俄罗斯联盟号宇宙飞船与国际空间站对接

 

The Russian Soyuz spacecraft has docked with the International Space Station after a flawless rendezvous¹.

It came two days after the spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The spacecraft brought a Russian cosmonaut, a NASA astronaut, and a Japanese engineer to the lab complex.

The three new crew members are expected to perform a series of routine operations. The link-up occurred on the 37th anniversary of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Program docking of 1975, the first joint² US-Russian space mission.

 

The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-05M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off from the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Sunday, July 15, 2012.

 

 

The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-05M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, flies in the sky at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Sunday, July 15, 2012.

 

1 rendezvous   

n.约会，约会地点，汇合点；vi.汇合，集合；vt.使汇合，使在汇合地点相遇

参考例句：

• She made the rendezvous with only minutes to spare.她还差几分钟时才来赴约。
• I have a rendezvous with Peter at a restaurant on the harbour.我和彼得在海港的一个餐馆有个约会。

2 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。