Engineers have spent 18 months redesigning the external tank and incorporating the changes recommended by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board.
报道说，工程师们花了18个月的时间重新设计外部燃料箱，同时参考了“哥伦比亚”号事故调查组提出的修改建议。
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)。
A camera mounted on the shuttle's external tank provided dramatic views of the climb to space with no obvious signs of foam insulation or other debris that might have caused any damage.
安装在外置燃料箱上的一台摄像机向世人展示了航天飞机爬升至太空的全过程，其间没有出现任何可能造成机体损伤的保温泡沫或其他剥离物的迹象。
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。
Cameras and an inspection team spotted the bat clinging to the side of Discovery?s 15-story external tank as it was being fueled with propellant ? super-cold liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen.
摄像机和一个检查小组捕捉到了这只蝙蝠的图像，它紧紧地贴在发现号15层的外置燃料箱上，当时正在进行灌注燃料（超低温的液氢和液氧）的程序。
The external tank is put together in Louisiana. It rides on a barge to Florida.
航天飞机的外贮箱在路易斯安那州组装，并由大型平底驳船运至佛罗里达。
The leak occurred in a 7-inch round plate that attaches plumbing and cables from the shuttle's external tank to the launch pad.
泄漏发生在一个7英寸的圆盘内，它装有从飞船的外部燃料箱到发射台的水管设施和电缆。
The leak occurred in a 7-inch round plate that attaches plumbing and cables from the shuttle's external tank to the launch pad.
泄漏发生在一个7英寸的圆盘内，它装有从飞船的外部燃料箱到发射台的水管设施和电缆。
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