In 1999, NASA sent ladybugs and aphids up in the space shuttle to test their movements in zero gravity.

1999年，NASA(美国航空航天局)将瓢虫和蚜虫带上了航天飞机以测试它们在失重状态下的行动。

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NASA's Space Shuttle Program conducted the final test firing of a reusable solid rocket motor Feb. 25 in Promontory, Utah.

2月25日，美国航天局航天飞机组在犹他州海角对可回收的液态火箭引擎进行了最后的测试。

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The rocket launch is NASA? S first suborbital test of the new Ares I booster to launch astronauts to space aboard its shuttle successor, the Orion craft.

这次发射是NASA新型火箭的第一次亚轨道飞行测试，成熟后的战神I号将替代航天飞机，搭载猎户太空舱进行载人航天的任务。

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Shuttle test director Stephen Payne said the lunar mission team agreed to allow Endeavour to take the launch pad,or range, on Wednesday.

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It is launching a fleet of spy satellites and plans to test a rocket that can reenter the atmosphere--officially, for space shuttle research.

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It was always going to be a test flight - the first of two that have been planned to bring the shuttle programme back on track.

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Buick will be on the ground with the NCAA in Atlanta, displaying cars, offering test drives and courtesy cars to shuttle people around.

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