The growth mainly came from China's forest protection programs, NASA said.

NASA 说，增长主要来自于中国的森林保护计划。

Since then, NASA, the National Reconnaissance Office and even Boeing have all launched and operated Cube Sats.

从那以后，NASA、美国国家侦察局甚至波音公司都发射并运行过立方体卫星。

NASA plans for most of its future Earth-escaping payloads (to the moon and Mars especially) to carry Cube Sats.

NASA 计划以其未来大部分逃离地球的载荷（特别是前往月球和火星的）来运载立方体卫星。

Sensors and circuits were on the brink of failing and NASA experts realised that they had to do something or lose contact with their probe forever.

传感器和电路濒临故障，NASA 的专家们意识到他们必须做点什么，否则将永远与探测器失去联系。

Companies like SpaceX could help NASA and its partners when it comes to resupplying the ISS, as it suggests it can reduce launch costs by two-thirds.

在为国际空间站提供补给方面，像 SpaceX 这样的公司可以帮到 NASA 及其合作伙伴，因为该公司表示这样可以将发射成本降低三分之二。

NASA plans to launch a satellite to study cosmic rays.

美国国家航空航天局计划发射一颗卫星来研究宇宙射线。

NASA discovered a mathematical error in its calculations.

美国国家航空航天局发现了其计算中的一个数学错误。

NASA has started a 10-year search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

美国航空航天局已经启动了一个为期10年的寻找外星生物的项目。

The committee's chairman accused NASA of resting on its laurels after making it to the moon.

委员会主席谴责美国国家航空航天局在登月后便不思进取。

NASA refused me not once, not twice, but eleven times!

美国国家航空航天局（NASA）拒绝了我，不是一次，也不是两次，而是十一次！

NASA scientist Chris Mckay says, "We may find aliens in space and talk with them."

美国国家航空航天局科学家克里斯·麦凯说：“我们可能会在太空中发现外星人，并与他们交谈。”

Why did NASA choose the term "climate change"?

为什么美国国家航空航天局选择使用“气候变化”这个词？

NASA technicians noticed the computer problems during last-minute checks.

美国国家航空航天局技术人员在最后的检查中注意到了计算机问题。

NASA offers to launch CubeSats free of charge for educational and research purposes.

美国宇航局免费发射立方体卫星以供教育和研究之用。

NASA is developing a series of robotic probes that will get the most bang from a buck.

美国国家航空航天局正在开发一系列的机器人探测器，且将会获得巨大的收益。

It was the longest-distance repair job in history, and a triumph for the NASA engineers.

这是历史上最长距离的维修工作，也是美国国家航空航天局工程师的一个胜利。

The news conference will be held at the NASA Headquarters auditorium at 300 E St. SW, in Washington.

新闻发布会将在华盛顿东街300号的美国航天航空局总部礼堂举行。

The NASA team is now saying they have proved that they could not have been produced by the blast itself.

美国国家航空和宇宙航行局的研究小组现在表示，他们已经证明，它们不可能是由爆炸本身产生的。

Just at this time NASA decided to test some new high-altitude cameras by taking photographs of Yellowstone.

就在这个时候，美国国家航空航天局决定通过拍摄黄石公园的照片来测试一些新的高空照相机。

Since then, NASA, the National Reconnaissance Office and even Boeing have all launched and operated CubeSats.

从那时起，美国国家航空航天局、国家侦察局甚至波音公司都发射并运行了立方体卫星。

In 1991 the United States Congress asked NASA to investigate the hazard posed today by large impacts on Earth.

1991年，美国国会要求美国国家航空和航天管理局调查大型天体撞击对如今的地球所造成的危害。

When NASA blasted a hole in the moon last year in search of water, scientists figured there would be a splash.

当美国国家宇航局去年为了寻找水源在月球上炸出一个洞的时候，科学家就认为会溅起水花。

When NASA blasted a hole in the moon last year in search of water, scientists figured there would be a splash.

当美国国家宇航局去年为了寻找水源在月球上炸出一个洞的时候，科学家就认为会溅起水花。

They used a special NASA camera and found that global leaf area had increased by 5 percent since the early 2000s.

他们使用了美国宇航局的一种特殊相机，发现自21世纪初以来，全球森林面积增加了5%。

How will NASA transform the International Space Station from a building site into a cutting-edge research laboratory?

美国国家航空航天局将如何把国际空间站从一个建筑工地改造成一个尖端的研究实验室？

NASA has already begun to take action, hiring management consultants ProOrbis to develop a plan to cut through the bureaucracy.

美国国家航空航天局已经开始采取行动，聘请管理顾问 ProOrbis 制定一项计划，以削减官僚机构。

NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Agency, today announced in Florida that the next space shuttle mission has been canceled.

美国国家航空航天局今天在佛罗里达州宣布，已经取消了下一次的航天飞机任务。

That's why exercise is considered so vital that National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) puts it right on the workday schedule.

这就是为什么日常锻炼是如此重要，以至于美国国家航空航天局将其列入工作日程表中。

Lengthy delays like this are one of the key challenges for NASA, according to an April 2011 report from the US National Academy of Sciences.

美国国家科学院于2011年4月的报告称，这样的长时间延误是美国航空航天局面临的主要挑战之一。

They can attain more distant orbits; NASA plans for most of its future earth escaping payloads (to the moon and Mars especially) to carry CubeSats.

它们可以到达更远的轨道；美国国家航空航天局计划在其未来的大部分发射任务（尤其是去月球和火星的）中携带立方体卫星。