spaceflight n. 外层空间飞行
spaceflight[ noun ]
a voyage outside the Earth's atmosphere
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- The most enduring symbol of Soviet commitment to manned spaceflight has been the orbiting Mir space station.
- The success of the X-15 design, development and flight program allowed the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo spaceflight programs to accelerate.
- Tass said Polyakov will also study motion sickness, another troublesome problem of spaceflight.
- Atlantis appeared to be in good shape, with only a few dings in the heat-resistant tiles, said William Lenoir, head of NASA's spaceflight program.
- Officials told reporters that a special recording had been made by the British pop music group Pink Floyd for a joint Soviet-French spaceflight scheduled for Nov. 26.
- Now Mrs. Scobee, whose husband, Dick, commanded the ill-fated ship, said that "like any other American citizen" she is eager for a successful Discovery mission to get NASA's manned spaceflight program back on track.
- NASA spaceflight director William Lenoir said that the umbilicals had not failed and that the second round of tests was normal.
- But he said the nation was right in refusing to be discouraged by the accident, which had grounded the U.S. manned spaceflight program.
- A manned spaceflight program is the next frontier that man has always reached for.
- His wife, Tandi, works at the Houston space center in the life sciences projects office and understands well the risks of spaceflight, he said.