牛顿苹果树前往太空体验零重力

        The tree sample along with a picture of Newton will be taken into orbit by British-born astronaut Dr Piers Sellers who will be part of a six-man crew aboard the NASA space shuttle Atlantis scheduled to lift off on May 14.

　　这截树枝连同牛顿的一张画像将由英国出生的宇航员皮尔斯 塞勒斯博士带入太空。塞勒等六名宇航员将搭乘美国宇航局的亚特兰蒂斯号航天飞机于5月14日前往太空。

　　"We're delighted to take this piece of Sir Isaac Newton's apple tree to orbit. While it's up there, it will be experiencing no gravity, so if it had an apple on it, the apple wouldn't fall," said Sellers.

　　塞勒斯说：“我们很高兴能将伊萨克 牛顿爵士那颗苹果树上的树枝带入太空。那里没有重力，所以如果树上有苹果，也不会掉下来。”

　　"I'm pretty sure that Sir Isaac would have loved to see this, assuming he wasn't spacesick, as it would have proved his first law of motion to be correct."

　　“我相信伊萨克爵士也很想见到这一切，当然如果他没有太空反应的话。因为这能证明他的第一运动定律的正确性。”

　　After the flight the piece of tree and the picture of the scientist will be returned to the Royal Society.

　　在飞行任务结束后，这截树枝和牛顿的画像将被送回皇家学会。

　　The mission is part of the academic institution's 350th anniversary celebrations.

　　这项太空任务是英国皇家学会350周年庆祝活动的一部分。