They watched the rocket take off from the launch pad.

他们观看了火箭从发射台起飞。

The smoke on the launch pad indicated that the rocket was about to achieve liftoff.

发射台上的烟雾表明火箭即将离地。

With a roar, it began to rise slowly from the launch pad.

伴随着巨大的轰鸣, 火箭开始从发射台缓慢升起.

That missile disintegrated less than a minute after leaving the launch pad.

在那次,导弹在离开发射台不到一分钟时间就解体了.

We were turning this into our summer vacation launch pad, escape pod, this thing that could take us out of Lynchburg.

我们把它改造成了暑假用的发射台，逃生舱，它能带我们离开林奇堡。

The risk of a disaster at the Ares I-X launch pad has been assessed, Shannon said, but should not endanger Atlantis.

箭发射台发生灾难的风险进行了评估，即使发生也不会危及亚特兰蒂斯号。

NASA today postponed the rollout of the space shuttle Atlantis onto the launch pad, at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

美国宇航局今天推迟了亚特兰蒂斯号在佛罗里达州卡纳维拉尔角上到发射台上首次展示的时间。

The space shuttle Atlantis sits on launch pad 39A while awaiting its scheduled launch at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida June 8, 2007.

2007年6月8日，阿特兰蒂斯号航天飞机在佛罗里达州卡纳维拉尔角的肯尼迪航天中心的39A发射台等待发射。

That launch marked the inauguration of a new space centre, at an unidentified desert location, which included an underground control station and satellite launch pad.

那次发射也标志着一个新航天中心的落成。而该新航天中心坐落在隐秘的沙漠中，有一个地下控制台和卫星发射台。

Actually no, but it was almost the case in November 2006, when a launch pad technician forgot to secure a door in the White Room leading to the space shuttle Endeavour just before launch.

还好这种事并没有发生，2006年的11月，一位发射台工程师在发射前忘记了要去固定发射平台上通向奋进号的一扇门。