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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That launch marked the inauguration of a new space centre, at an unidentified desert location, which included an underground control station and satellite launch pad.

那次发射也标志着一个新航天中心的落成。而该新航天中心坐落在隐秘的沙漠中，有一个地下控制台和卫星发射台。

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In this contract modification, space station crew members will launch on four Soyuz vehicles in 2013 and return on two vehicles in 2013 and two in 2014.

合同变更说明，国际空间站工作人员将在2013年乘坐4艘“联盟号”宇宙飞船升空，并且分别在2013年和2014年乘坐两艘飞船返回地面。

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After that,space station partners will rely on Russian and private launch vehicles to ferry supplies to the orbiter.

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Moments before Discovery's launch, NASA camera caught the space station passing through its orbit above Florida.

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At the time of Endeavour's launch, NASA says the International Space Station was traveling at a speed of about eight kilometers-per-second, above western Romania.

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However, after the successful launch of an unmanned capsule to the station, followed by the successful manned launch, it appears that things are now back on track.

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This is the first successful launch of a Soyuz rocked since a failed launch in April led to speculation that NASA might send the current crew of the International Space Station home until another launch vehicle was developed.

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The attacks in New York and Washington have not impacted a scheduled Russian launch to the international space station.

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