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高三英语培优外刊阅读 班级：学号：姓名： 外刊精选I人类首次全平民太空行!灵感4号逐梦升空 北京时间上周四「灵感4号”飞船在佛罗里达州肯尼迪航天中心39A发射台点火升空。 飞船上的四名非职业“全平民”宇航员将进行为期三天的绕地飞行。“灵感4号”是全球首次没 有专业宇航员参与的太空飞行任务，也是埃隆?马斯克SpaceX公司的首次轨道飞行载人航天 任务。这次“灵感4号”上天，为何搭载了四名非职业宇航员？这是否会开启人类探索太空的 新时代？ Inspiration4: Amateur astronauts set for orbital spaceflightBy Jonathan Amos Four namateur astronauts11 are about to launch into orbit in another landmark mission for space tourism. Its the latest flight to help open up access to space for paying customers. The trip has been paid for by US billionaire businessman Jared Isaacman, who will travel with three crewmates. A healthcare worker, a science educator and a data analyst will circle the Earth with Mr Isaacman for three days. They hope to inspire others with their adventure and to raise money for childrens cancer medicine. Accordingly, the mission has been named Inspiration4. The spacecraft will reach an altitude of 575km, which is about 150km higher than the International Space Station (ISS). The quartet will then spend their time doing experiments and looking at Earth through a large domed window which offers panoramic views. The mission follows hot on the heels of Sir Richard Bransons flight aboard his Virgin Galactic rocket plane on 11 July, and fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos* trip to space nine days later in the New Shepard vehicle. In the 60 years since Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin first went into space, fewer than 600 people have followed in his footsteps; and most of those have been military-trained personnel flying on government-sponsored missions. Inspiration4 is different. Itll be a fully commercially purchased and operated orbital flight. 【词汇过关】请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。 1 .orbit [ 0 ： bi t] n. 2.landmark [ laendma： k] n. 3.quartet [kwo ： tet] n. 【词块学习】请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。 1 .付费顾客2?募款 3 ,提供全景4紧跟…之后，紧接着. .跟随某人的脚步.政府赞助 拓展练习阅读理解 Inspiration 4, as the mission is called, is indeed impressive, the first time normal people” with minimal training will leave the planet, enter orbit, and return to Earth