时间:2018-12-05 作者:英语课 分类:国家地理2008年


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In 1983, trailblazing astronaut Sally Ride blasted out of Earth's orbit, opening the world of space travel for women. Watch the stories of other pioneers who have followed her path to the stars.


Since the US space program began in 1958, NASA has achieved much in the realm of space exploration. From lunar landings to voyages into the depth of our solar system, NASA has built a storied history.


In the early days, space was a men's world. All that changed on June 18, 1983, when Sally Ride became the first American woman to rocket toward the heavens aboard the space shuttle Challenger. A Doctor of Physics, she was recruited by NASA as one of six female astronaut candidates for the shuttle program. While her first job was as a mission control communicator to orbiting shuttles, Sally Ride soon found herself in orbit during 1983's STS-7 mission. And although the Russian space program had sent women into space as early as 1963, Ride's journey into space was a first ever for the US. Aboard the shuttle Challenger, she served as a mission specialist, helping 1 deploy 2 two satellites and perform scientific experiments over six days. Shortly after her return, Ride reflected on what her journey into space meant.


“That I was asked at a press conference just before our flight what I thought about being the first US woman astronaut, I was quoted to say that it was no big deal. What the astronaut meant to say was that, technically 3, as far as NASA's concerned it, was no big deal. On another level, the United States' sending a woman into space was a very important event for at least 53% of the population and I'm very proud of that.”


Sally Ride re-adventured into space once more in 1984. And since that time others have become trailblazers as well. Physician-turned astronaut, Mae Jemison became the first African American woman in space during shuttle Endeavour's 1992 mission. During orbit, she performed experiments involving life sciences, material sciences, and bone cell research. In 1990, Astronaut Eileen Collins became the first female shuttle pilot aboard Discovery. Collins commanded two space shuttle missions including the important return to flight mission in July 2005, the first after the 2003 Columbia disaster. Since Sally Ride’s momentous 4 flight into space, the ranks of female astronauts have grown. And in a male-dominated field, they hold a special position as role models for young women everywhere who dream of reaching the stars.  



1 helping
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
2 deploy
v.(军)散开成战斗队形,布置,展开
  • The infantry began to deploy at dawn.步兵黎明时开始进入战斗位置。
  • The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.总统称并不打算部署地面部队。
3 technically
adv.专门地,技术上地
  • Technically it is the most advanced equipment ever.从技术上说,这是最先进的设备。
  • The tomato is technically a fruit,although it is eaten as a vegetable.严格地说,西红柿是一种水果,尽管它是当作蔬菜吃的。
4 momentous
adj.重要的,重大的
  • I am deeply honoured to be invited to this momentous occasion.能应邀出席如此重要的场合,我深感荣幸。
  • The momentous news was that war had begun.重大的新闻是战争已经开始。
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airplane generator
all-white
alternating shift
armepavine
aryldihalogenoborine
basifugus
battery excited generator
Bemarsal
block exit and return
bonded zone
boolean-to-bits symbol
C.I.F. landed terms
chain adjuster
corneoscleral part
cross linking agent
crowded in on
deschampsias
dinitrophenyl protein
Dolinsk
draft capacity
duct of his
ectropothecium leptotapes
electrospark wire electrode cutting
endostea
endoxylina mori
enteric pathogenic bacteria
equal employment opportunity act
ethodryl
existing carrying capacity
extented aeration process
Fenindrone
fundamental system of neighbo(u)rhood
Gobiesox
goumbati mt.
green tip
Hadιm
half nut cam
haphazardously
hertztod
high speed packet switched data
houseworkers
hydrogen-ion indicator
invite trouble
keying wave
labiater
leaf-like
leiodid
lien (on goods)
marline spike hitch
mastonia restis
mean square error of side length
mitral valve dilator
mterclavicle
multiply doubleword
multipunctatuss
Myrtiflorae
nail pressing needle inserting
nfg
nickel carbon alloy
noncomplaining
nyctometer
Ocean Gate
overriding interest
pad of paper
pannel
Parisianness
peak-demand
Picrothomsonite
polerovirus beet western yellows virus
polygamo-monoecious
Qafar
radio chromatography
Razin effect
red-heeled
refractory coating
rental collections
reproductive bud
restrictor check valve
rod end yoke
rudistids
saint-mihiels
school of natural law
shortened spinning process
SIPTH
sonund wave
ST_travel_railway-workers
state agency
steering gear efficiency
stokes paradox
suspending number
ten-shillings
tergopore
time-sharing keyboard printer
tonsile
torsion-spasm
undershining
Vladimir Horowitz
wheelwrights
withdrawal method
wu p'i hsueh
Yuat