Space Debris Delays Astronauts' Return Home
Threeastronautswhohavebeenonaspacestationforthepast6monthswillhavetowaitalittlebitlongertogethome.
三名在太空站待了6個月的太空人還要再等一段時間才能回家。
Itwasn'tbadspacetrafficthatdelayedthem, buttinybitsofspacedebriscausingtroubleforastronautsChenDong, ChenZhongruiandWangJie.
導致他們延誤的不是糟糕的太空交通，而是微小的太空碎片給太空人陳東、陳忠瑞和王傑帶來的麻煩。
It'ssuspectedbitsofspacejunkhittheirreturnspacecraft-Shenzhou-20.
據推測，太空垃圾碎片擊中了他們的返回飛船——神舟20號。
ThatmeanstheChinaMannedSpaceAgency (CMSA) isnowdoinglotsoftestsandassessmentstomakesuretheshipissafefortheastronautstouse.
這意味著中國載人航天工程辦公室（CMSA）目前正在進行大量的測試和評估，以確保太空船對太空人來說是安全的。
ThetriowereoriginallyduetoreturnhomeonWednesday, landinginnorthernChina.
三人原定週三返回家鄉，降落在中國北部。
Whilstthedelaycouldbeshort, anewdatefortheirreturnhasnotyetbeenset.
雖然延誤時間可能不長，但他們返回的具體日期尚未確定。
Itisn'tthefirsttimethatastronautshavebeenstrandedonspacestations.
這並非太空人第一次被困在太空站上。
EarlierthisyearSuniWilliamsandButchWilmorewerestuckinspaceforninemonths.
今年早些時候，蘇尼·威廉斯和布奇·威爾莫爾被困在太空長達九個月。
ThetriowereontheTiangongSpaceStationaspartoftheShenzhouprogramme, whichtakestriosofChineseastronautstoandfromthestationforsixmonthstays.
這三人當時正在天宮太空站執行神舟計畫的任務，每次將三名中國太空人送往太空站，並在太空站停留六個月。
Theastronautsperformlotsofdifferenttasks, includingrepairingdamagetothestation.
太空人執行許多不同的任務，包括修復太空站的損壞。
Anewtrioofastronautsarrivedatthespacestationlastweektotakeoverfromtheteam, arrivingontheShenzhou-21spacecraft.
上週，三名新的太空人乘坐神舟二十一號太空船抵達太空站，接替原團隊的工作。
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Three astronauts who have been on a space station for the past 6 months will have to wait a little bit longer to get home.
It wasn't bad space traffic that delayed them, but tiny bits of space debris causing trouble for astronauts Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie.
It's suspected bits of space junk hit their return spacecraft - Shenzhou-20.
That means the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) is now doing lots of tests and assessments to make sure the ship is safe for the astronauts to use.
The trio were originally due to return home on Wednesday, landing in northern China.
Whilst the delay could be short, a new date for their return has not yet been set.
It isn't the first time that astronauts have been stranded on space stations.
Earlier this year Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were stuck in space for nine months.
The trio were on the Tiangong Space Station as part of the Shenzhou programme, which takes trios of Chinese astronauts to and from the station for six month stays.
The astronauts perform lots of different tasks, including repairing damage to the station.
A new trio of astronauts arrived at the space station last week to take over from the team, arriving on the Shenzhou-21 spacecraft.
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