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Astronauts Arrive in Florida to Prepare for Weekend Launch
Four astronauts arrived at the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday to prepare for a trip to the International Space Station (ISS).
An airplane brought the astronauts to Kennedy from the U.S. space agency's training center in Houston, Texas. The three Americans and one Japanese are set to leave for the ISS Saturday night, if weather conditions permit.
The flight will be the second crew launch for SpaceX, a private company working with NASA to carry astronauts to space. The first SpaceX flight, in May 2020, made history. It was the first time a private company had launched astronauts into Earth's orbit.
SpaceX built and operated the Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft that carried two NASA astronauts to the space station. The crew – astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley — returned to Earth in August after a two-month stay.
A Crew Dragon spacecraft – carried by a Falcon 9 rocket — will again transport the astronauts on the next mission. This time, the four astronauts are expected to spend about six months on the ISS.
The crew includes Americans Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker. Also making the trip is Soichi Noguchi of Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency.

Hopkins is a 51-year-old Air Force colonel from Missouri. He will be flying to the space station for his second time. He first traveled to the ISS in 2013 and spent a total of 166 days in space.
Walker is a 55-year-old physicist from Houston. The upcoming flight will be her second trip to the space station. Her first came in 2010, when she spent 163 days in space. Walker's husband – retired NASA astronaut Andrew Thomas – helped build the ISS.
Glover is a 44-year-old Navy commander from Los Angeles. This will be his first space mission. He will be the first African American to move into the ISS for an extended stay.
The 55-year-old Noguchi will be making his third trip to the space station. His longest visit came in 2010, when he spent 161 days on the ISS and served as Flight Engineer. Dragon will be Noguchi's third transportation vehicle for getting to space. In the past, he flew on a U.S. space shuttle and Russia's Soyuz spacecraft.
The astronauts named their Dragon spacecraft Resilience to note the many challenges Americans have faced in 2020. These include the coronavirus health crisis, protests against racial injustice and a difficult presidential campaign season.
"It's been a tough year for everybody for a lot of different reasons," crew commander Mike Hopkins said after arriving in Florida. "We felt like if the name of our vehicle could give a little hope, a little inspiration, put a smile on people's face, then that is definitely what we wanted to do."
SpaceX officials say the company expects to launch seven Dragons over the next 14 months: three to carry astronauts and four for transporting supplies.
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重点解析

重点讲解：
1. prepare for 为…做准备；筹备；
Make sure you have ample time to prepare for the new day ahead.
要保证你有足够的时间为即将开始的新的一天做好准备t4wPCYM_-I;。
2. be set to do sth. 做好准备的；可能的；
Be set to leave by 10 o'clock.
做好准备，最晚10点钟走P|L,pYQD^T2t。
3. return to 返回，回到（出发地）；
Blair will return to London tonight.
今晚布莱尔将返回伦敦V;FV*Q5]4Uu@nnW^。
4. serve as 担任（职务）；
For seven years until 1991 he served as a district councillor in Solihull.
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美国太空探索技术公司制造并运行的“猎鹰9号”火箭和“龙”飞船，将两名NASA宇航员送入了空间站hN03&FBws=6SZ+xLh,M。宇航员罗伯特·班肯和道格拉斯·赫尔利在空间站停留两个月后，于8月返回地球4|plNYY#L+R#H~^tmn。
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霍普金斯是来自密苏里州的51岁空军上校470c2t=D+u9O=Tj3。他将第二次飞往空间站9w4y)Xcff[o8X+。他于2013年首次前往国际空间站，在太空中总共停留了166天%3m^vippMx+。
沃克是来自休斯敦的55岁物理学家8dKIl;LU*p*3EXr。即将到来的这次飞行将是她第二次前往空间站AkWlm.7Siv,%#]s]。她在2010年首次前往国间站，在太空停留了163天+zr]12Yp(!。沃克的丈夫是美国国家航空航天局退役宇航员安德鲁·托马斯，他帮助建立了国际空间站L9w3s0nP0unr~mbKdE。
格洛弗是来自洛杉矶的44岁海军指挥官jy[Kp[L5gA&22-x。这将是他的首次太空任务nHr_QWg;CC。他将成为首位进入国际空间站并长期停留的首位非洲裔美国人4QNE)3uzsl2。
现年55岁的野口聪一将第三次前往空间站CBiDDd]HAy)t6M。他最长的一次访问是在2010年，当时他在国际空间站停留了161天，并担任了飞行工程师353c9T~MJ@;.aj1H。“龙”飞船将成为野口聪一进入太空的第三个运输工具C~f=+8DuGtYL=oO1r。他曾乘坐美国航天飞机和俄罗斯的“联盟”号飞船进入太空91GVJoSIz_J;O2X#;R。
这些宇航员将他们的“龙”飞船命名为“恢复力”号，以表明美国人在2020年面临的诸多挑战B3x%~,~5M~wt)x)K|ej。这些挑战包括冠状病毒健康危机，反对种族不公的抗议，以及艰难的总统竞选季Ob6L~8pJ5|AG.(q。
机组指挥官迈克尔·霍普金斯在抵达佛罗里达后表示，“由于许多不同的原因，今年所有人都很艰难&7%z*g@WNSnK&G7ASb。我们觉得，如果我们飞船的名称能给人们一点希望，一点灵感、让人们展露笑容，那这绝对是我们想做的事情yir,nnz#mn。”
美国太空探索技术公司的官员表示，公司预计在未来14个月内发射七艘“龙”飞船：三艘用于运载宇航员，四艘用于货运3ah*J55s!S1。
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