航天英语材料

The Shenzhou five manned spacecraft "Shenzhou" series of spacecraft in fifth vessels, China is the first launch of manned spacecraft. It was launched in October 15, 2003 9, the astronaut Yang Liwei into space in October 16, 2003, 6:23 return. The spacecraft marks China as the third country to send humans into space after Russia and the United States.神舟五号载人飞船是“神舟”号系列飞船中的第五艘，是中国首次发射的载人航天飞行器。它于2003年10月15日9时发射，将航天员杨利伟送入太空，2003年10月16日6时23分返回。这个飞船标志着中国成为俄罗斯和美国之后的第三个将人类送上太空的国家。

It is with the most sincere pleasure I write to congratulate you on your becoming the first Chinese greeting to mankind's mother planet from outer space. Today, our country’s centuries-old dream of journeying to outer space has finally come true. People from all walks of life, with no exception to me, take a pride in being Chinese and your fellow countrymen. Collected By As the rocket soared into the sky, your name joined those figures such as Gagarin in space history. You deserve this honor, for you were subject to unimaginable hardships and challenges before the successful launch of the Shenzhou-5 spacecraft.

常用航空航天的英语词汇

嫦娥二号 Change-2（moon probe）

神舟七号 Shenzhou VII (spacecraft)

载人飞船 manned spaceship/ spacecraft

载人航天 manned space flight

多人多天太空飞行 multi-manned and multi-day space flight

载人航天计划 manned space program

航天飞机space shuttle

无人飞船unmanned spaceship / spacecraft

试验太空船 Experimental Spacecraft

多级火箭multistage rocket

太空舱 capsule

返回式卫星 recoverable satellite

通信卫星communication satellite

遥感卫星remote sensing satellite

运载火箭carrier rocket; rocket launcher

长征二号F运载火箭 Long March II F carrier rocket

有效载荷能力  payload capability

近地轨道low Earth orbit

调整轨道 fine-tune orbit

绕地球飞行 orbit the earth

气象卫星 weather satellite / meteorological satellite

太阳同步轨道卫星 satellite in Sun-synchronous orbit

同步轨道卫星 geosynchronous satellite

轨道舱orbital module

返回舱re-entry module

推进舱propelling module

指令舱command module

服务舱service module

登月舱lunar module

发射台launch pad

紧急供氧装置emergency oxygen apparatus

空间物理探测space physics exploration

国际空间站 International Space Station

太阳能电池板  solar panel

太空升降舱 space elevator

哈勃太空望远镜 Hubble Space Telescope

月球车lunar rover

外太空outer space; deep space

银河系Milky Way

阿波罗号宇宙飞船Apollo

中国空间技术研究院 CAST(the Chinese Academy of

Space Technology)

中国航天局 CNSA（China National Space Administration）

美国航空航天管理局 NASA(The National Aeronautics and

Space Administration)

太空服 space outfits(space suits）

太空食物 space food

着陆区 landing area

主着陆场 main landing field/ primary landing site

access flap  接口盖

antenna 天线

Apollo 阿波罗号宇宙飞船

artificial satellite 人造卫星

ascent stage  上升段

astronaut 航天员

capsule 太空舱