2022年11月21日 VOA慢速英語：深入：NASA 新近啟動的月球任務(wù)是什么？

 

The American space agency NASA recently launched its powerful Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft on a test mission to fly around the moon.
美國宇航局最近發(fā)射了強大的太空發(fā)射系統(tǒng) (SLS) 火箭和獵戶座飛船，執(zhí)行繞月飛行測試任務(wù)。
 
The launch marked the first flight for SLS, which NASA describes as the most powerful rocket ever built. The project has faced years of delays and is running billions of dollars over budget.
此次發(fā)射標志著 SLS 的首次飛行，NASA 將其描述為有史以來最強大的火箭。該項目已面臨多年延誤，并超出預(yù)算數(shù)十億美元。
 
Now that the rocket has launched and successfully deployed its spacecraft, we are taking a closer look at the mission NASA says is the first step in returning astronauts to the moon.
現(xiàn)在火箭已經(jīng)發(fā)射并成功部署了航天器，我們正在仔細研究 NASA 所說的第一個任務(wù)使宇航員重返月球的一步。
 
Artemis
 
The SLS mission is part of NASA's Artemis program, which aims to land Americans on the moon by the mid-2020s. It would be the first moon landing by astronauts since NASA's Apollo 17 mission in 1972. The next crew to land on the moon is expected to include the first woman and the first person of color.
SLS 任務(wù)是 NASA Artemis 計劃的一部分，該計劃的目標是在 2020 年代中期讓美國人登上月球。這將是自 1972 年美國宇航局阿波羅 17 號任務(wù)以來宇航員首次登月。預(yù)計下一位登陸月球的宇航員將包括第一位女性和第一位有色人種。