He was living in Russia before his launch three weeks ago from Kazakhstan, training for this six-month space station mission.

三周前，焦立中在哈萨克斯坦被送入太空，之前他住在俄罗斯，为长达六个月的空间站任务接受培训。

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A small plane with two sick U.S. workers arrived safely in Chile late Wednesday after leaving Antarctica in a daring rescue mission from a remote South Pole research station.

一架小型飞机从一个偏远的南极科考站出发，英勇地执行了救援任务。随后载着两名生病的美籍工作人员，于周三晚间安全抵达智利。

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Five years later, I flew on my first mission to the International Space Station.

五年后，我第一次飞往国际空间站执行任务。

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For example, one American astronaut on a four-month long mission on the Russian space station Mir saw a vision of his dead father.

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Bob Dempsey, at the Johnson Space Center in Texas, is the lead International Space Station flight director for this mission.

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(OMITTED) Commander Alan Poindexter is leadingthe Discovery's crew on a 13-day mission that includes a stop at the space station.

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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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On 18 August, the week before the loss of the space station mission, a Proton vehicle failed to put a communications satellite in its proper orbit.

BBC: Another Soyuz rocket launch fails

On 18 August, the week before the loss of the space station mission, a Proton rocket failed to put a communications satellite in its proper orbit.

BBC: Soyuz back in service after failed launch