| 1. | Fully fueled , cassini - huygens weighed about 5 , 500 kilograms and stood 6 . 8 meters tall
装满燃料的卡西尼?惠更斯号重达5500公斤，高约6 . 8公尺。 |
| 2. | On december 25 cassini will release the huygens probe , which will coast toward titan for three weeks
今年12月25日，卡西尼号将释放惠更斯号探测器，让它航向土卫六，历时三周。 |
| 3. | Whereas galileo released a probe to investigate jupiter ' s atmosphere , the cassini orbiter will send the huygens probe to titan , not saturn
伽利略号释放了一枚探测器调查木星的大气，但卡西尼号轨道船则将惠更斯号探测器送往土卫六，而非土星本身。 |
| 4. | As huygens floats through the orange haze , the probe ' s gas chromatograph and mass spectrometer ( gcms ) will analyze the composition of the atmosphere
惠更斯号一面在橘色的霾雾中飘移，探测器上的气相层析质谱分析仪（ gcms ）将一面分析其大气组成。 |
| 5. | Cassini will release a probe called " huygens " that will enter the atmosphere of titan , the largest satellite of saturn , and may even attempt a landing on titan s surface
卡西尼号会发射一个称为惠更斯号的探测器，进入土星最大的卫星泰坦的大气，并可能在泰坦表面著陆。 |
| 6. | The most sophisticated robotic spacecraft ever built , the cassini orbiter and the attached huygens probe , were poised atop the launch vehicle , and seven years of interplanetary voyaging lay ahead
在发射器顶端，即将展开数年行星际旅行的卡西尼号轨道船和惠更斯号探测器，是人类目前为止所建造最精密的自动太空船。 |
| 7. | Scientists are hoping that cassini - huygens repeats the success of the galileo spacecraft , which revolutionized our understanding of jupiter and its moons during its eight years in orbit
科学家希望卡西尼?惠更斯号能重现伽利略号太空船的成功，后者对木星进行了八年的绕轨观测，彻底改变了我们对木星和其卫星的了解。 |
| 8. | The cassini orbiter and huygens probe together form one of the biggest and heaviest planetary spacecraft ever built , with 12 scientific instruments on the orbiter and six on the probe [ see inset in box on page 62 ]
卡西尼号轨道船加上惠更斯号探测器，构成了有史以来最大且最重的行星太空船之一，轨道船上载有12具科学仪器，探测器上则有6具（见56页图） 。 |
| 9. | Although the primary goal of the huygens probe is the investigation of titan ' s atmosphere , and no provision has been made for guaranteeing survival on landing ( which would have been too costly ) , scientists are keenly interested in the nature of the moon ' s surface
虽然惠更斯号探测器的主要目标是调查土卫六的大气，且设计上并不保证安全登陆（代价过为昂贵） ，科学家仍对土卫六的表面性质十分感兴趣。 |
| 10. | And unlike galileo , cassini - huygens is a truly international effort : although nasa built the cassini orbiter and is managing the mission , the european space agency ( esa ) developed the huygens probe , and the science teams for all the spacecraft instruments include europeans and americans
此外与伽利略号不同的是，卡西尼?惠更斯号是真正的国际合作产物：虽然卡西尼号轨道船是由美国航太总署（ nasa ）所建造、统筹，但惠更斯号探测器却是由欧洲太空总署（ esa ）所发展，且所有太空船仪器的科学团队都包括欧洲及美国科学家。 |
