哈勃望远镜于1990年4月20日由美国宇航局发射升空，耗资逾十亿美元。
The Hubble telescope was launched into space by NASA on April 20, 1990 at a cost of over a billion dollars.
从一开始，哈勃就出了麻烦。
Right from the start there was trouble with the Hubble.
它发回的照片令人大失所望，因为它的主镜有缺陷！
The pictures it sent us were very disappointing because its main mirror was faulty!
美国宇航局现在准备将望远镜修好，因此将很快派四名宇航员上去进行修复。
NASA is now going to put the telescope right, so it will soon be sending up four astronauts to repair it.
奋进号航天飞机将把宇航员送往哈勃望远镜。
The shuttle Endeavour will be taking the astronauts to the Hubble.
奋进号上的一条机械臂将抓住望远镜并持握，同时宇航员进行必要的维修。
A robot-arm from the Endeavour will grab the telescope and hold it while the astronauts make the necessary repairs.
当然，哈勃望远镜在地球大气层之外，因此它很快就会给我们发来迄今我们所见过的最清晰的恒星和遥远星系的照片。
Of course, the Hubble is above the earth's atmosphere, so it will soon be sending us the clearest pictures of the stars and distant galaxies that we have ever seen.
哈勃将告诉我们很多关于宇宙年龄和大小的信息。
The Hubble will tell us a great deal about the age and size of the universe.
等你读到这篇文章的时候，哈勃锐利的"鹰眼"将已经给我们发来成千上万张精彩照片了。
By the time you read this, the Hubble's eagle eye will have sent us thousands and thousands of wonderful pictures.