Genesis space capsule have crashed_文教Education
a space capsule returning solar particles to earth crashed in the utah desert on september 8th after its parachute failed to open, but scientists were hoping that the star dust inside might have been saved.
a hollywood stunt pilot was supposed to snag the genesis capsule as it floated toward earth on a parachute at the end of its three-year mission to collect solar ions.
but the capsule’s parachutes failed to open, and the spacecraft tumbled out of control and struck the ground at 193 miles per hour six minutes after entering earth’s atmosphere.
the flight had gone smoothly until moments before impact, which left the 450-pound capsule half buried in the sand about 31 miles from the u.s. army’s dugway proving ground, where the genesis team watched a live aerial broadcast of the events.
"certainly now we are in a situation where the scientists ... are going to have to deal with a lot more contamination than they were hoping for," genesis project manager don sweetnam said at a briefing at dugway shortly after the crash.
参考译文：
9月8日，由于降落伞出现故障无法打开，美国“起源”号太阳探测飞船的返回舱一头栽进犹他州的沙漠中。“起源”号返回舱的任务是将采集到的太阳离子送回地球。但是家们仍然希望舱内的外星物质能够被保存下来。
三年来，“起源”号太阳探测飞船的主要任务就是收集太阳粒子。在完成该使命后，飞船借助降落伞返回地球。按，一位好莱坞的特技飞行员将对返回舱实施空中拦截。
但是由于返回舱的降落伞未能打开，返回舱失去控制，在空中翻转。在进入地球大气层6分钟后，以每小时193英里的速度一头栽到沙漠中。
撞击发生前，飞船的飞行状况一直很平稳。这次撞击使450磅重的返回舱一半陷入了距美军杜格威试验基地31英里远的沙漠中。“起源”号研究小组在试验基地观看了现场直播。
撞击发生后，随即在杜格威试验基地召开了简要的情况介绍会。会上，“起源”号项目负责人唐·斯威特纳姆说：“的确，现在我们的处境是：家们将不得不处理比想象中要多得多的污染。”
a hollywood stunt pilot was supposed to snag the genesis capsule as it floated toward earth on a parachute at the end of its three-year mission to collect solar ions.
but the capsule’s parachutes failed to open, and the spacecraft tumbled out of control and struck the ground at 193 miles per hour six minutes after entering earth’s atmosphere.
the flight had gone smoothly until moments before impact, which left the 450-pound capsule half buried in the sand about 31 miles from the u.s. army’s dugway proving ground, where the genesis team watched a live aerial broadcast of the events.
"certainly now we are in a situation where the scientists ... are going to have to deal with a lot more contamination than they were hoping for," genesis project manager don sweetnam said at a briefing at dugway shortly after the crash.
参考译文：
9月8日，由于降落伞出现故障无法打开，美国“起源”号太阳探测飞船的返回舱一头栽进犹他州的沙漠中。“起源”号返回舱的任务是将采集到的太阳离子送回地球。但是家们仍然希望舱内的外星物质能够被保存下来。
三年来，“起源”号太阳探测飞船的主要任务就是收集太阳粒子。在完成该使命后，飞船借助降落伞返回地球。按，一位好莱坞的特技飞行员将对返回舱实施空中拦截。
但是由于返回舱的降落伞未能打开，返回舱失去控制，在空中翻转。在进入地球大气层6分钟后，以每小时193英里的速度一头栽到沙漠中。
撞击发生前，飞船的飞行状况一直很平稳。这次撞击使450磅重的返回舱一半陷入了距美军杜格威试验基地31英里远的沙漠中。“起源”号研究小组在试验基地观看了现场直播。
撞击发生后，随即在杜格威试验基地召开了简要的情况介绍会。会上，“起源”号项目负责人唐·斯威特纳姆说：“的确，现在我们的处境是：家们将不得不处理比想象中要多得多的污染。”