美国航天飞机发现号(Discovery)于2009年8月28日从佛罗里达州卡纳维尔角美国国家航空航天局(NASA)肯尼迪太空中心(Kennedy Space Center)发射升空后，于8月30日美国东部标准时间晚上8时54分 与国际太空站( International Space Station- ISS)对接成功。
经历约14天太空飞行旅程后，执行STS-128飞行任务的发现号已于2009年9月11日(星期五)美国东部标准时间晚上8:53 p.m. 安全降落在美国西部的加利福尼亚州爱德华兹空军基地(Edwards Air Force Base)，顺利返回地球。STS-128国际太空站航天任务到此圆满成功。
航天飞机发现号安全降落在美国加利福尼亚州爱德华兹空军基地, 2009.09.11
祝贺全体美国及瑞典宇航员和工程师对我们伟大的航天科技与探索太空任务，再次作出贡献！
Congratulations! Thanks Discovery STS-128 and ISS all outstanding astronauts and engineers of the United States and the European Space Agency for your another great contributions to the aeronautic technology and space exploration.
载有七名美国和欧洲航天局宇航员执行STS-128任务的美国航天飞机发现号(Discovery)于2009年8月28日从佛罗里达州卡纳维尔角美国国家航空航天局(NASA)肯尼迪太空中心(Kennedy Space Center)发射升空后，8月30日(星期日)靠近国际太空站( International Space Station- ISS)并于美国东部标准时间晚上8时54分 与国际太空站对接成功，10时59分打开对接舱门，国际太空站宇航员们祝贺欢迎发现号的到来。
Space Shuttle Discovery STS-131 Landed in Florida 美国发现号航天飞机STS-131安全返回地球
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Space Shuttle Discovery STS-131 Landed Safely in Florida
Space shuttle Discovery STS-131 ended a two-week journey of more than 6.2 million miles and landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 20, 2010 (Tuesday). Returning to Earth aboard the orbiter were STS-131 seven astronauts – Commander Alan Poindexter, Pilot Jim Dutton, and Mission Specialists Stephanie Wilson, Rick Mastracchio, Clay Anderson, Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger and Naoko Yamazaki of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The STS-131 mission to the International Space Station included three spacewalks, the installation of equipment outside the ISS, and the transfer of thousands of pounds of cargo and supplies from the orbiter’s payload bay to various locations on the station.
Congratulations! Thank Discovery STS-131 and ISS all outstanding astronauts and engineers of the United States, Russia, Japan as well as other nations for your great contributions to the aeronautic technology and space exploration.
美国航天飞机发现号完成STS-131太空站任务
美国航天飞机发现号(space shuttle Discovery)于2010年4月5日从佛罗里达州卡纳维尔角美国国家航空航天局(NASA)肯尼迪太空中心(Kennedy Space Center)发射升空后，于4月7日与国际太空站( International Space Station- ISS)对接成功。
载有七名宇航员执行STS-131任务的美国航天飞机发现号(space shuttle Discovery)于2010年4月5日从佛罗里达州卡纳维尔角美国国家航空航天局(NASA)肯尼迪太空中心(Kennedy Space Center)发射升空后，4月7日靠近国际太空站( International Space Station- ISS)，并于同日美国中部标准时间凌晨2:44 a.m. CDT与国际太空站对接成功。
April 11, 2010 ─ Using robotic grappling equipment, astronauts aboard space shuttle Discovery transfer cargo from the orbiters payload bay to the International Space Station. Spacewalkers Rick Mastracchio and Clay Anderson contribute with the second of three EVAs theyre scheduled to perform on STS-131.
美国航天飞机发现号(Discovery)于2009年3月15日美国东部时间晚上7时43分从佛罗里达州卡纳维尔角美国国家航空航天局(NASA)肯尼迪太空中心(Kennedy Space Center)成功地发射升空。目前发现号已安全进入太空轨道，并以每小时17,500 英里的速度向着国际太空站( International Space Station)飞去。
美国NASA发现号航天飞机STS-119成功地发射升空, March 15, 2009
这次发现号航天飞机STS-119飞往国际太空站的任务由7名宇航员来完成。他们是美国NASA宇航员 Lee Archambault, Tony Antonelli, Joseph Acaba, John Phillips, Steve Swanson, Richard Arnold，日本宇宙航空研究开发机构 (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency-JAXA) 宇航员 若田光一(Koichi Wakata)。
美国航天飞机发现号(Discovery)于2009年8月28日美国东部时间晚上11时59分从佛罗里达州美国国家航空航天局(NASA)肯尼迪太空中心(Kennedy Space Center)成功地发射升空。由於气候条件和燃料阀故障等因素，发现号的发射几经推迟，现终於顺利进行。目前，发现号已安全进入太空飞行轨道，再经两天飞行后，将在大约8月30日
(星期日)与国际太空站( International Space Station)接轨。
这次航天飞机发现号STS-128飞往国际太空站的任务由七名宇航员来完成，他们是Kevin Ford, Rick Sturckow, Jose Hernandez, John “Danny” Olivas, Nicole Stott, Patrick Forrester, 和欧洲航天局(European Space Agency)的瑞典宇航员Christer Fuglesang。
Space shuttle Discovery’s liftoff from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a picturesque, warm, late February afternoon was witnessed by news media representatives near the countdown clock at the Press Site. Launch of the STS-133 mission was at 4:53 p.m. EST on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011 – her final ride to the International Space Station.
Discovery and its six-member crew are on a mission to deliver the Express Logistics Carrier-4, and Robonaut 2, the first robot of its kind to fly into and work in space.
Discovery is making its 39th mission and is scheduled to be retired following STS-133. This is the 133rd Space Shuttle Program mission and the 35th shuttle voyage to the International Space Station. STS-133 crew members include transporting Commander Steve Lindsey, Pilot Eric Boe, and Mission Specialists Nicole Stott, Michael Barratt, Alvin Drew, and Steve Bowen.
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美国航天飞机发现号STS-133于2011年2月24日成功地发射升空
美国航天飞机发现号STS-133最后飞行任务
因氮气和氦气泄漏而一再推迟发射后，美国航天飞机发现号(space shuttle Discovery)已于2011年2月24日东部时间 4:53 p.m. EDT 从佛罗里达州卡纳维尔角美国国家航空航天局(NASA)肯尼迪太空中心(Kennedy Space Center)成功地发射升空。目前，发现号已和国际太空站( International Space Station – ISS)对接。
发现号STS-133于2011年3月9日安全降落返回地球. Discovery STS133 landed on March 9, 2011
Congratulations! Thank Space shuttle Discovery STS-133 and ISS all outstanding astronauts and engineers of the United States, Russia, Japan as well as other nations for your great contributions to the aeronautic technology and space exploration.
Congratulations! Space shuttle Discovery achieves great success since first launch in 1984 !
美国航天飞机发现号(Discovery)于2009年3月15日美国东部时间晚上7时43分从佛罗里达州卡纳维尔角美国国家航空航天局(NASA)肯尼迪太空中心(Kennedy Space Center)成功地发射升空，3月17日与国际太空站( International Space Station-ISS)对接。发现号这次STS-119将近10天的航天飞行，宇航员进行3次出舱太空行走，装设一组新的太阳能电池板以加强国际太空站的供电和研究能力，并执行维修国际太空站的其他计划任务。
载有6名美国宇航员和1名日本宇航员的美国航天飞机发现号(Discovery)于2009年3月15日从佛罗里达州卡纳维尔角美国国家航空航天局(NASA)肯尼迪太空中心(Kennedy Space Center)发射升空后，3月17日靠近国际太空站( International Space Station – ISS)并于美国东部标准时间下午5:20 p.m 和太空站对接。机舱于6:09 p.m 打开，发现号宇航员和太空站Expedition 18长驻宇航员互相祝贺航天飞行与对接成功。
Vital clues about the devastating ends to the lives of massive stars can be found by studying the aftermath of their explosions. In its more than twelve years of science operations, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has studied many of these supernova remnants sprinkled across the galaxy. The latest example of this important investigation is Chandra's new image of the supernova remnant known as G350.1-0.3. This stellar debris field is located some 14,700 light years from the Earth toward the center of the Milky Way. Evidence from Chandra and from ESA's XMM-Newton telescope suggest that a compact object within G350.1+0.3 may be the dense core of the star that exploded. The position of this likely neutron star, seen by the arrow pointing to "neutron star" in the inset image, is well away from the center of the X-ray emission. If the supernova explosion occurred near the center of the X-ray emission then the neutron star must have received a powerful kick in the supernova explosion. Data suggest this supernova remnant, as it appears in the image, is 600 and 1,200 years old. If the estimated location of the explosion is correct, this means the neutron star has been moving at a speed of at least 3 million miles per hour since the explosion. Another intriguing aspect of G350.1-0.3 is its unusual shape. Many supernova remnants are nearly circular, but G350.1-0.3 is strikingly asymmetrical as seen in the Chandra data in this image (gold). Infrared data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope (light blue) also trace the morphology found by Chandra. Astronomers think that this bizarre shape is due to stellar debris field expanding into a nearby cloud of cold molecular gas. The age of 600-1,200 years puts the explosion that created G350.1-0.3 in the same time frame as other famous supernovas that formed the Crab and SN 1006 supernova remnants. However, it is unlikely that anyone on Earth would have seen the explosion because of the obscuring gas and dust that lies along our line of sight to the remnant. These results appeared in the April 10, 2011 issue of The Astrophysical Journal. Image Credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/I. Lovchinsky et al; IR: NASA/JPL-Caltech Read More
