中英對照讀新聞》Boeing’s Starliner hits snag in orbit en route to space station 波音公司的「星際飛機」前往太空站途中在軌道上凸槌
Boeing Co. ran into trouble after launching a crew capsule on its debut test flight to the International Space Station, a critical step for NASA’s private-public effort to resume U.S. trips to the orbiting laboratory.
波音公司載人太空艙首次試飛前往國際太空站，但發射後遇到麻煩。這次試飛是美國航太總署（NASA）公民營合作，力圖恢復美國前往在地球軌道運行的太空站飛行任務關鍵一步。
About 50 minutes after liftoff Friday, the CST-100 Starliner was reported out of position to begin its orbital insertion burn, the last boost into an orbit so it can rendezvous with the space station.
CST-100「星際飛機」太空艙週五升空後約50分鐘，傳來未能就正確位置，啟動進入軌道的發動機點火，這是太空船為了進入軌道的最後一次推進，以便與太空站會合。
The capsule took off aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at 6:36 a.m. Friday near Cape Canaveral, Florida, Boeing said. The capsule, with no crew on board, separated and began flight on its own about 15 minutes later.
波音說，這艘太空艙週五上午6時36分，在佛羅里達卡納維爾角附近，由「聯合發射同盟」的擎天神5號火箭搭載升空，艙內未搭載人員，15分鐘後與火箭分離，自主飛行。
NASA in 2014 awarded SpaceX and Boeing combined contracts valued at as much as $6.8 billion to fly U.S. astronauts to the ISS.
NASA在2014年將搭載美國太空人前往國際太空站的合約，由太空探索技術和波音兩家公司承包，合計價值高達68億美元。
英倫翻譯社 轉自https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1341227
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