NASA is taking research to new heights -- and lengths -- with an ambitious upcoming mission. 美国航空航天局即将进行一项雄心勃勃的任务,将研究推向新的高度,同时也拓展了研究领域。 ASTHROS (Astrophysics Stratospheric Telescope for High Spectral Resolution Observations at Submillimeter-wavelengths) is a balloon that will carry a telescope into the stratosphere to study the cosmos and "observe wavelengths of light that aren't visible from the ground," NASA says. 美国航空航天局说,ASTHROS(亚毫米波长高光谱分辨率观测的天体物理平流层望远镜)是一个气球,携带望远镜进入平流层研究宇宙,并“观察地面上看不到的波长”。 A gondola will be used beneath the balloon to carry the instrument as well as the telescope, which is made up of an eight-foot antenna and several mirrors, lenses and detectors. 气球下面有吊篮,装有器械和望远镜,望远镜上有八英尺天线和几个镜子、透镜和探测器。 |