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Saturday from the launch pad at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, the aerospace agency tested its space launch system.

周六，在美国航空航天局(NASA)位于密西西比州的斯坦尼斯航天中心的发射台上，该航天机构测试了其太空发射系统。

Rockets fired for roughly eight minutes, generating 725 metric tons of thrust while guzzling more than 2600 cubic meters of fuel to simulate internal conditions for liftoff.

火箭发射持续约八分钟，产生725公吨推力，同时消耗超过2600立方米燃料以模拟升空时的内部环境。

The project paired NASA with Boeing in a mission seen as a vital step before a debut unmanned launch later this year under NASA 's Artemis program.

该项目是NASA和波音公司合作完成的一项任务，这被视为NASA阿尔忒弥斯计划在今年晚些时候首次无人发射前的重要一步。

It's also welcome news, as the space launch system is three years behind schedule and nearly three billion dollars over budget.

这也是个好消息，因为太空发射系统已比原计划推迟了三年，预算也超支近三十亿美元。

Boeing is also scheduled this year to deliver six new solar arrays to the international space station. Boeing's John Mulholland explains why.

波音公司还计划在今年向国际空间站交付六套新型太阳能帆板。波音公司的约翰·马尔霍兰解释了原因。

These solar arrays we're going to install are going to be about half the size of the existing solar arrays.

我们将安装的这些太阳能帆板大约是现有太阳能帆板的一半大小。

We have an international space station, but because of the advances in technology over the years,

我们有一个国际空间站，但由于多年来科技的进步，

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