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A busy summer of space travel came to a soft splashing end this week for astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley.

对于宇航员鲍勃·本肯和道格·赫尔利来说，他们忙碌的夏季太空旅行在本周以柔和的溅落着陆画上了句号。

It was the first splashdown by US astronauts in 45 years.

这是美国宇航员45年来首次溅落着陆。

As we descended through the atmosphere, the thrusters were firing almost continuously.

当我们穿过大气层下降时，推进器几乎一直在点火。

And I think this the sound that makes, I did record some audio of it, but it doesn't sound like a machine, it sounds like an animal.

我认为这是它发出的声音，我确实录下了一些音频，但听起来不像机器发出的，倒像是动物发出的。

The reentry is a fairly dynamic event and you can see from you know just an overall view of the capsule that reentry is a pretty demanding environment, you know with the different scorches on the vehicle and the windows were not spared any of that.

再入大气层是一个相当动态的事件，从太空舱的整体情况来看，再入大气层是一个相当严苛的环境，飞行器上有不同的烧灼痕迹，舷窗也未能幸免。

The two rode a SpaceX Dragon capsule to the ISS and back, marking the first such journey aboard a privately built and owned craft in the space station's 20-year history.

两人乘坐太空探索技术公司（SpaceX）的“龙”飞船前往国际空间站并返回，这标志着在国际空间站20年的历史中，首次有人员搭乘私人建造和拥有的航天器完成此类太空之旅。

The mission's success means another SpaceX crew launch could happen as early as next month with possible tourist flights next year.

此次任务的成功意味着SpaceX公司可能最早在下个月再次进行载人发射，明年还有可能开展旅游飞行。

Also this week from Cape Canaveral in Florida, NASA launc