(1). According to CNN, an ambitious mission to send a spacecraft to Mercury is ready to launch.
据美国有线电视新闻网报道,一个向水星发射宇宙飞船的雄心勃勃的任务已准备就绪。
(2). The eight-million-kilometer voyage is estimated to take seven years.
这个八百万公里的航程预计要花七年时间。
(3). But the BepiColombo spacecraft is expected to shed new light on the mysterious planet.
但预计这艘“比皮科伦坡”宇宙飞船有助于进一步了解这个神秘的行星。
(4). It is scheduled to launch on Oct. 20th from a space port in French Guiana, but the spacecraft should arrive at Mercury in December 2025.
它预定于10月20日在法属圭亚那的一个太空发射中心发射升空,而这艘宇宙飞船应于2025年12月到达水星。
(5). When it reaches Mercury’s orbit, the craft will leave two probes to observe the closest planet to the Sun for one year, before sending it’s data back to Earth.
当它抵达水星轨道时,在将数据发回地球之前,该飞行器将留下两个探测器来观测这颗距太阳最近的行星,为期一年。