What an incredible sight.
多么令人难以置信的视觉冲击
A Hollywood special effect,you're thinking?
又是好莱坞的电影特效 你是这样想的吗
But, no, it's for real.
不 这回是个例外 你所看到的一切都是真实的
It's the International Space Station.
这就是国际空间站
250 miles above us right now,it's being built ...
它现在正处于我们头顶250英里处 工程进展已经有一段时间了…
by just a few dozen astronauts.
约有12位宇航员参与了建造
If you'll come along with me,we'll go behind the scenes ...
就让我带领你 一起来探究这幕后的故事…
and find outhow these extraordinary people do it.
了解这群非凡的人是怎么工作的
Okay, Chris, I'm just going to head onback to the aft of the payload bay here.
OK 克里斯 我正在接近舱尾的有效载荷
Roger, I see you.
收到 明白
What a beautiful viewout the port side there.
左舷外面的景色多么壮丽啊
Yeah, it's spectacular.
呵呵 都会这么说的
Working outside in the vacuum ofspace is a dangerous business.
在舱外的真空环境下工作 是非常危险的
First, you calculate all the risks.
首先 你得了解每个保险措施
Then, you learnhow to deal with them.
然后 必须学习去怎么应对不同的情况
Chris, it looks like I've driftedoff structure here a little bit.
克里斯 好像我失去了抓握点 飘向站外移
I'll try and pull myself back in.
我正在尝试启动背负的助推装置
It looks like your tether is disconnected.I show it coiling away from you.
看来你的保险装置已经和太空站分离了 端头的卡锁正在来回摆动
And, Scott, you've headed outover the port nose of the vehicle.
还有 司考特 你已经飘移出左舷前端
It looks you're out the port side.
现在看来你已经飘移出左舷
They should be able to see youout windows 1, 2, or 3.
可以肯定你飘移到舷窗1 2 还有 3
- Okay, I'm going for the SAFER.- Okay, I agree.
-OK 我将启动救生装置 -OK 同意
- Deploying the hand controller.- I see it.
-正在启用人工控制器 -收到
Okay, it swung out.Bring it up to the work envelope.
OK 拿出来了 正在插入工作接口
- I got it in front of you. I see it.- Power on. Got AH Light.
-它已在你的前面 我看见了 -启动 伙计 给点面子吧
- Looks like you're starting to correct now.- Beginning to close.
-看来你正在改出错误航向 -开始接近空间站
Looks nice.
非常好 非常好
- I've got it.- Your feet are clear.
-我做到了 -又脚踏实地了
Back on structure.Let's get some tethers on.
扣上保险卡锁 让出一些距离
Looks good, I concur.
很好 我注意到了
I see you got a good solid,your feet are clear below.
我看到保险装置连接了 你的双脚已经踩到舱壁上了
For you and me, the virtual realitylab at the Johnson Space Center ...
正如我们所看到的 这间位于 约翰逊宇航中心的虚拟现实实验室…
might be the ultimate video game.
可能是最强的电子游戏了
- Cheated death again. We're back on.- I concur.
-又一次死里逃生 训练结束 -收到
But if you're Scott Parazynskiand Chris Hadfield ...
但如果你像司考特·帕拉辛斯基 和克里斯·哈得菲尔德这样…
it's where you learn how to escapefrom your worst nightmare.
这里就是你学习怎样摆脱 可能遇到的最可怕梦魇的地方
- Nice job. I like that. It was very smooth.- You're absolutely right.
-干的好 我就喜欢这样 小菜一碟啊 -没得说啊
They're a construction team.
他们是一个建造工程小组
One of many that will flya whole series of missions ...
他们只是在执行一个系列任务中的一件…
to assemble the station in orbit.
在近地轨道组装空间站
Another day at the office.
过几天再来一次
It takes many partsto make a whole space station.
一个完整的空间站由许多组件组成
Some modules are so big and heavy ...
有些组件又大又重
there's just enough rocket powerto launch them one at a time.
运载能力有限的火箭 只能一次运一件
They've been designed and builtby thousands of people ...
数以千记的人们按照计划 在16个国家…
in 16 different countries.
一步步建造着不同的组件
Some pieces are tested here at theKennedy Space Center in Florida.
其中一些组件的组装测试 在佛罗里达的肯尼迪航天中心进行
Others in Russia.
其他的在俄罗斯
But will they all fit togetherwhen they arrive in space?
它们都将被组装到一起 可是它们何时进入太空
The first station componentwas designed and built in Russia.
太空站的第一个组件 已经按计划在俄罗斯被建造出来
It's called Zarya. It'll be boostedto orbit by the Proton rocket.
它叫曙光号服务舱 将由质子K火箭送入绕地轨道
With a thrustof 2.5 million pounds ...
依仗其2500万磅的推力…
you don't want to be anywhereclose by when they light that fuse.
当质子K火箭发射的时候 你肯定不想靠得太近
Proton is an expendable rocket.
质子K火箭是一次性的
After delivering Zarya to orbit, it'llfall back to Earth into a safe zone.
当曙光号服务舱被送入轨道后 它将再入大气层并燃烧坠毁在无人的安全地带
Other station parts will behauled up by a fleet of ships ...
其他的空间站组件也将依照不同的方案…
of a very different design:
由运载工具送入太空
NASA's space shuttles.
美国国家太空总署的航天飞机
They're more likehi-tech delivery trucks.
它们就像高级的运输卡车
One of these willclose in on Zarya ...
空间站组件中的一件将随航天飞机 升入太空并靠近曙光号…
then the crew will grab itwith the shuttle's arm.
然后 宇航员将通过航天飞机上的机械臂俘获它
Houston, Endeavour, we have Zaryafirmly attached to the orbiter.
休斯敦 请回话 我们已经把曙光号牢靠地放置在组件上方
We're halfway home for the day.
回家的路程我们已经走了一半
- Nice job.- All right.
-干的好 -收到
It was a big moment for the crew ...
这对于工作人员来说是个伟大的瞬间…
especially astronaut Nancy Currie,who operated the arm.
特别对宇航员南茜·克瑞丝来说 正是她操纵了机械臂
She sure didn't want to miss.
她肯定不想错过
That was the longest 15 minutesof my entire life.
对我的一生来说这是最漫长的15分钟
Okay, back to the procedures.
OK 庆祝到此结束 回到对接程序
All right. Wait, give memy rendezvous procedures.
好的 等一下 把对接点的数据给我
The American module Unityis mounted in the cargo bay.
由美国制造的团结号组件 已经被安放在航天飞机的载物舱
C.J., the pilot, fires the shuttle'sthrusters to push Unity upward ...
调整航向 调姿发动机点火把团结号抬高…
and mate it to Zarya.
并与曙光号对接
Got capture.
对接完毕
Houston, Endeavour,we have capture of Zarya.
休斯敦 请回话 我们已经和曙光号对接
To the crew of the goodship Endeavour, that's terrific.
祝贺你们完成了这个异常艰巨的工作
The International Space Stationis born.
国际空间站诞生了
The shuttle will leave it hereand return to Earth.
航天飞机将要离开并返回地球
The foundation is laid.Now it's up to the builders.
基础已经打好 现在就看那些建造者了
Their job is an extremehigh-wire act.
他们的工作不允许有一丝一毫的差错
Like building the great bridgesand cathedrals in times past.
就像过去建造那些伟大的教堂和大桥一样
The six million gallons of waterin this tank ...
这个蓄水池注入了600万加仑的水…
provide the closest thing there isto working weightless.
这样可以最大限度地模仿失重时的工作环境
You practice on life-size modelsof the station.
在这里有真实大小的模型供你练习
Before it's finally finished, thesecrews will have made 160 space walks.
在最终课程结束之前 航天组员要进行约160次的模拟太空行走
That's two-and-a-half times allthe previous space walks ever done.
这次数是完成真正的太空行走次数的两倍以上
Critics say that's too many.The risk is too high.
克瑞提斯说这种练习越多 标志着将来可能遇到的风险也越大
All eyes are on the next flight.
所有的目光都在注视着下一次的航程
The shuttle Discovery will takethe first assembly crew to station.
发现者号航天飞机将要运送 第一批建造成员组进驻空间站
The commander of the flightis Brian Duffy.
这次的飞行指挥官是布莱恩·达菲
Pamela Melroy is the pilot.
帕梅拉·迈罗易是驾驶员
We're in orbit, 250 miles up.
我们在距地球上空250英里的轨道上
Close enough to read the labels.
参数执行正确
The station is 45 feet away.
空间站距离45英尺远
That's Africa going by behind it.
它正在掠过非洲大陆
We're getting ready to dockwith our house in space.
我们正准备驻泊在太空中的家
Our crew's going to hook up the basics:wiring, plumbing, and phone.
我们正要进入这个毛坯房里 装配电线 管道和电话
One of the key members of the teamis mission specialist Koichi Wakata.
其中一个关键的成员是任务组的 特别专家若田光一
When I was 5 years old and I sawthe Apollo lunar landing ...
当我5岁的时候我见证了 阿波罗11号登陆月球…
that was the start of my longingfor space flight.
那是我漫长的太空之路的开始
But I thought that kind of thingwas beyond my reach ...
但是这个想法是那么遥不可及…
something that was, at that time,impossible to achieve or to do ...
有些事在当时那种情况下 是绝不可能发生的…
as a Japanese.
特别是对于一个日本人来说
Koichi's installing the heartof the station's systems.
光一正在建造空间站的核心系统
It's called the "Z1-truss".
这就是 Z1 基础桁架
I was movingthe robot arm very slowly ...
我正在缓慢的移动着机械手臂…
since the "Z1-truss"weighs about 18,000 pounds.
你要知道 Z1 基础桁架有大约18000磅重
And Koichi nails it.
光一牢牢地控制着它
- 4 RTLs.- And we've got 4 RTLs.
-4个冗余度 -我们达到了四个冗余度
Another piece perfectly in place.
对接的完美无缺
Koichi, you the man!
光一 你是好样的
Everybody was cheering me ...
每个人都在称赞我…
and somebody was saying,"You are the man."
一些人还在说你是好样的
That was a great moment.
那真是个伟大的时刻
- You should have a 50mm camera.- I've got a camera with a 50mm socket.
-你将携带50mm相机 -我已经拿到了50mm相机扩展底座
Leroy Chiao and Bill MacArthur,known as Billy Mac ...
焦立中和比尔·麦克阿瑟 正在听取比利·迈克的任务介绍…
get ready for the first space walk.
准备进行第一次太空行走
And a three-eighths ratchet drivewith a 2-inch extension on it.
…一个 3/8 规格的棘轮传动装置 有两英尺的扩展
In their suits,they can survive up to eight hours ...
航天服能提供单人8小时的维生…
in temperaturesof plus to minus 250 degrees.
能维持温度华氏250度恒定
Swinging '60s,here I come, baby! Yeah!
六十年代摇摆 我来了 宝贝 耶
In conditions like that, you'vegot to keep your sense of humor.
如果情况都像这样 那你也就能够保持自己的幽默感
These guys are huge fansof Austin Powers.
这些哥们都是《王牌大贱碟》的铁杆粉丝
The commander gives Leroy and Billy Mactheir send-off in the airlock ...
指挥官在气密舱里 在焦立中和比利·迈克开始太空行走之前…
before they move outside.
为他们送行
The second team, Jeff Wisoff andMike Lopez-Alegria, known as L.A ...
第二小组 杰夫·韦索夫和迈克·罗伯茨-阿莱格里亚 在指挥官离开之后…
seal off the inside hatchbehind them.
把舱门关闭
Their number one taskis to deploy the next piece:
他们的第一个任务是展开下一个组件的部件
The station's communications antenna.
空间站的通讯天线
How cool is this?
这样够酷吧
They push it manually into place.
他们用手推动天线进入指定位置
The all-important telephone is in.
最重要的通讯装置安装到位
Now, the wiring.
现在 他们正在布设管线
These cables are being laid outfor another crew to connect ...
所有这些设备将在下一次的任务里…
on a later flight.
由另一个成员组启用
They'll provide power to thescience lab when it arrives.
它们也将给下一次将要抵达的 空间实验室组件提供电力
You guys, the World Series,the Super Bowl ....
伙计们 那些个职业棒球啊 超级碗什么的…
They don't know what pressure is.
他们不知道已被我们抢了镜头了 呵呵
Every day,I operated the robotic arm ...
每天 我都要操纵着机械臂…
to help by puttingone space walker ...
去帮助某个家伙去进行太空行走…
at the tip of the robot armto move him to the location ...
把他固定在机械壁的顶端 送到工作位置…
that he needs to dospace walk activities.
这是他进行太空行走所必需的
Leroy's going to install thistoolbox for future crews to use.
焦立中正在安装工具箱以备 将来的空间站成员使用
Inside is an array of special tools ...
在里面装着一系列特殊的工具
any Home Improvement fan would envy.
这是任何一个DIY爱好者都会羡慕的东西
Mike, there is no problem maintaininga death grip on the handrails.
迈克 把性命寄托于这些把手上是没有问题滴
It's a strange feeling.My toes are curling right up.
这真是一种前所未有的感觉 双脚不受控制的飘起
You always want to be sureyou're securely anchored.
你总是想要确认自己的安全措施是否牢靠
But if you did come unhooked, here'sa device that could save your life.
但是如果你失去了保障 有一个装置能拯救你的生命
It's a personal jetpack called SAFER.
这就是名为 SAFER的专门的背负设备
It's also very cool.
它也是很酷的
It fits on your backand could power you back to safety.
它安装在你的背后 必要的时候 能帮你返回到安全位置
We saw it put to the testin the virtual reality lab.
我们已经在虚拟实验室见过它的使用了
Go ahead and power ....
启动 然后前进…
Now we're goingto try it out for real.
现在我们将在真实环境中试验它的作用
Jeff is riding on the arm,watching ...
杰夫正在机械臂上 监视着…
in case anything goes wrong.
以防万一
L.A., flying on the right,is now powered by his jetpack.
罗伯茨-阿莱格里亚正在依靠他的背负装置飞向右边
Just in case,he's attached by a thin wire.
为了防止意外 他被一条细保险绳拴着
But he didn't need it after all.The test is a great success.
但是用不着它了 整个测试非常成功
Discovery pulls away,leaving the space station in orbit.
发现号分离 留下了空间站在轨道上运行
So far, all the pieceshave connected without a hitch.
到目前为止 所有的组件已经被 分毫不差地联接在一起
At the top is Zvezda.That's where the crews will live.
在它的顶端是星辰号 空间站成员将生活在那里
Below it is Zarya, kind of a bigfloat-through closet for storage.
下面是曙光号 一个巨大的储藏室
And at the bottom,the truss and the Unity node ...
还有 基础桁架和团结号…
where the next additionswill be attached.
它们是下一个对接的节点舱
The station's now ready for people.
国际空间站现在一切就绪 只欠东风了
We're in Kazakhstan,at the Russian spaceport.
这是哈萨克斯坦 俄罗斯的拜科努尔航天发射场
Yuri Gagarin, the very firstman in space, launched from here.
尤里·加加林 第一个进入太空的人类 就是从这里启程的
Forty years later, this crew is gettingready to live on the space station.
四十年后 这些工作组成员已经准备好入住空间站
Two are Russian cosmonauts,Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev.
其中两名是俄罗斯宇航员 尤里·吉德钦科和谢尔盖·科里卡勒夫
The crew's commander is an American,Bill Shepherd, known as Shep.
指挥官是一个美国人 比尔·谢菲尔德 经验丰富 大家都叫他谢普
His wife, Beth,is the astronaut fitness trainer.
他的妻子贝丝 是一位宇航员教官
I was fortunate in thatI was there in the capacity of ...
我很幸运的能陪在他的身边…
his strength andconditioning coach ...
负责他的体能和心理训练…
whereas the Russian familieswere not able to come at all.
那些俄方家属就不可能有这样的机会
They stayed in Star City.
他们得呆在发射场周边的卫星城里
In the glare of the world's press ...
在全世界媒体的关注下…
it isn't easy to find a few lastquiet moments alone together.
想要在发射前的这段时间里单独呆一会 就不是那么容易的了
This is the walkway they beganafter the first cosmonaut flew.
在第一个宇航员上天之后这里就成了一条步行路
Everybody that flew has a tree here.Gagarin's tree would be 40 years old now.
每个人飞向太空之前都在这里种一棵树 加加林的那棵已经有40年的树龄了
When Shep and I were walkingdown that row of trees ...
当谢普和我在这些树旁走过…
which is very historic ...
每棵树后面都蕴藏着故事…
it was hard for me to believethat we were finally here ...
我还是很难相信我们最终会来到这里…
because he had worked so hard.
因为他工作的非常努力
We had worked so hardfor him to be there.
我们都非常努力工作使他能脱颖而出
And for us to finallybe there together ...
最后我们一起来到了这里…
to think about the peoplethat had come and gone ...
这里代表着过去那么多人的 光荣与梦想 成功和牺牲…
and to know that this personnext to me, my husband ...
下一个故事里就有我 和我的丈夫…
was going to be a partof that history ...
将要继续创造这里的历史…
that was a very special time for us.
这对我们来说真是一段特别的时光
Shep and his crew will be gonein space for over four months.
谢普和他的队员将要在今后 的四个月里择时飞向太空
The International Space Stationis a way for us to learn ...
国际空间站是一个起点…
how we can go to other planetsand explore other ways ...
是人类学习如何在地球以外生活…
to live outside Earth.
如何移民外星球 进行星际旅行的开始
I think that's really exciting.I wanted to go too.
我想这真是令人兴奋的 我也想去
The crew will launch to stationaboard a Soyuz rocket ...
这些宇航员将乘坐联盟号飞船抵达空间站…
the workhorseof the Russian space program.
俄罗斯航天工程的骄傲
An unbelievable 406 launcheshave gone from this pad.
真是难以置信 已经有406个人从这里飞向太空
Very unexpected for me,being out on the launch pad ...
令我非常意外的是 在大雾弥漫的这一天…
very foggy day ...
在发射塔前…
having several hundred peopleat the base of the rocket ...
有几百名发射基地的工作人员…
which for an American launchwould be very unusual and unheard of.
为一个美国人送行 这在以前是难以想象和从未听闻的
Being able to have such close contact withfriends and family who are right there ...
只有真正的朋友和至亲的家人…
right in the middle of thosefinal moments before you go fly ...
才能在此时此刻 在你起飞之前 站在这里…
was really exciting, really special.
真的是很感动 特别的时刻
After everything we went through ...
在发射的这一天…
seeing your face on launch daymade it all worth it.
我尽力在脑海里刻下你的一言一行
Let's go do it!
我们一定会成功的
He was so happy.
一路顺风
Get those shuttles ready.
让飞船准备好吧
Imagine, three guysand their gear ...
想象一下 三个大男人和他们的行李挤在…
inside a capsule the sizeof a Volkswagen Beetle ...
那个只有甲壳虫汽车大小的飞船内…
and it's a two-day trip.
再加上两天的航程
The biggest risk is just getting outof the Earth's atmosphere ...
最危险的时段就是冲出大气层…
and to a safe orbit.
到达安全的轨道高度期间
Once you're at the endof the powered flight ...
一旦箭船分离 进入地球轨道…
and you're floating around in orbit,then you can sit back and say:
这时你就可以松口气 唠唠嗑了
"Boy, I'm glad that we havegotten that done successfully."
哥们 我很高兴我们只是有惊无险
Sitting in your couch with your kneesbent up almost to your chin ...
那段时间在座椅中…
for hours at a time,it's pretty uncomfortable.
蜷起的膝盖都快碰着自己的下巴了 那真的是很难受
But the Soyuz is very reliable.
但是联盟飞船是值得信赖的
It's got a lot of capabilityto get you up into space ...
它确实有很多坚实的功能把把你送入太空…
and get you back on a bad day.
并把你安全的接回地面
The house will be darkwhen they arrive.
当他们抵达的时候 这所大房子正在静静地等待着
They can't be surewhat lies in wait for them.
他们不能确定前方隐藏着多大的风险
Their job is to open everything upfor the first time ...
宇航员们的工作是把每个装置作首次启动…
then get it all working.
然后让它们都工作起来
Be prepared for the unexpected.
应付意想不到的特殊状况
They're set to go.
他们要开始认真的工作了
But after two days in a capsulewith your knees in your chin ...
但是在两天蜷缩和拥挤的旅行之后…
you've got a few other priorities.
你先得找时间梳洗一下
Put together an aceSoyuz pilot like Yuri ...
比如像联盟号驾驶员尤里
Sergei, a man who's already loggedmore than a year-and-a-half in space ...
谢尔盖 这位老兄已经开始在他 长达半年的太空任务里进入角色了…
and a Navy SEAL for a commander ...
在这里 你就像海军的舰长…
and you've got theright stuff for the job.
为了工作有权享受生活
After we got the node open,it started to seem like ...
当我们打开舱门的时候 它给你的感觉就是…
a really expansive place,because we all have memories ...
一个宽阔而豪华的空间 因为在我们的记忆里…
of being in much more confined spaceslike Soyuz and even the shuttle.
和平号和过去所有的航天器 都是非常拥挤和狭小的
When I came to the Zvezdafor the first time ...
当我第一次来到星辰号服务舱…
it looked for me as home.
它给我的感觉就像家一样
And that was a placewhere we stay and live and sleep.
这里就是我们生活和睡觉的地方
I was thinking we were here ....
我认为我们现在在这个位置…
It has life-support equipment ...
它拥有生命支持系统…
guidance and navigation ...
航天导航和测量系统…
jets to control the station,to move it around in space.
可以控制整个空间站在太空中运行
If we weren't here, we wouldn'tbe seeing what we're seeing ....
如果我们不在这里 我们不可能看见地面上的这些目标…
We have several windowslooking down.
我们拥有几个窗户可以俯看地球
We have to exerciseevery day to stay fit.
我们必须每天锻炼防止肌肉萎缩
And even after arelatively short flight ...
当飞行了一段时间之后…
you feel the differencein your muscles.
你会感到自己的肌肉有些变化
When we did this exercisenear the window ...
我们在窗口附近锻炼…
every time you turn the pedal,you fly several kilometers.
每踏动一次脚踏板 就已经飞过数千公里了
It's more impressive to say,"I ran the bike from Paris to China."
以后你可以这样对别人说:我曾经骑自行车从巴黎到了中国
Probably the nicest thing insleep compartment is the window.
大概最美妙的事情 就是从卧室的窗户向外望去
From space,you don't see any borders.
在太空上你看不到任何国境线
You really don't see whereUnited States ends and Mexico starts.
真的不知道美国和墨西哥的边界在哪里
You feel yourselfpart of humankind ...
你只能感觉到自己是人类的一份子…
not just man from one countryor one city.
而不是来自哪个国家或哪个城市
Of course, on Earth, we take thingslike air and water for granted.
当然 在地球上 我们可以任意汲取水和空气
But here, the supply is limited.
但是在这里 供给都是有限的
You can't survive without it, soyou have to recycle it continuously.
你不得不依靠这些独自存活 所以你必须持续地循环利用这些资源
You need a degree in plumbing to keepall your life-support systems running.
你必须定时检测和维修所有生命支持系统的部件
And breakdowns do happen.
防止偶然事件的发生
In the future ...
在未来…
crews traveling to other planets willhave to rely on repair skills like this.
宇航员在登陆其他星球的时候 需要的正是这些技巧
There are no replacement partsavailable on Mars.
在火星上可没有可以利用的替代品
KD5FAL, this is NA1SS.Go ahead with your question.
KD5FAL 这里是NA1SS 请提出你的问题
AB5A, this is Adam Gittleman.
AB5A 这里是亚当·盖特莱蒙
My question for you is: What did it takefor you to become an astronaut? Over.
我的问题是:怎样像你一样 成为一名宇航员 完毕
What's the best wayto become an astronaut?
要怎样做才能成为一名宇航员
To stay in schooland be the best student you can.
去读书 然后努力成为 你所能作到的最好的学生
That's because educationis a lifelong thing.
因为学习是终生的
It doesn't stop when you leaveschool and walk out the door.
当你走出校门踏入社会的时候 也是不能停止的
It's something that'll go onfor your whole life.
持续的学习对你的一生都是很重要的
That's what we'd recommend.
这就是我的忠告
Hi, I'm Santosh Bawani.
嗨 我是山督士·巴万尼
How do you take showers in space,and if you use water ...
你怎样在太空中洗澡 当你用水的时候…
how does the water flow?
水会怎么流
On ham radio,kids all over the world ...
在业余无线电的频道上 全世界的孩子们…
can talk to the crewsabout their home in space.
都可以打听宇航员们在太空中的生活
Soon there's to bea huge new addition to it.
很快将要有个巨大的组件抵达
Back at Kennedy Space Center, Destiny,the station's science laboratory ...
让我们回到肯尼迪航天中心 命运号 国际空间站的科学实验舱段…
perhaps its mostimportant component ...
它是最重要的组成部分…
is loaded into the cargo bayof the orbiter Atlantis.
被装进了亚特兰帝斯号航天飞机 的载物舱中进入太空
Shep, Yuri, and Sergeiare about to have company.
谢普 尤里 和谢尔盖 正准备招待客人
Welcome, Atlantis.
欢迎 亚特兰帝斯号
Hey, guys, come on in.
嗨 大家好 请进
Atlantis is here, withthe long-awaited laboratory.
亚特兰帝斯号来了 还有期待已久的实验舱
Like kids in a candy store ...
就像小孩进入了糖果店…
the shuttle crew gleefully exploresthe station for the first time.
航天飞机的成员们在第一时间 就兴致勃勃地参观了空间站
Good to be here.
在这里的感觉真好
In honor of the occasion,they wear very special socks.
为了表示庆贺 他们穿起了特别的袜子
Houston, Atlantis,broadcasting from Destiny.
休斯顿 亚特兰帝斯号 这里是命运号
Copy, a great first moment here.
收到 这真是一个伟大时刻
And the lab looks and feelsand smells great ...
实验室的状态看起来很不错…
and it looks like all the hardwork has really paid off.
现在说来艰苦奋斗的时期已经过去了
It's a beautiful piece of hardware.
这是一个完美的组件
A lot of these flights are transfer flights.So we are transferring various supplies.
很多次飞行的主要任务就是运送补给 所以这就是我们正在做的
We bring them clothing and water.That's a water bag.
我们正递给他衣物和水 那就是个装水的包
Every now and then,we bring them a woman.
时不时的 我们给他们送去一位女士
It'll take a few more flightsto get the lab up and running.
要想把实验室完全建成和运行起来 这样的运送还得再来几次
But when it's ready,we can do experiments ...
当一切都准备完毕 我们就可以开始做实验…
and make discoverieshere in zero gravity ...
在零重力状态下实验将产生出新的成果…
that we just can't back on Earth.
那样我们就不只靠地球了
Well done.
很好 很好
Atlantis pulls away,cargo bay empty.
亚特兰帝斯号转身离去 载物舱已经空了
There are probably times,certainly over the holidays ...
或许有些时间 在那些欢乐的时刻过后…
when you were ableto correspond by email ...
当你发几封电子邮件…
talk over the radio to friendsand family on the ground.
与在地面的朋友和家人畅谈
You knew there were things going onthat you'd like to be a part of ...
你知道有些事情正在发生 而你也想参与其中…
and you were missing.
但是你只能错过
Shep's been busy dreaming upa Christmas surprise for Beth.
谢普冥思苦想一个圣诞惊喜给贝丝
His name is Captain.
它的名字是船长
I picked up the little puppy ...
我抱起这个小狗狗…
and that's when Shep told me,"Merry Christmas."
那时谢普对我说圣诞快乐
Now Shep's dog, Jake, who's missedhim a lot, has a brand-new pal.
谢普的狗杰克 离开他主人很长时间了 现在它又有了一个新的伙伴
With Shep being gone a lot,Jake was my buddy.
在谢普离开的这么长时间里 杰克就是我的伙伴
Captain is my specialpresent from space.
船长是来自太空的特殊礼物
Shep, Sergei,and Yuri will soon be home.
谢普 谢尔盖和尤里不久就要回家了
The second crew is getting readyto take their place.
空间站第二个成员组已经准备好接替他们
Just imagine what you might be feelingin the last hours before your launch.
在你启程之前一定有很多不同的感触
The beach near the launch pad providesa haven for astronaut Susan Helms.
靠近发射场的海滩是宇航员 苏珊· 赫尔姆斯躲避尘嚣的地方
I just let my mind wanderas I'm walking along the beach ...
我在长长的海滩上思考漫步…
looking at the waves.I noticed dolphins out there.
看着滚滚的浪花 远处的海豚跃出海面
These are the types of thingsI'm not gonna get to see ...
在未来的几个月里…
up close and personalfor several months.
这么多美好的事物都将离我远去
And I guess I realize nowthat I'm going to miss this.
我觉得我正在失去些什么
Right now, I'm starting to feela little bit homesick about Earth ...
此时此刻 即使还没有离开地球…
even though I haven't left it yet.
我就有些思乡之情了
Before launch, the beach house retreatnear the Kennedy Space Port ...
在发射之前 肯尼迪航天中心附近的海滩别墅…
is a quiet escape for Susan's crewmates,Yury Usachev and Jim Voss.
是苏珊的同伴尤瑞·乌萨切夫和 吉姆· 沃斯静心修养的地方
The beach is such a beautiful place.It does give you a good feeling ...
这是片美丽的海滩 它能给你一种美好的感觉…
for the wide expanses of theEarth that we won't have ...
令人心旷神怡的感觉…
while we're in the space station.
这与在太空中的感觉是截然不同的
Yury, the Expedition 2Crew Commander, is Russian.
尤瑞 俄国人 空间站第二成员组的指挥官
Susan and Jimare American mission specialists.
苏珊和吉姆是美国的特别任务专家
They'll launch to the stationaboard the shuttle Discovery.
他们将由发现者号航天飞机送入空间站
This suit feels good.
这套衣服很不错
What I'll really miss are thenormal things I like to do ...
不耽误我做任何事情…
like working in my garage,working on my airplane.
做什么工作都活动自如
Taking a little time to be aloneand work quietly.
说会儿话的功夫就完成任务了
I expect that when I get up there ...
我期待着到达那里以后…
every evening before I go to bed,I'm gonna wanna write notes to people ...
每天晚上睡觉前给人们写一些自己的感受…
and hope that they get sent down whilewe're sleeping and they write back.
然后在睡梦中等待他们的回复
The great thing about having trainedtogether for three or four years ...
最了不起的事情是三到四年的共同训练…
is that Jim, Yury, and Ihave become a bit of a family.
把吉姆 尤瑞还有我 拧成了一股绳
And we have come to senseeach other's moods and feelings ...
我们很合得来…
to the point where, when one person endsup having difficulties of some kind ...
对很多事情都有相同或相似的看法…
and they need to get away,the rest of us understand.
也能容纳对方不同的意见 共同面对困难
Bye-bye.
再会了
"T" minus 12, all systemsaboard Discovery are go.
12秒倒计时 所有系统准备
Eleven. This mission continuingin permanent human presence in space.
十一。这项任务是为了在太空中实现人类的生活。
Ten.
十
Nine.
九
Eight.
八
Seven.
七
Go for main engine start.
主发动机启动。
Houston is now controlling.The rolling over is complete ...
休斯敦正在控制。翻转已经完成。
and Discovery is now in aheads down, wing-flipped position ...
发现者号现在处于头朝下，翅膀翻转的状态。
carrying the next resident crewto the International Space Station.
搭载下一批常驻人员前往国际空间站。
Two days later, Discovery has caught upwith the station and closes for docking.
两天之后 发现号追上了空间站并与之成功对接
Expedition 2 is readyto relieve Expedition 1.
谢普和他的同伴在命运号的窗口 拍摄到了这个壮观的场景
Shep and the crew get a spectacularview from Destiny's window.
东西我都给你了 在那里你还想放什么
That's all I gave you.Does that get you in there?
那是我第一次来到空间站 当然…
The first time I came into station,of course ...
第一个感觉就是:上帝啊 它太大了
the first impression is,"My gosh, this is so big."
我还惊叹第一成员组的同仁们…
And then I was surprisedwith how much work ...
在实验室完成了多么艰巨和显着的工作
Expedition 1 had accomplished,particularly with the laboratory.
吉姆 尤瑞和苏珊已经准备在实验室工作了
Jim, Yury, and Susanare already at work in the lab.
在没有地心引力的情况下 我们可以培养很多的特殊晶体
They can grow large crystals herethat we can't grow in Earth's gravity.
了解它们是怎么形成的…
By studying how they have formed ...
然后我们可以大规模的制造 从而治愈更多的疾病
we can learn how to make moreeffective medicines to cure diseases.
如果人类将来飞向火星 我们必须了解…
If we ever expect to go to Mars,we have to understand ...
在长时间的太空飞行中 人体的承受力到底有多强
how the human body will reactto a really long flight.
个人身体各种机能的调查…
The human research facilitywill be an excellent source ...
和研究…
for performing human experimentsto make sure we understand ...
将使我们知道身体在太空中会发生怎样的变化
what happens to the human bodyin space.
这是台超声波检测仪…
It has ultrasound technology ...
它的上面有许多的仪表和传感器…
it's got storage for manyother meters and sensors ...
我们把这些传感器贴在身上…
that we can attachto the human body to wear ...
它能把实时监控的各种数据 传送到地球上的科学家那里…
and then send the datato the scientists on the Earth ...
然后他们将进行数据分析
so that they can analyze it.
现在指挥官正在向他的继任者 介绍空间站的大致情况
It's time for the departing commanderto brief his successor.
谢普和他的队员们出色地完成了任务
Shep and his crew have donetheir job brilliantly.
将移交的空间站被他们调校得十分出色…
They're handing over a stationthat's completely up and running ...
正准备发挥最大的潜力
ready to realize its true potential.
美国人和俄国人在移交工作…
An American and a Russiankind of exchanging this job ....
这开启了太空历史新的篇章 不仅对于我本人
It was, to me,a historic chapter in space.
此时此刻还有什么 是人类所无法完成的
A reflection of what humanscan accomplish.
最后再看一眼我们那太空中的家
With a last look at their dwellingin space, the crew heads home.
新的房客已经做好自己的房屋装饰了
The new tenants have already donesome interior decorating.
我带来了差不多40张快照
I brought about 40 snapshots.
当然 这里有我的夫人 我的女儿 我的朋友 还有我的狗考迪
Of course, my wife, my daughter,and my friends, my dog Cody.
把包装打开的时候 爆米花已经飘起来了
The popcorn came up already popped.
偶尔有一些飞得到处都是…
Once in a while,some pieces get away from us ...
但是它们会被过滤装置捕获…
but they float up to the filters,and we can just clean them out ...
在每周一次大扫除的时候就会被清除了
when we do our weekly cleaning.
尤瑞·符拉基米洛维奇·乌萨切夫 是一个经验丰富的宇航员
Yury Vladimirovich Usachev is anextremely experienced cosmonaut.
他心灵手巧 真是一个不错的家伙
He likes working with his hands withtools and is just a really nice guy.
他们两个臭味相投 这真是很有意思
They're so much alike, the two of them.It was really funny.
在一起工作的时候每个人的 鬼点子都层出不穷…
Each of them would come up with ideasand get the other one sucked in ...
时常让人瞠目结舌
to working on somesort of home project.
他们两个都是硬汉 而我则是个弱女子
They're a couple of hardware guysand I'm a software girl.
在零重力状态下真是很奇妙…
It's great to livein Zero-G because ...
你可以成为全世界最出色的运动员
you basically can becomethe world's best sportsman.
你可以轻松地拿起这些装水的袋子…
You can lift up thingslike these bags of water ...
要知道它们每个都超过100磅重…
which weigh probablyover 100 pounds apiece ...
还可以像羽毛似的漂浮在空中
and just move themlike they're feathers.
这些事对于像我这样的…
And so it's really nicefor someone like me ...
没有什么运动天赋的人来说…
who's never beenmuch of an athlete ...
都可以轻松地完成 这些超人才能做的事情…
to be able to do all thesesuperhuman things in space ...
在平时是不敢想象的
that I normally wouldn't get to do.
苏珊正在安装一个柜子…
The express rack Susanis installing ...
里面有强大的计算机系统…
contains experimentsthat could show us the way ...
可以轻松处理和传送各种数据
to more powerful computer chipsor lighter metals.
尤瑞刚发现…
Yury just discovered one day thatthe onion had a small sprout ...
洋葱发芽了
growing out the top.
我们用湿毛巾包着它们 放进了塑料袋
So we placed it in a plastic bagwith a washcloth wrapped around it.
它们开始发芽 根部也在生长
It sprouted, roots are growing.
对我们来说 这不是意味着食物的多少…
It was nice to have it around,not so much to eat ...
而是带来了绿色的生机
but just to seea green growing plant.
测试机器辅助系统 是苏珊用来度过周末的方法
The MACE experiment is how Susanentertained herself on the weekends.
我真的很喜欢做这样的事情
I really liked workingwith this experiment.
就像在玩一件大玩具 它有自己的大脑和传动部件
It was like playing with a big toy.It had moving parts and a brain.
当发射一颗人造卫星到太空…
When you launch asatellite into space ...
其自身的控制系统将会自行决定…
the control systemis the designer's best guess ...
如何用其自身的传感器和组件完成任务
of how it should controlits own sensors and appendages.
这个实验…
This experiment ...
正是探索如何设计这样的一个控制系统…
was trying to understand how youcould design a control system ...
来让它们更好地工作
to teach itself to work better.
在飞越日本本州岛上空的时候 奋进号航天飞机…
Over Honshu island in Japan,the shuttle Endeavour ...
运来了一个升级组件
has arrived with a shippingcontainer in its cargo bay.
它是空间站的三个高科技组件之一…
It's one of threehigh-tech moving vans ...
由意大利空间局制造
built by the Italian Space Agency.
它名叫拉法埃洛
This one's called Raffaello.
来自三个国家的宇航员在它里面工作
Inside it, astronauts fromthree countries are at work.
克里斯·哈得菲尔德是加拿大人 尤里·兰恰考夫出生在哈萨克斯坦…
Chris Hadfield is Canadian,Yuri Lonchakov was born in Kazakhstan ...
还有乌贝托·古尔东尼来自罗马
and Umberto Guidoni is from Rome.
这么多来自不同国家和民族的人们…
Working in spacereally makes people bond ...
在空间站里共同工作和生活…
and I guess the factthat many countries ...
同时带来了…
are working on buildingthe space station ...
各自不同的历史和文化
is bringing the culture and historyof each country in the space station.
不约而同地给对方产生了影响和变化
And somehow it changes,a little bit, each of us.
在这里的生活不是冒险性的…
It's not just an adventuresomeplace to live ...
实际上确实是富有挑战性 有情趣 相互吸引的生活
but actually a pleasant and challengingand interesting place to live.
我非常喜欢在这里度过我人生的一段时光
I would really like the opportunityto spend a part of my life there.
遗憾的是 尽管我和同伴们在这里享受生活…
What struck me, though, was towatch the crew that's living there ...
但是看看下面的地球 一个动乱纷争的世界
to see them view Earthas a separate place.
这里和地球在某种程度上确实是相互隔绝了
Earth is somethingcompletely separate from them.
这是个很有意思的想法 我认为 对于人类来说…
It's an interesting step, I think,for humans ...
就像我们这样 和自己的母体分离…
to get to the point where you arenow separated from your mother ...
作为一个共同的物种审视我们的所作所为…
and you are starting to view yourselfas more of a single separate entity ...
阻止那种狭隘的纷争进入宇宙
heading off into therest of the universe.
如果我们需要离开空间站进入联盟号飞船…
If we were to have to leave the spacestation in the Soyuz vehicle ...
我们需要穿上这种宇航服
we'd put on the SOKOL suits.
这种衣服必须在前面穿起它
All the material that's in the frontis where you get into the suit.
把你自己套进去 用两个橡皮圈围住你…
So you gather it up and thenwrap two rubber bands around it ...
密封妥当 从而保持正常的大气压力
to seal it so that it holds pressure.
要想穿上它真是很大的挑战
To get inside is a real challenge.
将要去的这个太空舱…
It's one of these types of capsuleswhere you've got ...
三个人像在沙丁鱼罐头里那样挤在一起
three humans laying side by sidelike sardines.
为以防万一 俄国人准备了两艘联盟号…
The Russians, on occasion,do provide two Soyuz spacecraft ...
通常只有一艘停靠在空间站上
and there's usuallyjust one prime parking spot.
所以我们需要做一些练习…
So we need to do a bitof choreography ...
怎样正确地进入联盟号并操纵它
in order to get the right Soyuzin the right place.
所有的三名空间站成员…
All three crew members need to be in theSoyuz in the event there's a risk ...
要在发生紧急状况的时候用联盟号逃生
of needing to make an emergency de-orbit.
令你感到最麻烦的是对接 这和你原来所见过的是完全不同的方式…
The trickiest part was the re-docking,where you go into a different port ...
在同空间站对接之前 你必须通过一个小窗户查看
and you've got a different point of viewof the space station than you had before.
我们仔细地检查了一遍又一遍…
All of us double-checked,triple-checked everything ...
以确认执行了正确的程序…
to make sure that when we gotto the new docking port ...
来和空间站重新对接
that we were going to havethe ability to get back inside.
对于我来说 这真是一个紧张的时刻
That, to me, was the most tense part.
如果空间站外部受到损坏
Things have been known to breakon the outside of the space station.
你必须有个途径到外面去修复它们
You have to have a way to getoutside and repair the item.
气密舱正是这样一个必要的装置
An airlock is requiredto be able to do that.
我使用空间站上的机械臂…
The station robotic armis what I used ...
从航天飞机的载物舱把气密舱提起
to lift the airlockout of the shuttle's payload bay.
我们想去舱外 必须通过气密舱
The joint airlock is basically like aroom that we can use to go outside.
它就像空间站门外的走廊
It's like a porchon your space station.
它的功能就是让我们要到舱外行走的时候 在空间站和外空环境之间有个过渡
And its whole function in lifeis to allow us to do space walks ...
尤其是航天飞机不在的时候
from the space stationwhile the shuttle is not there.
在操纵机械臂的控制台前…
At the control stationwhere you're operating the arm ...
没有窗户可供观察机械臂的活动状态
there's no window where you canlook and see the arm in motion.
在机械臂上也没有自动控制系统…
There is no automatic collisioncontrol on that robotic arm ...
要保持它与空间站的准确位置
and all of your wits and talentsare required ...
能依靠的就只有你的智慧和才干
in order to keep from ramming itinto the side of the space station.
摄像机是我们最值得信赖的伙伴
Video camerasare our most trustworthy friends.
对我来说 把这些来自数千英里外的…
It's remarkable to me that we'vebeen able to build these things ...
来自不同的国家的…
thousands of miles apartin different countries ...
使用不同系统的组件…
using different systems ...
装配到一起 并协同工作 真是意义非凡
and put them together in space,and for them to work.
机械臂工作得非常完美
The robotic arm worked perfectly.
你不能期望还有比这更好的设备了
You could not have asked for amore perfect piece of hardware.
在内部 成员们正在移动 气密舱舱门到指定位置
Inside, the crew moves theairlock's inner hatch into position.
现在如果你需要的话 就可以出去走一走了
Now you can take a walk outsidethe station whenever you need to.
但首先 你必须调整好自己身体的状态
But first, you have to getyour body ready.
如果不是那样 在气密舱中 调节气压时 你会感到非常痛苦
If you don't, you get cripplingpains called the bends.
现在 我就是个潜水员
Now, I'm a diver.
每个潜水员都不想承受 外部气压变化所引起的疼痛
And every diver knows you don'tever want to get the bends.
宇航员迈克·基恩哈特也是个潜水员
Astronaut Mike Gernhardtis also a diver.
在出舱之前 他边做运动边吸入纯氧
Before going outside, he breathespure oxygen while he's exercising.
这样做的目的…
That will get the pain-causingnitrogen bubbles ...
是使能引起疼痛的氮气快速排出体外
out of his blood much faster.
空间站的前门打开了
The front doorto the station is now open.
建筑施工正在进行中
Its construction is ongoing.
很快 来自欧洲和日本的组件将进一步增强…
And soon,additions from Europe and Japan ...
这个独一无二 不可思议的实验室的功能
will enhance this incrediblyversatile and unique laboratory.
在这里 我们可以扩展生活的知识…
Here, we can expand our knowledgeof things that affect our daily lives ...
学习人类的活动怎样…
and learn how natural eventsand people ...
和脆弱的环境和谐共存
are affectingour fragile environment.
这些都值得我们…
That's worth all the risks ...
为之冒险和庆祝
and something to celebrate.
亚特兰帝斯号 这里是休斯顿 在地球的
Atlantis, Houston, somewhere in theworld, it's still Janet's birthday.
某个地方 现在这个时候是加内特的生日
- Pass me that orange.- Who wants some lemonade?
-给我那个橙子 -谁想要柠檬水
Come on, over here.
快点 往这儿扔
- Yury?- Okay.
-准备好了吗 -好的
- Yury got it that time.- Janet.
-这次就差一点 -加内特
Steve.
斯蒂夫
Space is a very special place.
太空真是一个非常特别的地方
Without gravity,you can see and feel ...
没有重力 你可以看到 感觉到 也可以做一些…
and try things you can'tdo anywhere else.
在其他任何地方都做不到的事情
In search of a better lifeon Earth, and away from Earth.
寻找一种远离地球 但比在地球上更好的生活
One day, you too,may visit the space station.
有一天 你也有可能到访空间站
You might be an engineerinventing a whole new technology.
你可能是个工程师 发明了一项新的技术
You could be a doctor or anecologist studying the Earth.
你也可能是个医生 或者是个研究地球环境的学者
Or you could be planning a tripto another planet.
又或者 你要到别的星球去做一次短途旅行
This is your test bed.
这里就是你梦想的试验场
Only tomorrow knowswhat you'll discover.
只有明天才知道你将发现什么