英譯中,有重謝Shuttle cleared for return to Earth
Analysts at Nasa decided last night that the astronauts on the shuttle Discovery will not have to perform running repairs on the craft ,ruling it fit to re-enter the Earth's a tmosphere a week today.
Mission control in Houston radioed the crew to tell them that the vessel's heat shield"is 100 percent clear for entry".
This allayed fears that damage caused during lift-off may have put the shuttle in jeopardy of suffering a fate similar to that lr Columbia,which exploded as it flew eart hwardw in 2003.The seven astronauts,including Piers Sellers,51,a father of two from Crowborough,East Sussex,spent the day transferring supplies to the International Space Station.They reacted to the news with relief.
Repairs would have meant a further space walk.