After traveling roughly 80000 kilometers ( 50000 miles ) , the spacecraft deployed its initial chutes to stabilize and slow its descent .

在飞行了约八万公里（约五万英里）后，飞船启用了第一批降落伞来稳定机身并减缓下降速度。

Those so-called drogue chutes are designed to trigger release of the main parachutes , each 35 meters ( 116 feet ) in diameter .

这种所谓减速降落伞的设计用意在于用它来打开主降落伞，每个主降落伞的直径达35米（约116英尺）。

Comparing the re-entry of dragon to the flight of ' a meteor ' speeding through the atmosphere , the spacex chief two months ago said the capsule 's chutes are particularly sensitive to heat .

这位spacex的首席执行长将“龙”号飞船重返大气层比作是一颗流星飞速穿越大气层的过程，他两个月前说，这艘太空船的降落伞对高温极其敏感。

Passengers stand on the rescue chutes of a us airways plane as a ferry pulls up to it after it landed in the hudson river in new york .

一架美国航空公司的客机紧急迫降在纽约哈德逊河上，乘客们站在紧急滑梯上，一艘渡轮正拉住这架飞机。