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Martian Triumph
NASA’s Curiosity Scores a Perfect Touchdown on the Red Planet
探索宇宙生命的謎  好奇號登陸火星

KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN ANCHOR
Now NASA called it the most complex landing ever attempted on Mars. It was nicknamed the “seven minutes of terror,” and it ended in triumph.
CNN 主播  克莉絲蒂．魯．史道
美國太空總署稱之為有史以來嘗試過最複雜的登陸火星任務，這被暱稱為「驚魂七分鐘」，結果勝利成功。

ALLEN CHEN, NASA ENGINEER
Touchdown confirmed. We’re safe on Mars.
NASA 工程師  陳友倫
確認著陸，我們安全登上火星了。

KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN ANCHOR
Scientists celebrated that success at Mission Control in California. As you could see, there were high fives and hugs all around, even a few tears. Now some people have worked on this project for the past eight years. And those plans all came down to this daring descent. It took a supersonic parachute to slow the one-ton rover, but that alone would not be enough. Then a rocket-powered sky crane slowly lowered Curiosity to the surface of Mars. And all of this happened without any help from Earth.
CNN 主播  克莉絲蒂．魯．史道
科學家們在加州任務控制中心裡慶祝任務成功。如你所見，四處都在擊掌、擁抱，甚至有些眼淚。有些人過去八年來都在進行這個專案。那些計畫全都是為了這次大膽的降落，需要用超音波降落傘緩衝這個一公噸重的探測車，但光是這樣還不夠。接著用有火箭動力的空中起重機慢慢把好奇號降到火星地表。這整個過程都沒有用到地球上的任何幫助。

Now for the next two years, Curiosity will roam the Red Planet. Its mission—to determine whether Mars ever supported life. Now, the rover landed inside Gale Crater; the area may once have contained water. Now, Curiosity will travel to the center of the crater to Mount Sharp. It’s about five kilometers high. And those layers of rock provide a history of Mars back to its first billion years.
接下來兩年，好奇號將在火星上漫遊，任務是要確定火星是否曾存在生命。探測車降落在蓋爾隕坑裡，這個區域可能曾經有水。好奇號會走到隕坑中間的夏普山，高約五公里，那些岩層將提供火星以前最初十億年的歷史。

Now, Curiosity has already sent back a couple of images. And better pictures are expected later this week.
好奇號已經傳回一些影像，預計本週稍後會有更好的照片。