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スペースX、宇宙から帰ってきたスターシップを発射塔の「腕」でキャッチ 史上初
A Tower Catches a Spacecraft
1SpaceX has caught its giant Starship spacecraft with the arms of a launch tower. It was the first time a Starship came back from space and was caught like this. The catch happened in Texas, in the United States, on Saturday.
2Starship took off on Friday on top of a booster rocket. Together, the two parts are 124 meters tall. That is about as tall as a 40-story building.
3The spacecraft went around Earth 14 times in about 22 hours. It also put 26 satellites into space. Then it fell back to Earth, and its bottom glowed red from the heat. Near the tower, it turned upright, and two big metal arms caught it in the air. People call these arms the chopsticks.
4The booster did not come back. Its engines stopped too early, and it exploded just before it hit the sea. SpaceX wants to use every part of its rockets again and again. NASA also plans to use a kind of Starship to take astronauts to the moon.
Words 単語
| spacecraft外 | 名 | 宇宙船a machine that travels in space |
| caughtA1 | 動 | つかまえた(catch の過去形)took and held something that was moving |
| towerA1 | 名 | 塔a very tall and narrow building |
| satellitesB1 | 名 | 人工衛星machines that go around Earth in space |
| heatA2 | 名 | 熱the energy that makes things hot |
| uprightB2 | 副 | まっすぐ立ってstanding straight up |
| explodedB2 | 動 | 爆発したbroke apart with a loud noise and fire |
| astronautsA2 | 名 | 宇宙飛行士people who travel into space |
単語のレベル:CEFR-J(『CEFR-J Wordlist Version 1.6』 東京外国語大学投野由紀夫研究室. (URL: https://www.cefr-j.org/download.html より 2026年8月ダウンロード))
1. Reading Quiz 本文の内容に合うものを選ぼう
What caught the Starship spacecraft?
A. A big net in the seaB. Two metal arms on a towerC. A huge airplaneD. A ship on the ocean
How many times did the spacecraft go around Earth?
A. 4 timesB. 10 timesC. 30 timesD. 14 times
What happened to the booster?
A. It exploded just before it hit the sea.B. It was caught by the tower.C. It flew to the moon.D. It landed on a ship.
How tall are Starship and the booster together?
A. 60 metersB. 124 metersC. 80 metersD. 500 meters
2. True or False 正しければ T、違っていれば F
( ) Starship was caught for the first time after coming back from space.
( ) The spacecraft stayed in space for about two weeks.
( ) The booster came back to the tower, too.
( ) NASA plans to use a kind of Starship to go to the moon.
3. Fill in the Blanks 下の語から選んで空らんをうめよう(形を変えずに)
towersatellitesexplodedheatspacecraftcaught
Near the _____, it turned upright, and two big metal arms caught it in the air.
It was the first time a Starship came back from space and was _____ like this.
Then it fell back to Earth, and its bottom glowed red from the _____.
Its engines stopped too early, and it _____ just before it hit the sea.
SpaceX has caught its giant Starship _____ with the arms of a launch tower.
It also put 26 _____ into space.
4. Word Order 語を並べかえて正しい文にしよう
( 26 / put / space / into / It / also / satellites ) .
( call / the / arms / chopsticks / People / these ) .
( did / not / back / come / booster / The ) .
5. Think and Write 英語で答えてみよう
Would you like to watch a rocket launch? Why or why not?(ロケットの打ち上げを見てみたいですか?それはなぜ?)
If you could ride Starship, where would you go?(もしスターシップに乗れるなら、どこへ行きたいですか?)
Answers 解答
1. (1) B (2) D (3) A (4) B
2. (1) T (2) F (3) F (4) T
3. (1) tower (2) caught (3) heat (4) exploded (5) spacecraft (6) satellites
4.
- It also put 26 satellites into space.
- People call these arms the chopsticks.
- The booster did not come back.
全文訳
1スペースXが、巨大な宇宙船スターシップを、発射塔の腕でつかまえました。宇宙から帰ってきたスターシップがこうしてつかまえられたのは、初めてです。キャッチはアメリカのテキサス州で、土曜日に行われました。
2スターシップは金曜日、ブースター(1段目のロケット)の上にのって飛び立ちました。2つを合わせると、高さは124メートルです。これは40階建てのビルくらいの高さです。
3宇宙船は約22時間で地球を14周しました。26機の人工衛星も宇宙に送り出しました。そのあと地球へ落ちてきて、底の部分は熱で赤く光りました。塔の近くで宇宙船はまっすぐ立ち、2本の大きな金属の腕が空中でつかまえました。この腕は「チョップスティックス(はし)」と呼ばれています。
4ブースターのほうは戻ってきませんでした。エンジンが早く止まりすぎて、海に落ちる直前に爆発しました。スペースXは、ロケットのすべての部分を何度もくり返し使いたいと考えています。NASAも、スターシップの一種を使って宇宙飛行士を月に運ぶ計画です。
文法ポイント:受け身(be動詞 + 過去分詞)
「〜される」を表す。本文の ... was caught like this.(このようにつかまえられた)がその例。catch の過去分詞は caught。
出典:NPR (AP)、CBS News、Space.com ほか(記事は原田英語の時事英語ジュニアのオリジナル)|https://www.haradaeigo.com/jijieigo-junior/news/2026-11-15-starship-caught-by-tower/