CNN News: 火星探測(cè)器發(fā)射在即

I'm Carl Azuz and you've landed on CNN 10. This is one of three shows left to go in our spring broadcasting season and it starts with weather and space. The eastern coast of Florida is soggy. A tropical disturbance has been hovering there for days soaking some areas with between five and 10 inches of rain. On Tuesday more than 7 million people were under flood watches from Miami to the "space" coast and that could effect a historic launch planned for Wednesday. At 4:33 p.m., two astronauts are scheduled to take off from American soil. It will be the first time that's happened since NASA's space shuttle program ended nine years ago but NASA's not the only organization involved.

我是卡爾·阿祖茲，歡迎收看cnn10。離上半年節(jié)目結(jié)束還有兩天。佛羅里達(dá)東海岸是潮濕的。熱帶風(fēng)暴已經(jīng)在那里盤旋數(shù)日，給一些地區(qū)帶來了5到10英寸的降雨。周二，從邁阿密到“太空”海岸，有700多萬人受到洪水的影響，這可能會(huì)影響原定于周三進(jìn)行的歷史性發(fā)射。下午4:33兩名宇航員計(jì)劃從美國本土起飛。

The spacecraft that will take the men into space was made by SpaceX. It's a private company that has received billions in funding from NASA and this will be the first time that a SpaceX vehicle has launched with astronauts aboard. Will the weather hold over Cape Canaveral, Florida?

將把宇航員送入太空的飛船是由SpaceX公司制造的。這是一家私人公司，獲得了美國宇航局?jǐn)?shù)十億美元的資金，將是SpaceX首次搭載宇航員發(fā)射飛船。佛羅里達(dá)州卡納維拉爾角的天氣還會(huì)繼續(xù)嗎?

Meteorologists say there's a good chance it will though rain along the flight path is a concern and afternoon thunderstorms are also possible. If for any reason the mission's postponed, officials say Saturday and Sunday afternoon could also work. If the mission's a success, SpaceX will be a step closer to getting final certification from NASA to carry astronauts to the International Space Station.

氣象學(xué)家表示，飛行路線上有降雨，下午也有可能出現(xiàn)雷暴。官員們說，如果由于任何原因任務(wù)被推遲，周六和周日下午也可以。如果這次任務(wù)成功，SpaceX將離獲得美國宇航局運(yùn)送宇航員到國際空間站的最終認(rèn)證又近了一步。

Currently that's done from Russia. NASA pays that country $86 million for each seat an astronaut gets aboard the Russian Soyuz capsule. The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, launching from America, would cost around $55 million per seat. Even though the future of the International Space Station is uncertain, SpaceX could provide a platform for future U.S. space missions. So the upcoming Crew Dragon test flight will be watched by space stakeholders around the world. While we're on the subject of space - -

目前這是在俄羅斯完成的。美國國家航空航天局為宇航員登上俄羅斯聯(lián)盟號(hào)太空艙的每個(gè)座位支付該國8600萬美元。SpaceX公司的“龍”太空艙從美國發(fā)射，每個(gè)座位的成本約為5500萬美元。盡管國際空間站的未來還不確定，但SpaceX可以為美國未來的太空任務(wù)提供一個(gè)平臺(tái)。因此，即將到來的“龍”號(hào)機(jī)組試飛將受到全世界航天利益相關(guān)者的關(guān)注。當(dāng)我們談到太空的話題時(shí)……