I mean, just taking the space shuttle up and back one time is hugely expensive.

我的意思是，仅仅是发射航天飞机一次再飞回的成本就已经是天价了。

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The space shuttle Discovery is set to land for the last time Wednesday at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

发现号航天飞机将在星期三降落在佛罗里达州肯尼迪航天中心，这是发现号的最后一次太空飞行。

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A humanoid robot will visit space for the first time in September aboard the space Shuttle Discovery, NASA announced Wednesday.

NASA在本周三宣布，第一台人形机器人将于今年九月搭乘发现号航天飞机首次踏入太空。

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It has been a busy time in outer space for the astronauts aboard the shuttle Atlantis and on the International Space Station.

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He is also a former two-time space shuttle astronaut, having flown in 2008 and 2009.

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The space station crew has been limited to two full-time residents since last year's suspension of space shuttle flights in the wake of the Columbia accident.

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Space shuttle Atlantis landed for the last time at Kennedy Space Center at 5:57 a.m. this morning.

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