Trouble with the Hubble

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The Hubble telescope was launched into

哈勃望远镜是

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space by NASA on April 20, 1990 at a cost of over a billion dollars.

1990年4月20日由美国宇航局发射升空的，耗资10多亿美元。

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Right from the start there was trouble with the Hubble.

哈勃望远镜从一开始就出了毛病。

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The pictures it sent us were very disappointing because its main mirror was faulty!

它给我们发回的图片非常令人失望，因为它的主镜有缺陷！

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NASA is now going to put the telescope right,

美国宇航局现在将把望远镜修复好，

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so it will soon be sending up four astronauts to repair it.

所以它很快将派4名宇航员上去修复它。

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The shuttle Endeavour will be taking the astronauts to the Hubble.

“奋进”号航天飞机将把宇航员送往哈勃。

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A robot-arm from the Endeavour will grab the telescope and hold it while the astronauts make the necessary repairs.

“奋进”号的一个机械臂将抓住望远镜并将其固定住，而宇航员则进行必要的修理。

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Of course, the Hubble is above the earth's atmosphere,

当然，哈勃望远镜处于地球大气层之外，

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so it will soon be sending us the clearest pictures of the stars and distant galaxies that we have ever seen.

所以它很快将给我们发回我们从未见过的最清晰的恒星和遥远星系的图片。

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The Hubble will tell us a great deal about the age and size of the universe.

哈勃望远镜将告诉我们许多关于宇宙的年龄和大小的信息。

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By the time you read this, the Hubble's eagle eye will have sent us thousands and thousands of wonderful pictures.

当你读到这里时，哈勃的“鹰眼”将已经给我们发回了成千上万张精彩的图片。