即将在本周进行的NASA新火箭的试飞持续时间只有几分钟,但是美国航天局预计将有数以千计的观众到佛罗里达州发射场见证这历史性的时刻。
NASA? S test launch of a brand new rocket this week will last only minutes, but the space agency is expecting thousands of spectators to flock to its Florida launching site to watch the historic show.
本次试飞的“战神i - X”是“战神i”火箭的三个飞行试验计划中的第一个。
The Ares I-X flight is the first of three planned test flights for the Ares I rocket.
战神I-X火箭在本周早些时候已经被推出发射台,预定于10月27日进行亚轨道试飞。
The Ares I-X rocket is poised to launch on a suborbital test flight on Oct. 27 and rolled out to its launching pad earlier this week.
NASA需要好天气来发射战神I-X,因为工程师们要在第一级火箭分离前观测火箭飞行全过程,第一级火箭分离标志着试飞的结束。
NASA needs good weather to launch Ares I-X because engineers need to see the rocket flight all the way through first stage separation, which will mark the end of the test.
比尔·休特是当初贝尔公司的火箭背带测试飞行员之一,他19岁为摩尔家割草时被召入公司。
One of the original Bell rocketbelt pilots was Bill Suitor, recruited as a 19-year-old while mowing Wendell Moore's lawn.
比尔·休特是当初贝尔公司的火箭背带测试飞行员之一,他19岁为摩尔家割草时被召入公司。
One of the original Bell rocketbelt pilots was Bill Suitor, recruited as a 19-year-old while mowing Wendell Moore's lawn.
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