風鈴さんの おぼえた日記 - 2016年7月17日(日)

On a Mission　　ソユーズ打ち上げ成功　大西卓哉さん宇宙へ　　　　　Sunday, July 17


Japanese astronaut Onishi Takuya began a roughly four‐month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) on July 9 after blasting off from Earth in a Soyuz craft two days earlier, fulfilling his childhood dream of traveling into space.
●astronaut　宇宙飛行士　●blast off from ~　～を飛び立つ ●fulfill　はたす、遂行する


A Soyuz MS spacecraft carrying Onishi, American astronaut Kate Rubins and Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on July 7. After around nine minutes, they successfully entered Earth's orbit at an altitude of about 200 kilometers. They docked with the ISS on July 9.
●cosmonaut　ロシアの宇宙飛行士　●launch from ~　～を飛び立つ　
●cosmodrome　（旧ソ連諸国の）宇宙船発射基地　●orbit　軌道　●altitude　高度
●dock　ドッキングする

Formerly a co-pilot with ANA, Onishi, 40, is the first Japanese ex-commercial pilot to visit space.
●formerly　昔は、以前は　●co-pilot　副操縦士　●commercial　民間の

Onishi had long dreamed of traveling into space. Seeing the movie "Star Wars" as a second‐grade student sparked his interest in space, and he decided he wanted to research the origins of the universe. While studying in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the University of Tokyo, he and other students took part in the Japan International Birdman Rally, a competition to see who can fly the farthest in a human‐powered plane. He said he became absorbed in the construction of a cockpit for the competition.
●spark　かきたてる、刺激する　●Department of … Astronautics　航空宇宙工学科
●Japan International Birdman Rally　鳥人間コンテスト　●competition　コンテスト
●become absorbed in ~　～に没頭する　

With grades "near the bottom," Onishi worried whether he could make it as a researcher, so instead of going on to graduate school, he became a pilot with ANA. But Onishi was never able to throw away his childhood dream of space travel, and decided to sit an astronaut selection test. In 2009, he was chosen from among 963 applicants.
●graduate school　大学院　●set a test　試験を受ける　●applicant　受験者、応募者

Aboard the ISS, Onishi will work on age experiments with mice and experiments to create materials without impurities. He will also help a resupply vehicle dock using the station's robotic arm.
●age experiment　加齢に関する実験　●impurity　不純物　
●resupply vehicle　物資補給船

"My dream is to land on the moon or Mars and search for new resources or a suitable habitat for humans," says Onishi. "I want to tie my experiences aboard the ISS into future space development."
●suitable habitat　適した居住地　●tie ~ into …　～を…につなげる




〇私たちはパーティーで思い切り楽しんだ。
We had a blast at the party.
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〇その宇宙飛行士は、ロボットアームを巧みに操った。
The astronaut skillfully manipulated the robotic arm.
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〇ロケットの発射は延期せざるをえなかった。
The rocket's launch had to be postponed.
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〇入ってきたのが聞こえませんでした。すっかり本に夢中になっていて。
I didn't hear you come in. I was totally absorbed in my book.
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〇宇宙から見た地球はとても美しい。
The earth is very beautiful when viewed from space.
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〇世界的にみてもすばらしい条件です。高地で、頂上付近は雲より高いため、1年を通してほとんどの夜、空が晴れているんです。
...the conditions are some of the best in the world. Because you're at a high altitude, usually the clouds are below the summit area and so you're able to have clear nights most nights of the year.
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　　　　宇宙へ行くと人生観が変わるそうだ
宇宙船ソユーズは直径２メートルの円筒でそこに４人が乗り込み、ソユーズはくるくる回転しながら、宇宙ステーションへ行く。
　宇宙から見る地球は宝石のようでキレイだといいます。星もとても綺麗に見えます。日本人宇宙飛行士としては民間人（ＴＢＳ報道記者）秋山さんを含めて１２人目です。宇宙行ったら、多くの宇宙飛行士は人生観が大きく変わるそうです。




　　　　アスパラの森のアゲハチョウ　
チョウの仲間ではモンシロチョウと並び、アゲハチョウはとても平凡です。
でもチョウの女王のような気品と風格があると思いました。