy space Center, March 8, 2001.
遭遇厄运的深水地平线号钻探平台曾经赫然漂泊的那片海上，如今漂浮着一只庞大的混编队伍：两个类似的钻井平台和一艘钻井船--发现者企业号；
Where once the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon drilling rig floated in solitary splendour, there are now two similar rigs, along with the Discoverer Enterprise, a drilling ship;
航天飞机的再度发射被称作一个“十拿九稳”的计划，但是“发现者”号的旅程一波三折，问题重重。
It had Been called a "success-oriented" schedule to get the space shuttle flying again, But the Odyssey of "discovery" was Beset with various proBlems.
航天飞机的再度发射被称作一个“十拿九稳”的计划，但是“发现者”号的旅程一波三折，问题重重。
It had Been called a "success-oriented" schedule to get the space shuttle flying again, But the Odyssey of "discovery" was Beset with various proBlems.
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