A shuttle on the launch pad measures 184 feet (56 meters) tall from the tip of the external tank down to the aft skirts of its twin solid rocket boosters.
从外部燃料箱的顶端至船尾固体火箭助推器的裙摆，发射台上的航天飞机高184英尺(56米)。
Shuttle program managers made the decision at 7:24 a.m. EST after a failure occurred in a fuel sensor system while Atlantis' external fuel tank was being filled.
美国东部时间商务7点24分，航天飞机项目管理人员作出了该决定，原因是因为在外部燃料箱加注燃料时，一个燃料传感器系统发生了故障。
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。
Discovery's final flight follows several delays due to technical problems and repairs to its external fuel tank, but NASA's mission launch director Mike Leinbach says the shuttle is still space-ready.
美国航空航天管理局的发射主任迈克·莱因巴克说，这次发现号的最后飞行，曾经因为技术问题以及修理外油箱而几度延期，但它仍旧能承担太空飞行任务。
Around two minutes after launch, the boosters on either side of the shuttle will fall away, followed shortly afterwards by the giant external fuel tank strapped to the spaceship.
发射大约两分钟后，该航天飞机两侧的助推器将断离并掉落下来，紧接着被绑在飞船外部巨大的燃料箱也随着掉下来。八分半钟后，该航天飞机进入宇宙飞行。
A major exception, the space shuttle orbiter, USES three onboard liquid-fuel main engines supplied by a disposable external tank and a pair of solid-fuel boosters to reach space.
一个主要的例外是航天飞机轨道飞行器，它使用三个随之携带的液体燃料的重要引擎到达宇宙，而这又是由一个可任意使用的外部箱和一对固体燃料后援器来供给的。
Space shuttle Atlantis is lowered alongside its external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters in High Bay-1 of NASA's massive Vehicle Assembly Building.
亚特兰蒂斯号航天飞机的同时降低其外部燃料箱和高湾，美国航天局的大型交通工具装配大楼1固体火箭助推器。
Space shuttle Atlantis is lowered alongside its external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters in High Bay-1 of NASA's massive Vehicle Assembly Building.
亚特兰蒂斯号航天飞机的同时降低其外部燃料箱和高湾，美国航天局的大型交通工具装配大楼1固体火箭助推器。
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