The space shuttle columbia disintegrated upon re - entry into the earth ' s atmosphere in february 2003 after debris punctured the orbiter ' s insulation , allowing superheated gases to penetrate its wing 哥伦比亚号宇宙飞船于2003年2月返回地球大气层时由于炙热的气体通过隔热层穿透机翼而解体。
Ansari , 40 , was due to return to earth on sept . 29 , along with cosmonaut pavel vinogradov and astronaut jeffrey williams , who have been on the station since april 40岁的安萨里将于9月29日和宇航员帕维尔?维诺格拉多夫及杰夫里?威廉姆斯一起返回地球，这两位宇航员从今年4月份起就进入了空间站。
Its sample - collection capsule returned to the earth on 8 september 2004 . despite a crash due to failure of the parachute system , a significant amount of the samples were recovered 它的样本收集器于二零零四年九月八日返回地球。虽然收集器因降伞系统的失灵而撞毁，但仍有相当数量的样本能够保存。
Officials with the u . s . space agency have ordered the shuttle endeavour to return to earth tuesday , one day ahead of schedule , because of weather concerns at mission control in houston , texas 德克萨斯休斯敦航天控制中心出于对气候的担忧，美国航天局随即下令奋进号航天飞机在周二提前一天返回地球。
But they remain concerned about the gap filler - a material between and underneath the tiles that seals them and reduces friction , protecting the orbiter from the searing heat of re - entry into earth ' s atmosphere 但他们仍然担心缝隙填充物，一种物质被封在里面减小摩擦的物质，可以保护航天飞机安全返回地球。
Officials with the u . s . base space agency have ordered the shuttle endeavourin diver to return to earth tuesday , one day ahead of schedule , because of weather concerns that mission control in huston , texas 德克萨斯休斯敦航天控制中心出于对气候的担忧，美国航天局随即下令奋进号航天飞机在周二提前一天返回地球。
Officials with the us space agency has ordered the shuttle endeavor to return to earth tuesday one day ahead of schedule because of weather concerns at mission control in huston , taxes 美国航天局已经命令奋进号航天飞机周二返回地球，由于考虑到位于德州休斯顿的航天控制中心的天气问题，奋进号比计划提前一天返航。
Hollywood stunt pilot was supposed to snag the genesis capsule as it floated toward earth on a parachute at the end of its three - year mission to collect solar ions 三年来， “起源”号太阳探测飞船的主要任务就是收集太阳粒子。在完成该使命后，飞船借助降落伞返回地球。按计划，一位好莱坞的特技飞行员将对返回舱实施空中拦截。
Did you know that to get to the moon it takes more power for that rocket to lift off and break away from the earth ' s pull of gravity than all the power it needs to travel to the moon and back to earth ? half a million miles 你知道不知道，在火箭奔月时，它启航和脱离地球引力时所用的能量，远远大于它驶向月球途中和返回地球时所用的能量，这可是50万英里呀！
The award will go to the team that first takes three people to a 100 - kilometer suborbital altitude , returns to earth , and repeats the feat within 14 days after replacing less than 10 percent of the dry weight of the vehicle 得奖的团体，首先必须载送三名人员进入100公里的次轨道高度，再返回地球，接著在14天之内重复上述动作，而载具的更新不能超过净重的10 % 。
