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Space Heroes
太空英雄
In the course of space exploration, 434 astronauts have made the journey into space.
在太空探索的过程中，已经有434名宇航员到达了太空。
Men and women from nations all over the world have studied, trained and worked hard in order to go into space.
世界各国的男性女性为去到太空学习、训练、努力工作。
Yet, it is not a job without risk and 20 of those people have died while in space or in space programme training.
然而，这并不是一项没有危险的工作，已经有20人在太空或太空训练过程中丧生。
Yuri Gagarin
On April 12, 1961, Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space.
尤里·加加林
1961年5月12日，俄罗斯宇航员加加林成为了进入太空的第一人。
He died only seven years later on March 27, 1968 in an air crash during a training session in the East of Moscow.
仅仅7年后，1968年3月27日，他就在莫斯科东部一次训练中死于空难。
Gregory Jarvis, Ronald McNair, Francis Scobee, Michael Smith, Judith Resnik, Ellison Onizuka, Sharon McAuliffe
格里高利·杰维斯、罗纳德·麦克奈尔、弗朗西斯·斯科比、迈克尔·史密斯、朱蒂丝·雷斯尼克、埃利森·鬼冢承次、莎朗·麦克奥利维
On January 28, 1986, these seven American astronauts (five men and two women) died
这7名美国宇航员（5男2女）于1986年1月28日罹难，
when the space shuttle Challenger exploded soon after launching.
挑战者号航天飞机发射不久即发生爆炸。
Among them was Sharon MacAuliffe, a high school teacher, who was to be the first teacher in space.
他们之中高中教师莎朗·麦克奥利维是去太空的第一位教师。
