NASA’s Orion capsule reached the moon Monday, whipping around the far side and buzzing the lunar surface on its way to a record-breaking orbit with test dummies sitting in for astronauts.
美国国家航空航天局的猎户座太空舱于周一抵达月球，在月球背面快速旋转，并在月球表面低空飞行，途中将以破纪录的速度绕月球轨道运行，舱中还有替代宇航员的测试假人。
It’s the first time a capsule has visited the moon since NASA’s Apollo program 50 years ago, and represents a huge milestone in the $4.1 billion test flight that began last Wednesday.
这是自50年前美国宇航局的阿波罗计划以来首次有太空舱访问月球，是上周三开始的耗资41亿美元的试飞的一个巨大里程碑。
Orion n. /əˈraɪən/
a constellation on the equator east of Taurus represented on charts by the figure of a hunter with belt and sword 猎户星座
capsule /ˈkæpsjuːl/
A space capsule is the part of a spacecraft in which people travel, and which often separates from the main rocket. 太空舱
• A Russian space capsule is currently orbiting the Earth.
一个俄罗斯太空舱目前正环绕地球飞行。
the far side of the moon 月球背面
The far side of the moon is the side that we can not see.
月球的背面是我们看不见的那一面。
whip vi. /wɪp/
to move, or make sth move, quickly and suddenly or violently in a particular direction （使朝某一方向）猛然移动
• Her hair whipped around her face in the wind. 她的头发随风在脸际飘拂。
buzz vt. /bʌz/
If an aircraft buzzes a place, it flies low over it, usually in a threatening way. 低空掠过
• American fighter planes buzzed the city.
美国战机低空掠过该城市。
dummy /ˈdʌmi/
a model of a person, used especially when making clothes or for showing them in a shop window （尤指缝制或陈列服装用的）人体模型
a tailor’s dummy 裁缝店的模型人
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