1·2003 - The Spirit Rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission.
2003年的今天，勇气号发射升空，开始了美国航空航天局的“火星探索漫游”计划。
2·After a year of no contact from the Spirit rover, last seen inside a crater on Mars' surface, Nasa is preparing to give up the search.
在与勇气号(最后见到在火星表面的一个陨石坑内)断绝联系一年之后，美国宇航局正准备放弃探查工作。
3·The Spirit Rover is nearly history, stuck deep in sand, and while Opportunity travels on, it's not likely that it will travel much farther.
眼下，深陷黄沙的勇气号在火星探测史上几成历史，机遇号还在火星上行进，估计也撑不了多久。
4·There are places on Mars, like Gusev Crater, which resemble soda lakes on Earth, according to an analysis of minerals by NASA's Spirit rover.
根据美国航空航天局勇气号探测器对矿物质的分析，火星上有些地方——比如古瑟夫撞击坑——和地球上的碱湖差不多。
5·With sunlight reaching Spirit at a weak Angle, the rover hibernates and USES the scant solar power to recharge batteries and heat itself to -40 degrees [Fahrenheit].
由于太阳光照射角度太小，“勇气号”只好休眠，用它能接收到的微弱太阳能来充电，将自身温度维持在华氏40度。
6·The rover team's strategy to extricate Spirit from the sand trap was to follow these tracks out, heading north.
探测器研究组从细沙的陷阱里援救勇气号的策略是使探测器顺着这些痕迹向北行驶。
7·Spirit hasn't been heard from in more than a year, and now the space agency says it's abandoning hope that it will hear from the rover again.
勇气号已经超过一年没有消息了，而现在，太空署终于打消了再次与这台火星车取得联系的希望。
8·Nasa's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit detected the carbonate-rich rocks in the Columbia Hills of Gusev Crater.
美国航空航天局的火星探险号飞船在古谢夫陨石坑的哥伦比亚山探测到富含碳酸盐的石头。
9·Spirit may be gone, but there's still one rover left.
我们可能失去了勇气号，但我们还有另一台火星车，那就是它的兄弟——机遇号。
10·Meanwhile, on the other side of Mars, Opportunity's twin rover, Spirit, traveled nearly 86 feet Saturday, bringing its total odometer reading to more than 822 feet.
同时，在火星的另一面，机遇号的孪生兄弟勇气号在周六行进了86英尺，其计程仪上的总里程已经超过了822英尺。