A series of lightning strikes near the launch pad forced officials to delay the launch attempt on Saturday.

之前靠近发射台一连串的闪电，迫使官员推迟了星期六的发射。

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NASA then began moving Discovery from its assembly building to the launch pad, after a delay of at least two hours.

然后，美国国家航空与宇航局开始将“发现”号从装配大楼移送到发射台，这比原定时间至少推迟了两小时。

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The extent of the delay indicated the viscosity of the fluid, and toe-pad mucus was found to be little more than one-and-a-half times as viscous as water.

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