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Although life on Earth was chaotic （混乱） in2020, we can still look to the stars for new hope in2021.
Last year, Japan’sHayabusa-2 returned with several grams of samples from the asteroid （小行星） Ryugu. China also brought back some lunar soil and rocks within a month. Meanwhile, NASA teamed up with Space X to send two men to the International Space station. Despite the pandemic, 2020has been a busy year for space, and2021 looks to be busier.
Three shuttles （航天飞机） launched in2020 are on the way to the red planet, Mars. The Unite Arab Emirate’s Mar’s Hope, the nation’s first mission to the red planet, is due to arrive in February. China’s Tianwen-1 mission is also expected to arrive in mid-February, making China the second country to soft-land a spacecraft on the Martian surface. Finally, NASA’s Mars Perseverance from the USA launched in2020will likely be the third craft to reach Mars — also in February, according to Ars Technica.
After many delays, the James Webb space Telescope, the successor （继承者） of the Hubble Telescope, is planning to launch on Halloween on a European Ariane 5 rocket. After the launch, its sunshield （遮阳板）and mirror will be put together and finished over the course of two weeks. The Webb telescope will find the first galaxies （星系） that formed in the early universe and see stars forming planetary systems through dusty clouds, according to NASA.
China will also begin the first steps toward building the country’s the first space station. Within the first half of the year, China will launch the core module （组件） Tian he on a Long March5B rocket. This module will include the habitation chamber for taikonauts （宇航员） and visitors to the station. Fuel and supply mission will follow the initial launch, and two experiment modules will join the station in2022.
With so much more human activity in space, orbital debris （残骸） is becoming more of a concern. To that end, Astroscale’s ELSA-d mission is the first step toward commercial debris removal as it will attempt to move dead satellites and remove space junk.
2021will be a year of science “the likes of which we’ve rarely seen,” according to Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator at NASA.
8. Which craft will be the third to reach Mars in February?
A. China’sTianwen-1.
B. Japan’sHayabusa-2.
C.America Mars Perseverance.
D. The United Arab
E. irates’ Mars Hope.
9. What will the James Webb space Telescope do?
A.It will record the structure of the universe.
B. It will detect hidden dusty clouds.
C.It will search for life in planetary systems.
D.It will study the formation of the first galaxies.
10. What can be inferred about China’s space program?
A.China will be the first to build a space station on Mars.
B. in a is planning to bring visitors to its space station.
C. China will have two modules at the space station in2022.
C.China will send supplies during the launch of Tian he.
11. What in space worries people?
A.Growing human activities.
B.Return of dead satellites.
C.Commercialization of space missions.
D.Space debris from missions.
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