The team of China's Shenzhou-VII manned space flight mission has been rewarded the 2009 space Achievement Award from the US space Foundation.

美国航天基金会近日宣布，将该基金会的2009年“太空成就奖”授予中国神舟七号载人航天飞行任务团队。

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Deep in the vast and mostly unpopulated Gobi Desert, China's launch base is quietly awaiting the country's first-ever manned space flight.

在辽阔无际人烟稀少的戈壁滩上，中国发射基地正默默等待着首次载人航天飞行时间的到来。

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China is counting down to its first manned space flight, scheduled for sometime between Wednesday and Friday.

中国首次载人航天飞机飞行已进入倒计时阶段，预计发射时间是本周三至本周五。

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The X-15 was the first major investment by the United States in manned space flight technology.

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"What we're asking (SpaceX officials) to do is amazing, " William Gerstenmaier, head of NASA's manned space-flight efforts, told reporters recently.

WSJ: SpaceX's Pioneering Flight Plans

Despite the warm words of the nation's leaders, America's manned space-flight programme has been becalmed in Earth orbit for decades.

ECONOMIST: The space shuttle