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play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0002:40repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser¹ to a recent version or update your Flash plugin. Problems and progress in space.

First, the setback² for NASA's Kepler Space Observatory³. It was launched in 2009 in a cost of $600 million. Its mission is to look for habitable planets in outer space.

NASA engineers found out late last week that the telescope is in emergency mode. That means it's having problems and burning through power quickly.

One challenge in repairing Kepler is the delay. It's estimated to be about 75 million miles away from earth and it takes 13 minutes for signals to transfer between our planet and the telescope.

Next, a SpaceX mission to the International Space Station. Dragon is an unmanned cargo⁴ capsule that was launched Friday afternoon. It's carrying 7,000 pounds of equipment and experiments to the International Space Station, including this, the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module⁵ or BEAM that we told you about last week.

BEAM was built with an $18 million contract from NASA and if it passes its tests before it's detached and destroyed in earth's atmosphere, the module could one day become a place to stay in space.

SUBTITLE⁶: Future space homes.

RACHEL CRANE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Now, this would theoretically be a space hotel. You've got the sleeping quarters over there. You've got storage over here. You've got your seats over there.

There's even a window actually. You come over here, they've got a telescope right here so you could look out and you would use this, because when you're floating in space, you're floating and you need to be able to navigate⁷. So, pretend like I'm flying and I'd be grabbing this to move along.

There'd be no floor. The core system is here. You've got all your storage here. You have your batteries, your gloves, your wipes, your cables.

You've got your sleeping bag over here. So, in space, when you're sleeping, you have to tether yourself to the wall, so you won't go flying around.

They actually have vegetation growing here, hydroponically. You look up, you've got a mockup of that. Even someone tending to it, doing the space gardening.

Here’s the window, look out, see the stars.

AZUZ: There's another part of SpaceX mission that went well. Part of the rocket that carried the Dragon cargo capsule into space returned to earth and for the first time landed intact on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Each Falcon⁸ IX rocket costs more than $60 million. So, being able to reuse them would save a lot of money.

Several previous attempts have failed. Falcon IX rockets have exploded in flight or tip over and exploded on landing. So, last Friday's success at sea as historic.

1 browser   

n.浏览者

参考例句：

• View edits in a web browser.在浏览器中看编辑的效果。
• I think my browser has a list of shareware links.我想在浏览器中会有一系列的共享软件链接。

2 setback   

n.退步，挫折，挫败

参考例句：

• Since that time there has never been any setback in his career.从那时起他在事业上一直没有遇到周折。
• She views every minor setback as a disaster.她把每个较小的挫折都看成重大灾难。

3 observatory   

n.天文台，气象台，瞭望台，观测台

参考例句：

• Guy's house was close to the observatory.盖伊的房子离天文台很近。
• Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day.格林威治天文台的职员们每天对大钟检查两次。

4 cargo   

n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物

参考例句：

• The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
• A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。

5 module   

n.组件，模块，模件；(航天器的)舱

参考例句：

• The centre module displays traffic guidance information.中央模块显示交通引导信息。
• Two large tanks in the service module held liquid oxygen.服务舱的两个大气瓶中装有液态氧。

6 subtitle   

n.副题（书本中的），说明对白的字幕

参考例句：

• His new book has a subtitle.他的新书有一个副标题。
• Ah!I don't know why they don't subtitle these movies.唉！我不知道这些电影为什么不打字幕。

7 navigate   

v.航行，飞行；导航，领航

参考例句：

• He was the first man to navigate the Atlantic by air.他是第一个飞越大西洋的人。
• Such boats can navigate on the Nile.这种船可以在尼罗河上航行。

8 falcon   

n.隼，猎鹰

参考例句：

• The falcon was twice his size with pouted feathers.鹰张开羽毛比两只鹰还大。
• The boys went hunting with their falcon.男孩子们带着猎鹰出去打猎了。