The unmanned space vehicle -- inspired by nuclear pulse propulsion studies by the british interplanetary society in the 1970s -- will ideally reach its target star within 100 years after launch .
It was the first time an interplanetary probe was launched from a space shuttle .
这是人类第一次尝试从航天飞机上发射行星探测器。
Interplanetary spacecraft may require more radiation shielding than the low-orbit and lunar craft that humans have travelled in so far .
行星际飞船也许需要比迄今人类已经乘坐过的低轨道和月球登陆舱更强的辐射防护。
Currently , new horizons is midway through its eight-year " interplanetary cruise " from jupiter to pluto .
现在,新视野号已在半途,正在进行它从木星到冥王星的“行星间巡航”。
The interplanetary magnetic field fluctuates greatly in magnitude and direction .
行星际磁场在不同的星等和方向强度差别很大。
Headed by the tau zero foundation and british interplanetary society , a non-profit group of scientists dedicated to interstellar spaceflight , icarus is working to develop a spacecraft that can travel to a nearby star .
But enough of them , known as near-earth asteroids , or neas , come within interplanetary spitting distance of humanity for it to be worth investigating them as sources of minerals-if , of course , that can be done economically .
He and his guests would tell viewers about a spectacular constellation they might be able to see with their garden telescopes , or discuss results from an interplanetary space probe .
But after apollo 1 suffered a terrible fire in 1967 that killed its three crewmembers , congress was no longer in the mood to fund elaborate interplanetary schemes .
但1967年,阿波罗一号起火,三名宇航员就此丧失性命之后,国会不再有资助精细的星际计划的心情。
If sufficiently accurate lightweight proton sensors can be developed then the technique could even be used to predict the onset and intensity of solar flares that might strike crewed interplanetary craft says lanzerotti .