1-crew 全体机组人员

NASA scientists have just opened a sample of moon rock and soil which has remained untouched for more than 40 years since being collected by the crew of Apollo 17.

2-be notable for 以……著称

Apollo 17 is notable for being the last mission to take humans beyond low-earth orbit.

3-curation 策展

4-state-of-the-art （技术上）最先进的，处于最高标准的

On November 5, 2019, the tube was finally opened in the Lunar Curation Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center as part of the space agency's NASA next-generation sample analysis, which is using new state-of-the-art technologies to investigate samples from Apollo era.

5-pristine 原始状态的，未开发的

This marks the first time over four decades that researchers have gained access to pristine regolish sample.

6-off limits 禁止使用或拥有的

The space agency took the decision to keep some-collected during Apollo 15, 16 and 16-off limits so that future generations could analyze them untouched with more advanced technology.