In 2005, during the first launch after the Space shuttle Columbia disaster, a shuttle was threatened by another flying menace: a vulture that smacked into the external tank during takeoff.

在2005年在哥伦比亚号遇难后的第一次发射中，太空梭受到了另一飞行威胁：在起飞过程中一只秃鹫撞入燃料箱。

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Discovery's final flight follows several delays due to technical problems and repairs to its external fuel tank, but NASA's mission launch director Mike Leinbach says the shuttle is still space-ready.

美国航空航天管理局的发射主任迈克·莱因巴克说，这次发现号的最后飞行，曾经因为技术问题以及修理外油箱而几度延期，但它仍旧能承担太空飞行任务。

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A major exception, the space shuttle orbiter, USES three onboard liquid-fuel main engines supplied by a disposable external tank and a pair of solid-fuel boosters to reach space.

一个主要的例外是航天飞机轨道飞行器，它使用三个随之携带的液体燃料的重要引擎到达宇宙，而这又是由一个可任意使用的外部箱和一对固体燃料后援器来供给的。

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