从国际空间站穹顶俯瞰南太平洋
从国际空间站穹顶俯瞰南太平洋 (© NASA)
108分钟改变了世界(108 minutes that changed the world)
不久前,人类迈出了超越地球的第一步。几千年来,我们凝视着星星,梦想着远处的一切。然后,在1961年4月12日,一个人离开了地球,永远改变了历史。那天早上,苏联飞行员尤里·加加林登上了一艘名为“东方1号”的小型球形宇宙飞船。倒计时开始了。发动机点火了。当火箭呼啸着飞向天空时,他喊道:“波耶卡利!”我们走吧!”就这样,地球迎来了第一位太空旅行者。
原文:
Not so long ago, humanity took its first step beyond Earth. For thousands of years, we gazed at the stars, dreaming of what lay beyond. Then, on April 12, 1961, one man left the planet and changed history forever. That morning, Soviet pilot Yuri Gagarin climbed into a small, spherical spacecraft named Vostok 1. The countdown began. The engines ignited. As the rocket roared toward the sky, he called out, 'Poyekhali!'—'Let's go!' And just like that, Earth had its first space traveller.
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