西德尼·波蒂埃访问NASA喷气推进实验室

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has had many famous and interesting visitors over the years, from fellow scientists, to film industry stars, to musicians, to reporters, and many more. One notable visit was from legendary actor and diplomat, Sidney Poitier. One of the first Black actors to win an Academy Award, which he did for Best Actor for Lilies of the Field (1963), Poitier visited JPL in March 1979.

多年来，NASA的喷气推进实验室（JPL）接待了许多著名而有趣的访客，从科学家同行到电影业明星、音乐家、记者等等。值得一提的是传奇演员兼外交家西德尼·波蒂埃的来访。作为第一批获得奥斯卡奖的黑人演员之一，他凭借《田野百合花》（1963 年）获得最佳男演员奖，1979年3月访问了JPL。

Pictured here with then-JPL center director Dr. Bruce Murray and others, Poitier got to view and learn about the Voyager model, among other JPL highlights on his tour of the Lab.

波蒂埃与当时的JPL主任布鲁斯·穆雷博士和其他人合影留念，波蒂埃在他的实验室之旅中参观并了解了旅行者号模型以及其他JPL的亮点。

Later in life, Poitier was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II, was a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, became the Bahamian ambassador to Japan, won a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album, and received the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Life Achievement Award, along with countless other accolades. Poitier passed away on Jan. 7, 2022, at the age of 94.

晚年，波蒂埃被英国女王伊丽莎白二世封为爵士，获得肯尼迪中心荣誉和总统自由勋章，成为巴哈马驻日本大使，获得格莱美最佳口语专辑奖，并获得美国演员工会奖（ SAG) 终身成就奖，以及无数其他荣誉。波蒂埃于2022年1月7日去世，享年94岁。

Image Credit: NASA/JPL

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