六级The notion of space tourism took hold in 2001 with a $20 million flight aboard a Russian spacecraft by Dennis Tito, a millionaire engineer with an adventurous streak.

2001年，丹尼斯·蒂托（Dennis Tito）乘坐一艘俄罗斯宇宙飞船，耗资2000万美元，成为一名富有冒险精神的百万富翁工程师，太空旅游的概念开始深入人心。

2015年12月阅读原文

考研Airborne technologies, such as different types of radar and photographic equipment carried by airplanes or spacecraft, allow archaeologists to learn about what lies beneath the ground without digging.

机载技术，如飞机或宇宙飞船携带的不同类型的雷达和摄影设备，使考古学家无需挖掘就能了解地下的东西。

2014年考研阅读原文

六级The 2004 Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act, intended to encourage private space vehicles and services, prohibits the transportation secretary ( ' , and thereby the FAA) from regulating the de sign or operation of private spacecraft, unless they have resulted in a serious or fatal injury to crew or passengers.

2004年《商业空间发射修正法案》旨在鼓励私人航天器和服务，禁止运输部长（以及联邦航空局）对私人航天器的设计或操作进行监管，除非这些行为对机组人员或乘客造成严重或致命伤害。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级The 2004 Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act, intended to encourage private space vehicles and services, prohibits the transportation secretary and thereby the FA from regulating the design or operation of private spacecraft, unless they have resulted

2004年《商业空间发射修正法案》旨在鼓励私人航天器和服务，禁止运输部长和联邦航空局监管私人航天器的设计或运行，除非其结果是

2015年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

六级It could also insist on checking private manned spacecraft as thoroughly as it does commercial aircraft.

它还可以坚持像检查商用飞机一样彻底检查私人载人航天器。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级Russian and American spacecraft also found hints that its ancient climate might have been wetter, cooler, and possibly, even friendly to life.

俄罗斯和美国的宇宙飞船也发现了一些线索，表明其古代气候可能更湿润、更凉爽，甚至可能对生命更友好。

2019年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

六级The first Cube Sat was created in the early 2000s, as a way of enabling Stanford graduate students to design, build, test and operate a spacecraft with similar capabilities to the USSR's Sputnik.

第一个立方体卫星是在21世纪初创建的，它使斯坦福大学的研究生能够设计、建造、测试和操作一个与苏联人造卫星能力相似的航天器。

2019年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级This decrease in cost a11ows researchers, hobbyists and even elementary school groups to put simple instruments into LEO or even having them deployed from the IS The first CubeSat was created in the early 2000s, as a way of enabling Stanford graduate students to design, build, test and operate a spacecraft with similar capabilities to the USSR’s Sputnik (前苏联的人造卫星).

这种成本的降低促使研究人员、业余爱好者甚至小学团体将简单的仪器放入LEO，甚至从IS部署它们

2019.6六级真题第三套

六级That’s why this new policy also includes directions to update the current Government Orbital Debris Mitigation Standard Practices, which already require any entity that launches a satellite or spacecraft to vigorously analyze the likelihood that any of their actions, from an unexpected failure or normal operations, will create more space debris.

这就是为什么这项新政策还包括更新现行政府轨道碎片缓减标准实践的指示，该标准实践已经要求发射卫星或航天器的任何实体积极分析其任何行动，无论是意外故障还是正常运行，都会产生更多空间碎片的可能性。

2019.6六级真题第二套

四级As soon as men leave the atmosphere they are exposed to this radiation but their spacesuits or the walls of their spacecraft, if they are inside, do prevent a lot of radiation damage.

人类一旦离开大气层，就会暴露在这种辐射下，但如果他们在里面，他们的宇航服或航天器的墙壁确实可以防止大量的辐射损伤。

1996年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Instead of listening to regular airplane announcements, you will hear someone say: the spacecraft to the moon leaves in 10 minutes.

你不会听定期的飞机公告，而是会听到有人说：前往月球的航天器将在10分钟后离开。

2005年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题