Apollo 11 fell safely into the middle of the Pacific Ocean 4 days later. The first lunar landing project had succeeded and has been considered the greatest achievement of human kind in the 20th century. Astronauts were welcomed and hailed as heroes everywhere they went. Six years later, the U...
由第三段第二句话 “In 42 years of US' human space flight, there had never been an accident in the descent to Earth or landing.”可知,在美国42年的载人航空飞行中,从来没有在着陆地面时发生事故,言外之意就是Columbia 航天飞机是着陆地面时坠毁。“or landing”对应的意思就是descent。故答案为B。
Space shuttle, partially reusable rocket-launched vehicle designed to go into orbit around Earth, to transport people and cargo to and from orbiting spacecraft, and to glide to a runway landing on its return to Earth’s surface. It was developed by NASA
On Feb. 1, 2003, the shuttle made its usual landing approach to the Kennedy Space Center. Just before 9 a.m. EST, however, abnormal readings showed up at Mission Control. Temperature readings from sensors located on the left wing were lost. Then, tire pressure readings from the left side...
1, 2003 file photo, debris from the space shuttle Columbia streaks across the sky over Tyler, Texas. The Columbia broke apart in flames 200,000 feet over Texas, killing all seven astronauts just minutes before they were to glide to a landing in Florida. ...
太空梭受到了另一飞行威胁：在起飞过程中一只秃鹫撞入燃料箱。2 Discovery marked the resumption of the space shuttle program after itwas grounded following the Columbia disaster two-and-half yearsago.发现号标志着宇宙飞行船项目在两年半前因哥伦比亚号悲剧搁浅后的重新开始。
Sonic boom spectra of space shuttle Columbia landing 10 December 1990Young, Robert W.INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings
December 8, 1983 - A small fire ignites on the US space shuttle Columbia during landing; no astronauts are injured. August 1991 - After its 11th mission, Columbia is removed from the shuttle launch lineup to undergo inspection and retrofit at Rockwell International’s Palmdale, California, ass...
Space Shuttle Columbia flight milestones Crowds gather on Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force Base to see the first landing by Space Shuttle Columbia on Apr. 14, 1981.(Image credit: NASA) Space shuttle Columbia'sfirst flight into spacetook place on Apr. 12, 1981, according to NASA. The ...
NASA's space shuttle was unlike any other spacecraft built during the 30 years the program was in operation.