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STS-1 launch at Pad 39A, astronauts John W. Young and Robert L. Crippen flew Space Shuttle Columbia on the first flight of the Space Transportation System.
哥倫比亞號航天飛機在39A發射台發射，他們將執行STS-1任務，這是也是宇航員John W. Young和Robert L. Crippen的首次搭乘空間運載系統。
Simonyi did make reference to one of the lesser-known, last-minute traditions for cosmonauts heading into space — urinating on the tire of the bus transporting them to the launch-pad.
但他提到了一個鮮爲人知的秘密，宇航員們上天前最後一分鍾的慣例：就是在載他們前往發射塔的巴士的輪胎上撒泡尿。
The risk of a disaster at the Ares I-X launch pad has been assessed, Shannon said, but should not endanger Atlantis.
箭發射台發生災難的風險進行了評估，即使發生也不會危及亞特蘭蒂斯號。

But he flew one hundred eighty-seven kilometers high, and four hundred eighty kilometers from the launch pad.
That means the long-range rocket, which international satellites have spotted on a North Korean launch pad, could fire its engines as early as Saturday.

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A launch pad or launching pad is a platform from which rockets, missiles, or satellites are launched.
A launch pad or launching pad is a situation, for example, a job, which you can use in order to go forward to something better or more important.