Our last stop was the International Antarctic Center in Christchurch, America’s launchingstation for our operations in Antarctica.
我们的最后一站是位于克赖斯特彻奇的国际南极研究中心，这里也是美国开展在南极的作业的出发站。
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They were confined to low-earth orbit, where they did the unglamorous job of launching satellites or ferrying astronauts to the International Space Station.
他们仅限于在近地轨道运行，在那做着发射卫星或运送宇航员到国际空间站这样毫无任何浪漫色彩的工作。
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Much of it was servicing the space station, taking water, coffee, sleeping bags and spare parts in, and moving rubbish out; launching satellites, retrieving them, and making running repairs.