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First Cookies Baked in Space Took Much Longer than on Earth
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) recently tested an oven they used to bake five chocolate chip cookies.
We now know the results of that experiment: the cookies took a lot longer to bake in space than on Earth.
The cookies that came out best required two hours of baking time inside the International Space Station. The baking time for cookies on Earth is generally only about 20 minutes.
The cookies returned to Earth earlier this month aboard a SpaceX-built spacecraft that splashed down in the Pacific Ocean. The cookies are the first food baked in space from raw food materials. They remain frozen in a laboratory in Houston, Texas.
The American company Nanoracks designed and built the cookie oven. Hilton DoubleTree hotels supplied the cookie dough.
The makers of the oven did expect some difference in the baking time in space, but they were surprised that that difference was so large.
"There's still a lot to look into to figure out really what's driving that difference, but definitely a cool result," said Mary Murphy. She is with the company Nanoracks, which is based in Texas.
Murphy said the baking results will continue to be examined in order to better understand why space baking took so much longer. In addition, researchers will study the effectiveness of the baking tray, which was designed to work in microgravity conditions.
The five chocolate chip cookies were frozen when they were sent to space. Each had to be baked separately in the oven.
Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano took charge of the baking experiment in December. He reported that the first cookie stayed in the oven for 25 minutes at 149 degrees Celsius. When it came out of the oven, it was seriously under-baked.
For the next two cookies, Parmitano more than doubled the baking time. Those cookies came out better, but were still under-baked.
The fourth cookie stayed in the oven for two hours, after which Parmitano was able to report success. "I can't tell you whether it's cooked all the way or not, but it certainly doesn't look like cookie dough anymore," he reported to controllers back on Earth.
For the fifth cookie, Parmitano turned the oven temperature up to 163 degrees Celsius and baked it for 130 minutes. This time, he reported the best baking results.
No one has tasted the space-traveling cookies just yet. Organizers of the experiment say additional testing will need be carried out to determine whether they are safe to eat.
I'm Bryan Lynn.
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1. look into 考察；调查；研究；
It should also look into the possibilities of wind-generated electricity.
还会对风力发电的可能性进行研究。
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Most schools are extremely unwilling to cut down on staff in order to cut costs.
大部分学校都很不愿意为减少开支而裁员。
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A few years ago Bacryl took charge of the company.
几年前，巴克里尔接管了该公司。
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Extensive tests have been carried out on the patient.
已对患者进行了全面检查。
参考译文
太空首次烤制饼干的时间远超地球
最近，国际空间站（简称ISS）的宇航员对一个烤箱进行了测试，他们用该烤箱烤制了五块巧克力饼干。
现在我们已经得知这项测试的结果：在太空烤饼干的用时比地球要长得多。
在国际空间站，烤制出最好的饼干需要两个小时。而在地球上，烤制饼干的时间一般只需要20分钟。
本月初，在太空烤制的饼干搭乘SpaceX公司的宇宙飞船返回地球，飞船溅落在太平洋上。这些饼干是首个在太空中用原材料烘焙的食物。它们仍被冰冻在位于得克萨斯州休斯敦的实验室中。
美国公司Nanoracks设计并制造了这个饼干烤箱。希尔顿双树酒店提供了饼干面团。
烤箱制造商确实预料到在太空的烘焙时间会存在不同，但如此大的差别还是令他们大吃一惊。
玛丽·墨菲表示：“我们还有很多事情要研究，这样才能找出导致这种差异的真正原因，但肯定会是一个很酷的结果。”她在总部位于得克萨斯州的Nanoracks公司工作。
墨菲说，他们将继续对烘焙结果进行研究，以便更好地了解太空烘焙如此费时的原因。此外，研究人员还将研究用于微重力环境中的烤盘的有效性。
这五块巧克力饼干被送到太空时是冰冻状态。每一块饼干都必须在烤箱中进行单独烘焙。
意大利宇航员卢卡·帕米塔诺负责这项在12月进行的烘焙实验。他报告称，第一块饼干在149摄氏度的烤箱中烤制了25分钟。但当从烤箱里被拿出来时，这块饼干明显没有烤熟。
帕米塔诺将之后两块饼干的烘焙时间增加了两倍。这两块饼干从烤箱里出来时的情况要好一些，但仍未烤熟。
第四块饼干在烤箱里烤制了两个小时，之后帕米塔诺终于报告了成功的消息。他向地球上的控制员报告说，“我不能告诉你这块饼干是不是完全熟了，但它看上去肯定不再是面团了。”
在烤制第五块饼干时，帕米塔诺将烤箱温度调高到163摄氏度，烘焙时间设定为130分钟。这次，他报告了最好的烘焙结果。
目前还没有人品尝过太空饼干。这项实验的组织者表示，还需要进行更多实验来确定这些饼干是否可以安全食用。
布莱恩·林恩报道。
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