7 The Space Age

The Space Age written by Pam Holden

帕姆·霍尔顿的《太空时代

space dog The Space Age started with the first satellite. It was only as big as a basketball, but the Sputnik satellite flew right around the Earth. The second satellite took a dog for a space ride!

太空时代从第一颗人造卫星开始。 它只有一个篮球那么大，但斯普特尼克卫星绕地球飞行。 第二颗卫星带着一只狗去了太空!

The first person to fly into space was an astronaut from Russia. He flew around the earth once, which took one and a half hours. Then he landed safely back on Earth. Yuri Gagarin, 1961

第一个飞入太空的人是来自俄罗斯的宇航员。 他绕地球飞行了一次，花了一个半小时。 然后他安全返回地球。 尤里·加加林，1961年

Neil Armstrong Edwin Aldrin Three United States astronauts were the first people to fly to the moon. They took four days to get there. Two of the men landed on the moon and walked around. Apollo, 1969 They put up a flag and took some photographs. After two and a half hours, they left the moon. They brought back some moon dust and rocks. There have been five more landings on the moon.

尼尔阿姆斯特朗埃德温奥尔德林三名美国宇航员是第一批飞往月球的人。 他们花了四天时间才到达那里。 其中两个人登上了月球并在月球上行走。 阿波罗号，1969年他们升起一面旗帜，拍了一些照片。 两个半小时后，他们离开了月球。 他们带回了一些月球尘埃和岩石。 在月球上又着陆了五次。

A space shuttle is a spaceship that can fly into space more than once. It is sent into space by two big rockets. When it comes back, it lands like a plane. space shuttle Discovery

航天飞机是一种可以多次飞入太空的宇宙飞船。 它是由两个大火箭送入太空的。 当它回来的时候，它像飞机一样着陆。 发现号航天飞机

There is a huge telescope, called Hubble, flying around the Earth. It takes pictures of the stars and planets to send back. Hubble space telescope There are many satellites flying around Earth. They send back photos and weather reports. Our television and telephone services use satellites every day.

有一个巨大的望远镜，叫做哈勃，绕着地球飞行。 它拍摄恒星和行星的照片并发回。 有许多卫星绕着地球飞行。 他们发回照片和天气报告。 我们的电视和电话服务每天都使用卫星。