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Russian Space Agency names next crew to ISS

时间：2011-10-25 07:48:01

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 　　MOSCOW, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Russian Space Agency Roscosmos confirmed on Monday the list of next crew members who will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) on Nov. 14.

　　Russia's Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft will bring Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin and American astronaut Daniel Burbank to the ISS for a 124-day-long mission.
　　Russia's Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin and American Josef Akaba are announced as the backup crew.
　　According to the Roscosmos, the new crew will host one manned and three unmanned cargo1 ships during their stay in the ISS and conduct a space walk as well as 37 scientific experiments.
　　During the new crew's stay, the ISS would also make its 75,000th revolution around the Earth, the Roscosmos said.
　　The launch of the Soyuz TMA-22 was initially2 scheduled on Sept. 22, but was postponed3 after the failed launch of the Progress cargo ship to the ISS on Aug. 24.

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1 cargo 6TcyG     
n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物
参考例句：
  • The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
  • A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。
2 initially 273xZ     
adv.最初，开始
参考例句：
  • The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
  • Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。
3 postponed 9dc016075e0da542aaa70e9f01bf4ab1     
vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）
参考例句：
  • The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
  • The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。

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