马斯克SpaceX升空！国际空间站迎来首位黑人女性！| 双语精选
当地时间4月27日早上，埃隆·马斯克的火箭公司SpaceX将4名乘坐载人龙飞船(Crew Dragon)太空舱的宇航员送入轨道。他们将在国际空间站执行为期六个月的任务。
其中杰茜卡·沃特金斯创造了历史，成为首位在国际空间站长期执行任务的黑人女性。她是如何成为宇航员的？又将完成哪些任务？我们一起看文章。
NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins will be the first Black woman to spend months in space
NASA宇航员杰西卡·沃特金斯将成为首位在太空度过数月的黑人女性
After a successful launch Wednesday morning, Jessica Watkins and her crewmembers onboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule are well on their way to a months-long space trip.
在飞船于周三上午成功发射后，杰西卡·沃特金斯和SpaceX载人龙飞船上的其他机组成员正顺利开启为期数月的太空旅行。
The mission is notable for more than just their lengthy stay aboard the International Space Station. Watkins, who is 33, is making history as the first Black woman to live and work on the ISS for an extended mission.
这次任务受人瞩目不仅是因为他们即将在国际空间站长期停留，也是因为33岁的沃特金斯正在创造历史，她会是首位在国际空间站长期生活和工作的黑人女性。
Watkins and her team on the Crew-4 mission are planning to spend five to six months on the outpost. She's also one of the astronauts tapped for NASA's next program called Artemis. This multi-billion dollar effort is designed to return humans to the surface of the moon later this decade.
执行Crew-4任务的沃特金斯及团队计划在前哨站工作五到六个月。她还是美国国家航空航天局（NASA）的下一项计划——阿尔忒弥斯（Artemis）计划的入选宇航员之一。这项耗资数十亿美元的项目旨在于2030年之前让宇航员重新登上月球表面。
Of the roughly 250 people who have boarded the ISS, fewer than 10 have been Black. Prior to the inception of the space station, Mae Jemison, an engineer and physician, became the first Black woman to travel to space in 1992. Other Black women have followed, including NASA astronauts Stephanie Wilson and Joan Higginbotham.
在已登上国际空间站的大约250人中，只有不到10人是黑人。在空间站成立之前，工程师兼医生梅·杰米森（Mae Jemison）于1992年成为首位进入太空的黑人女性。随后，其他黑人女性也开启了她们的太空之旅，其中包括NASA宇航员斯蒂芬妮·威尔逊（Stephanie Wilson）和琼·希金博瑟姆（Joan Higginbotham）。
"We are building on the foundation that was laid by the Black women astronauts who have come before me," Watkins told NPR's Morning Edition in January. "I'm definitely honored to be a small part of that legacy, but ultimately be an equal member of the crew."
今年一月份，在NPR（美国国家公共广播电台）晨间新闻中，沃特金斯说：“黑人女性宇航员前辈们已经铺平了道路，我们只是在此基础上添砖加瓦。能够为这一传承做出微小贡献，我甚感荣幸，但更荣幸的还是我能够成为机组中平等的一员。”
Watkins' interest in space started at a young age
早在年少时，沃特金斯就已对太空产生兴趣
After an enrichment program at Sally Ride Elementary School, a young Watkins realized what she wanted to do when she grew up: study the geology of other planets.
在听完萨利·莱德小学（Sally Ride Elementary School）的一节增益课程（译注：类似于中国的校外兴趣班）之后，年少的沃特金斯意识到了她长大后的理想就是——研究其它星球的地质。
NASA selected Watkins for its astronaut program in 2017. She holds a bachelor's degree in geological and environmental sciences from Stanford University and a doctorate in geology from the University of California, Los Angeles.
NASA在2017年选中沃特金斯参加NASA的宇航员计划。她拥有斯坦福大学的地质与环境科学学士学位和加州大学洛杉矶分校的地质学博士学位。
Watkins will cover a lot of ground on her mission: earth and space science, biological science and human research into things like the effects of long-duration spaceflight for humans. That's when the astronauts themselves become "the lab rats," Watkins told NPR in January.
沃特金斯的任务将涉及很多领域：地球与空间科学、生物科学和人类研究，如长期太空飞行对人类的影响。沃特金斯在一月份告诉NPR，此时宇航员的作用就像“实验室里的小白鼠”。
Over the course of her mission, Watkins will also observe and photograph geological changes on Earth.
在执行任务的过程中，沃特金斯还将观察和拍摄地球上的地质变化。
Ahead of her journey, Watkins said she's done training on the systems of the International Space Station and how to fix anything if it isn't working properly. She's also practiced walking in space by wearing a puffy white suit in an underwater ISS mockup that's housed in a giant pool.
沃特金斯说，在踏上这段旅程之前，她已经完成了关于国际空间站系统的培训，以及如果任何设备出现问题她应当如何修复。她还穿上了鼓鼓囊囊的白色宇航服，在一个位于巨型水槽中的国际空间站水下模型里练习太空行走。
Watkins said the journey to space has wide-ranging implications on everything from medical research "with direct impacts into our daily lives," to international collaboration.
沃特金斯说，从“直接影响我们日常生活”的医学研究，到国际合作，这次太空之行对方方面面都有着广泛的影响。
"We are all coming together to accomplish this really hard thing that none of us would be able to do on our own," Watkins said. "I think that is just such a beautiful picture of what we can all do if we come together and put all of our resources and skill sets together."
“我们将齐心协力完成这项艰难的任务，我们之中的任何人都无法单枪匹马地做到，”沃特金斯说。“想象一下：如果我们能够团结一致、运用我们拥有的所有资源和技能共同协作，那就没有做不成的事。”
译者：Julie
英文来源：NPR
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