Such efforts may attract little attention compared with the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour this week.

与本周发射的奋进号航天飞机相比，上述计划可能不会被过多关注。

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Space shuttle Endeavour is set to launch on a mission to the International Space Station, after a series of weather delays.

奋进号航天飞机已经准备就绪，发射前往国际空间站。 在此之前，一连串恶劣的天气推迟了发射。

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NASA postponed the launch of the US space shuttle Endeavour early Sunday by at least one day due to clouds over Kennedy space Center in Florida.

由于佛罗里达州肯尼迪航天中心发射台上空云量过多，美国航天局决定将原定当地时间7日凌晨发射的“奋进”号航天飞机推迟至少一天发射。

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NASA officials say cameras mounted on Endeavour showed several pieces of debris falling away and hitting the shuttle during launch late Wednesday.

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Shuttle test director Stephen Payne said the lunar mission team agreed to allow Endeavour to take the launch pad,or range, on Wednesday.

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Since the Hubble Mission is delayed, Space Shuttle Endeavour will be the next to launch before the end of 2008.

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On Thursday, December 3, the target launch of the space shuttle Endeavour on an eleven-day International Space Station mission is scheduled at Cape Canaveral.

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Until the eve of the launch, United States and Russian space officials argued about the overlap of the Soyuz rocket launch and the continued docking of U.S. space shuttle Endeavour at the space station.

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