Virgin Galactic's space tourism rocket SpaceShipTwo achieved its first solo glide flight yesterday, marking another step in the company's eventual plans to fly paying passengers.

10月10日，维珍银河公司执行太空旅游任务的火箭助推太空飞船二号完成了首次单独滑翔飞行，朝最终携带付费乘客旅行又跨出了一大步。

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If we can go to space with improved hybrid rocket engines on half the fuel used now, that would be a giant step.

如果我能够坐在相当于只使用现今火箭所需一半燃料的改良型火箭上太空的话，那将会又是迈出了很大的一步。

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Private spaceflight took one giant step forward this week when the Tycho Brahe craft lifted off atop the HEAT-1X rocket engine Friday (pictured) from a platform in the Baltic Sea.

当第谷·布拉赫号飞船周五越过热火- 1x号火箭发动机头顶，从波罗的海的一个平台上升空(如图)，私人太空飞行本周向前迈出了一大步。

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