英语新闻｜发射成功！

China on Tuesday launched the Shenzhou XVI manned spaceship, sending three astronauts to its space station combination for a five-month mission.

5月30日，中国成功发射神舟十六号载人飞船，将三名航天员送往空间站，执行为期五个月的任务。

The spaceship, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China.

搭载神舟十六号载人飞船的长征二号F遥十六运载火箭在酒泉卫星发射中心点火发射，

The Shenzhou XVI astronauts will conduct large-scale in-orbit tests and experiments in various fields as planned. They are expected to make high-level scientific achievements in the study of novel quantum phenomena, high-precision space time-frequency systems, the verification of general relativity, and the origin of life.

神舟十六号航天员将按计划开展多领域大规模在轨实（试）验。他们有望在新奇量子现象研究、高精度空间时频系统、广义相对论验证以及生命起源研究等方面产出高水平科学成果。

The crew, consisting of Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu and Gui Haichao, will witness the dockings of the Tianzhou-5 cargo craft and the Shenzhou XVII manned spaceship, as well as the departures of the Shenzhou XV manned spaceship and Tianzhou-5.

由景海鹏、朱杨柱、桂海潮组成的乘组将见证神舟十五号载人飞船返回、天舟五号货运飞船再对接和撤离以及神舟十七号载人飞船对接。

Spaceship

英/ˈspeɪsʃɪp/ 美/ˈspeɪsʃɪp/

n.宇宙飞船

Docking

英/ˈdɒkɪŋ/美/'dɔkiŋ/

n.入坞，对接

Departure

英/dɪˈpɑːtʃə(r)/ 美/dɪˈpɑːrtʃər/

n.撤离