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Nearly 20 years after its launch, the Hubble Space Telescope is still learning new tricks.
發(fā)射升空后快20年了，哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡還在擴(kuò)展功能。
When the Shuttle Atlantis undocks at the end of the servicing mission a new "Wide Field Planetary Camera III" will become functional, widening Hubble's range.
當(dāng)亞特蘭蒂斯號完成維修任務(wù)與哈勃脫離后，一部新的“寬區(qū)域行星級照相機(jī)3型”就可以使用了，它可以拓寬哈勃的視野。
Another new tool, the "Cosmic Origin Spectrograph" will tell us more about the way Dark Matter affects distant galaxies.
另一個新設(shè)備是“宇宙起源光譜儀”，它可以向我們展現(xiàn)更多關(guān)于黑暗物質(zhì)是如何影響到遙遠(yuǎn)的星系的。
But even with new hardware, Hubble's days are numbered for the shuttle will also be installing a device that will end Hubble's long journeys into space.
但即便有了新型裝備，哈勃剩下的日子也不多了，航天飛機(jī)還給哈勃安裝了另一個裝置，這個裝置會結(jié)束哈勃在太空中的長期旅程。
At the end of the mission, when all the work is done, before the final moment, when we go back in the airlock, I am absolutely sure I am going to take one last grab on the Hubble, one last look.
在任務(wù)的最后，當(dāng)所有工作都完成了，在我返回太空艙之前，我絕對要最后觸碰哈勃一次，最后看它一眼.
I do believe this is the last time people will visit Hubble Space Telescope.
我確信這是最后一次有人探訪哈勃太空望遠(yuǎn)鏡了。
And after all that so many people have invested, I think I'll vicariously for them, and for real for me,
然后在那之后，我要代表那些眾多為哈勃付出的人們，也為我自己，
I'll be kind of giving Hubble that last hug before we sent it on its way to what really will be an entire new journey of discovery for Hubble.
在我們送它去展開它的全新探索旅程之前擁抱哈勃一下。
It is difficult for me to think of the end of the mission for the space telescope because right now, it is in prime productivity, or rather will be once we are able to fix it up again.
想著哈勃的使命終點(diǎn)真的讓我很難受，因?yàn)樗呢暙I(xiàn)正值高峰，或著在我們把它再次維護(hù)好之后。
Demand for it is strong.
對它的需求很強(qiáng)烈。
The capabilities are unique and will remain unique.
它的功能也是獨(dú)一無二的，還會是后無來者的。
It will be a loss, when the Hubble can no longer take observations for us.
哈勃不能繼續(xù)為我們進(jìn)行觀測將會是個損失。
On the day that happens, the telescope will receive one last command to shut down and return to earth.
到了那一天，哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡會收到最后一條指令：關(guān)機(jī)并返回地球。
The orbiting telescope will burn up as it re-enters the earth's atmosphere and pass into history.
從太空軌道重返地球大氣層時，哈勃會燃燒，然后成為歷史。
Controllers want to make sure that the enormous telescope falls into the Pacific.
控制人員希望確保將這個巨大的望遠(yuǎn)鏡墜入太平洋。
