俄羅斯“聯(lián)盟號”載人飛船成功著陸

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Smiles of happiness andrelief , as a US astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut return safely to earth from the International Space Station.Russia's Mission Conrol said the Soyuz space capsule landed in Northern Kazakhstan as planned.

帶著快樂釋然的微笑，兩名宇航員（一名來自美國，一名來自俄羅斯）從國際宇宙空間站安全返航。俄羅斯任務控制中心稱，“聯(lián)盟號”宇宙飛船按計劃在哈薩克斯坦北部著陸。

The crew’s return means just 3 men remain on board the 100-billion-dollar space station. However, the research vessel will expand to a 6-member crew on 4th, April, after 3 others arrive on board the Soyuz space craft. Russia will ferry all crews to the ISS aboard its single-use Soyuz vehicles after the US Space Agency(NASA) mothballs its shuttle fleet by the end of this year.

這兩名宇航員返回后，那架價值1000億美元的宇宙空間站上就只剩3名宇航員了。但是到4月4號，另外3名宇航員將搭載“聯(lián)盟號”宇宙飛船登上宇宙空間站，那時，空間站上的成員就增加到6名了。由于美國航天局暫停了航天計劃，一直到今年年底，俄羅斯將使用一次性的“聯(lián)盟號”飛船想向空間站運送宇航員。

Earlier this month, the Russians announced a halt to space tourism to free capacity for such flights and plans to double the number of launches to 4.

本月初，為執(zhí)行航空任務之便，俄羅斯宣布暫停太空旅游，并且計劃加倍任務執(zhí)行次數(shù)（由2次增加到4次。）