Fifty years ago today, humans reached new heights. 五十年前的今天，人類登上了新高點。
On April 12, 1961 Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space. 一九六一年四月十二日，俄國太空人尤里‧蓋加林成了第一個飛上太空的人。
Gagarin had no idea what would happen as he boarded Vostok I. 蓋加林登上東方一號的時候，根本不知道會發生什麼事。
What would he see, and would he come back alive? 他會看到什麼景象，又是不是能夠活著回來呢？
And still he seemed eager to attempt the trip. 儘管如此，他還是急切想要踏上這趟旅程。
Now his last words before liftoff were said to be, "Let's go." 據說他在起飛之前所說的最後一句話是：「出發吧。」
As you now, Gagarin's successful journey ended with a safe parachute landing. 正如各位所知的，蓋加林的旅程非常成功，最後以降落傘安全落地。
But the 108-minute flight did more than carry him once around the Earth, 不過，這場一百○八分鐘的飛行不只帶他環繞地球一圈，
it launched a new era of human spaceflight. 更開啟了人類太空飛行的新時代。
It was perhaps the greatest journey one man has ever taken. 那也許是單一個人所經歷過最了不起的旅程。
Propelled 50 years ago into space on a Soviet rocket, Yuri Gagarin made the first ever orbit of the Earth. 尤里‧蓋加林在五十年前搭乘一具蘇聯火箭衝上太空，首度環繞地球的軌道。
For 108 minutes, he was crammed inside his tiny capsule, 在一百○八分鐘的時間裡，他整個人擠在狹小的座艙裡，
giving the world a vivid commentary of the planet far below. 向世人生動描述遠在下方的那顆行星。
I am continuing the flight. 我正持續飛行中。
The overload is somewhat increasing, as well as the vibration. 過載現象有點增加，振動也是。
But I am feeling well, and I'm in great spirits. 不過，我身體狀況很好，精神也很振奮。
I can see the Earth and can distinguish the features of its terrain. 我看得到地球，也能辨別出地形的特徵。
Well this is just a replica of the actual Vostok capsule in which Yuri Gagarin made that first historic flight. 這只是東方一號座艙的複製品，當初尤里‧蓋加林就是乘坐它進行那首次歷史性飛行。
For some reason the original is kept in the museum of a state corporation and isn't on general public view. 由於某種因素，原本的座艙保存在一家國營企業的博物館裡，並不開放大眾參觀。
But this space exhibition in Moscow is filled with originals, 不過，莫斯科這場太空展陳列了許多真品，
including a number of contemporaries of Yuri Gagarin himself. 包括與尤里‧蓋加林同時代的若干人物也親自出席。
Men like Alexei Leonov, the first Soviet cosmonaut to conduct a spacewalk, 例如阿歷克斯‧雷奧諾夫，首位進行太空漫步的蘇聯太空人，
here to celebrate the achievements of 50 years ago. 就在此慶祝五十年前的成就。
In the past, we used to make a point of whether he or she was an American or a Russian or whatnot. 過去，我們總是會特別指出某個太空人是美國人或俄國人或什麼的。
In my view, if we don't remember what happened 50 years ago, 在我看來，我們如果不記得五十年前發生的事情，
we will forget everything in 100 years. 我們在一百年後就會把一切都忘了。
At the height of the Cold War, Gagarin's success was a high profile victory over the United States, 在冷戰高峰期間，蓋加林的成就是蘇聯對美國一次備受矚目的勝利，
seen as evidence of Soviet domination in the space race. 當時被視為蘇聯在太空競賽中居於領導地位的證明。
He was dispatched overseas in what the Kremlin called missions of peace. 他後來被派往海外執行克里姆林宮所謂的和平任務，
It made him a global icon. 讓他成為全球性的偶像。
And his flight on April 12, 1961 他在一九六一年四月十二日的飛行之旅，
also led President John F. Kennedy to declare that America would put a man on the Moon by 1970. 也促使甘迺迪總統宣布美國將在一九七○年以前把人送上月球。
Today, American astronauts are ready to acknowledge Gagarin's pioneering mission. 今天，美國太空人已不吝於肯定蓋加林那次開創性的任務。
Well, there always has to be a first that follows on. 凡事總有第一次，才能讓後人繼續跟進。
And at the time, you know, there was a big competition. 那時候的競爭非常激烈。
I always say here today, without Yuri Gagarin flying, I probably would not have flown to the Moon. 我現在總是說，如果沒有尤里‧蓋加林的那次飛行，我說不定無法飛到月球上。
Everybody's friends now. 現在大家都成了朋友。
Oh, yes. 沒錯。
Gagarin didn't live to witness the hundreds who've journeyed to space since his first flight. 蓋加林沒有活著目睹自他的飛行創舉之後的數百人長征上太空。
He was killed in 1968 in a plane crash. 他在一九六八年死於一場墜機事故中。
But an untimely death has only added to the mythical status of the first man in space. 不過，死於非命的遭遇只是為這名首度飛上太空的人物更添傳奇色彩。