So if the rocket anomaly isn't identified and fixed soon, a fresh crew won't be able to reach the orbiting lab before the last three spaceflyers head for home.

所以在最后三名宇航员回来前，如果不能尽快找出并修复火箭异常，新的工作人员将不能前往轨道实验室。

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The logs also included near-misses in the clutter of space: old rocket-stages, blankets and foot restraints, all orbiting past.

日志也记录了杂乱无章的太空中发生的一些虚惊事件：弃用的火箭级、覆盖层以及脚固定环都曾擦身而过。

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Two European satellites that will study the weather in space are finally orbiting the Earth four years after a first launch attempt ended in disaster when a carrier rocket blew up.

两枚将探测太空天气情况的欧洲卫星终于进入绕地球运行轨道，4年前第一次发射时因运载火箭爆炸而失败。

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The chief lobbyist for Mir is the Energiya rocket corporation, which built and owns the orbiting laboratory.

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Eventually the company is hoping to use its research to create orbiting systems that can fling other satellites into deep space, but seeing how the last Dnepr rocket crashed and burned on liftoff in 2006, Team Tether is probably best off taking this endeavor one step at a time.

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Fire this rocket at such an angle and speed that it will slingshot thanks to gravity and end up orbiting the moon, the ultimate definition of a moving target.

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