英语翻译Ifyouwatchtheskyaboutanhourafterthesungoesdown,youmayseesome“movingstars”.Buttheyaren’trealstars.They’resatellites,amachinethathasbeensentintospaceandgoesaroundtheEarth,moon,etc.Andthebiggestof
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Ifyouwatchtheskyaboutanhourafterthesungoesdown,youmayseesome“movingstars”.Buttheyaren’trealstars.They’resatellites,amachinethathasbeensentintospaceandgoesaroundtheEarth,moon,etc.AndthebiggestofallistheInternationalSpaceStation(ISS).
TheISSisthebiggestsatellitebecausescientistswanttoliveonit.Theythinkthatthebestwaytolearnmoreaboutspaceistolivethere.ThespaceshuttleDiscoveryhastakenofffromtheKennedySpaceCenterinCapeCanaveral,FloridaseveraltimesandcarriedafewgroupsofastronautstotheInternationalSpaceStation.
Whenthespacestationisfinished,itwillbelikeacityinspace.Peoplewillstayandstudytherewithmanyofthethingstheyhaveathome.Laboratories,livingroomsandpowerstationsarebeingbuilt.TheISSisthemostexpensivespaceprogramever.Millionsandmillionsofdollarsarebeingspentoniteveryyear.
ScientistshopethattheISSwillbeasteppingstoneforfuturespaceexploration.“TheISSwillhelpusbetterunderstandthehumanbody,explore(knowmoreabout)spaceandstudytheearth.Itcanhelpusmakelifeontheearthbetter,”saidKathrynClark,anISSscientist.
Sixteencountriesareintheprogram:TheUS,Russia,Canada,Japan,Braziland11Europeancountries.ChinaisnotanISScountry,butithashelpedwithsomeoftheexperiments.In2003,ChinasentsomericeuptotheISStofindoutwhatspacewoulddotoit.
TwentyChinesestudentstalkeddirectlytoanastronaut(spaceman)intheInternationalSpaceStation(ISS)onradioinNanjing,capitalofeastChina'sJiangsuProvinceonSunday,2007.The20students,aged10to19fromShanghai,GuangzhouandNanjing,begantalkingtoClaytonC.Anderson,a48-year-oldAmericanastronautat18:50p.m.atNanjingNo.3MiddleSchoolwhentheISSwaspassingoverNanjing.
Afterit’sfinished,morethan90percntoftheworld’spopulationwillbeabletoseethespacestation.Sokeeplookingup,andmaybeyou’llseeitgetbiggerandbright