Scientists hope to launch the Solar Probe Plus (SPP) sometime before 2018.

科学家们希望能在2018年之前启动“太阳探测附加任务”（SPP）。

"The Solar Probe will literally slice through a bit of the Sun's atmosphere, and that's never been done before," he said.

他说：“SPP计划中的探测器将慢慢割穿一块太阳大气，这将是一个前所未有的壮举。”

The Solar Probe Cup will scoop up bits of the sun’s corona and solar wind to continuously measure its speed, temperature and density.

太阳探测杯（The Solar Probe Cup）会收集一些日冕和太阳风去持续地测量速度、温度和密度等数据。

“For the very first time, we'll be able to touch, taste and smell our sun, ” said Lika Guhathakurta, Solar Probe Plus program scientist at NASA headquarters.

"这是第一次，我们能够触摸，品尝以及嗅探我们的太阳",Lika Guhathakurta这样说到，他(她)是NASA总部的"太阳探测器+"计划的方案科学家。

The space probe, Voyager I, launched in 1977, had sent back spectacular images of Jupiter and Saturn and then soared out of the Solar System on a one-way mission to the stars.

1977年发射的“旅行者一号”太空探测器发回了木星和土星的壮观图像，然后飞出太阳系，执行前往恒星的单程任务。