Getting flight experience should help them win a slot on the station, says Stern.

获得飞行经验应该有助于他们在空间站赢得一席之地，斯特恩说。

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He trained in Moscow for six months before the flight and spent six days aboard the station.

飞行前，他在莫斯科进行了6个月的训练，随后在空间站上呆了6天。

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The seven Endeavour astronauts were ultimately delayed until July, when they flew a marathon delivery flight to the space station.

这几位奋进号宇航员的旅程被一直推迟到了7月向国际空间站运送物资的时候。

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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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Armstrong spent seven years at NACA's high-speed flight station at Edwards Air Force Base in California, becoming one of the world's best test pilots.

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After returning and graduating from Purdue, Neil applied to become a test pilot at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics High-Speed Flight Station at Edwards Air Force Base.

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With the White House and Congress pressuring NASA to reduce space station costs and construction delays, the agency felt compelled to adhere to a fixed shuttle flight schedule for station missions, which would affect non-station missions as well, the report said.

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