英译中,有重谢ShuttleclearedforreturntoEarthAnalystsatNasadecidedlastnightthattheastronautsontheshuttleDiscoverywillnothavetoperformrunningrepairsonthecraft,rulingitfittore-entertheEarth'satmosphereaweektod
英译中,有重谢ShuttleclearedforreturntoEarth
AnalystsatNasadecidedlastnightthattheastronautsontheshuttleDiscoverywillnothavetoperformrunningrepairsonthecraft,rulingitfittore-entertheEarth'satmosphereaweektoday.
MissioncontrolinHoustonradioedthecrewtotellthemthatthevessel'sheatshield"is100percentclearforentry".
Thisallayedfearsthatdamagecausedduringlift-offmayhaveputtheshuttleinjeopardyofsufferingafatesimilartothatlrColumbia,whichexplodedasitflewearthwardwin2003.Thesevenastronauts,includingPiersSellers,51,afatheroftwofromCrowborough,EastSussex,spentthedaytransferringsuppliestotheInternationalSpaceStation.Theyreactedtothenewswithrelief.
Repairswouldhavemeantafurtherspacewalk.