【ニュース】日本、無人貨物宇宙船「HTV-X」をISSへ打ち上げ成功

Contents

Vocabulary
Article
Comprehension Questions
Summary
Discussion

Vocabulary

Unmanned / 無人の (形容詞) – Without a person controlling it

The aircraft is unmanned and is flying without a pilot.
その航空機は無人で、パイロットなしで飛んでいます。

Cargo / 貨物 (名詞) – Goods or Materials carried on a vehicle

The rocket carried cargo to the space station.
ロケットは貨物を宇宙ステーションに運びました。

Launch / 発射する (動詞) – To send into air or space.

The rocket was launched successfully.
ロケットは無事に発射されました。

Orbit / 軌道 (名詞/動詞) – To move around something in space

The Earth orbits around the sun in 365 days.
地球は365日で太陽の周りを公転します。

Booster / 補助ロケット (名詞) – An extra engine that helps something go faster

The rocket would require 4 extra boosters for extra power.
ロケットは追加の推進力として4つの補助ロケットが必要です。

Article

Japan Launches New Cargo Spacecraft to the ISS

TOKYO – Japan has successfully launched a new unmanned cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS).
The spacecraft, called HTV-X, was sent into space on an H3 rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center, located on a southwestern island of Japan.

The HTV-X can carry up to 6 tons of supplies — about 1.5 times more than the older Kounotori spacecraft, which sent materials to the ISS nine times between 2009 and 2020.

The new spacecraft is expected to arrive at the ISS on Thursday. It will stay connected to the station for six months, and after that, it will orbit Earth for three more months to test new technologies.

The launch was delayed from last Tuesday because of bad weather.

The HTV-X also has a new power supply system that allows it to keep experimental samples cold during transportation. The rocket used two extra boosters, giving it more power to carry multiple satellites in the future.

Japan hopes this new system will make space transport faster, safer, and more efficient.

_{Source: Japan Times}