The original planned launch was called off four minutes before blastoff.

原计划的发射在起飞前四分钟被取消。

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The space shuttle won't lift off the launch pad until Sunday at the earliest.

这架航天飞机最早要到星期天才会发射升空。

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Above, an artist's conception of the Space Launch System blasting off.

图中，艺术家设想的太空发射系统点火升空了。

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State Department Acting Spokesman Robert Wood says U.S.officials are in contact with regional allies and other concerned governments to try to "head off" the launch.

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The new schedule calls for Endeavour to lift off before dawn on Wednesday, the same day that NASA had hoped to launch a separate mission to survey the moon.

VOA: standard.2009.06.16

Already the launch is off to a bit of a rocky start.

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But the launch got off to a rocky start.

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Plenty of space for the people smugglers to bring the migrants down here by cover of night, launch them off in those small wooden boats and head them towards the Italian island of Lampedusa, or sometimes to Malta.

BBC: Last Updated: Wednesday, 16 January 2008, 12:19 GMT