摘要
2005年,美国的“发现号”航天飞机载着7名宇航员,在佛罗里达州肯尼迪中心顺利起飞,升上太空。这是美国航天飞机自“哥伦比亚号”空中解体以来,停飞几年后的首航。查尔斯·卡马尔达是7名宇航员中的一位,这是他的第一次宇宙航行。他知道,这是一次举世瞩目的航天飞行,他为自己能登上“发现号”而激动不已。
In 2005, the U.S. Space Shuttle Discovery, with seven astronauts on board, blasted off successfully to re-enter space from NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida. This was the first space mission for the USA in several years after the Space Shuttle Columbia was torn to pieces in the air. As one of the crew members, Charles Camarda would have his first space flight. He knew this flight commanded the attention of the world, so he became very excited about boarding the Space Shuttle Discovery.