Virgin Galactic Partners With IIAS for New Research Mission Aboard Delta Class Spaceship
Virgin Galactic Partners With IIAS for New Research Mission Aboard Delta Class Spaceship
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:SPCE) ("Virgin Galactic" or the "Company") today announced a new contract with the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences ("IIAS") to fly three research astronauts as part of a future crew aboard the Company's Delta Class spaceship.
维珍银河控股有限公司（NYSE: SPCE）(“维珍银河”或“公司”)今天宣布，与国际宇航科学学院(“IIAS”)签订了一份新合同，将三名研究宇航员作为未来船员的一部分搭乘公司的Delta Class宇宙飞船。
It will be the second research mission that IIAS has conducted with Virgin Galactic. It follows 'Galactic 05' in November 2023, which tested novel healthcare technologies and examined how fluids behaved in low gravity to help inform designs for future medical technologies and life-support systems. The mission is anticipated to take place within the first year of Delta commercial service, which remains on track to commence in 2026.
这将是IIAS与维珍银河进行的第二次研究任务，紧随在2023年11月的“Galactic 05”之后，该任务测试了新型医疗保健技术，并研究了流体在低重力条件下的行为，以帮助设计未来医疗技术和生命支持系统。该任务预计将在Delta商业服务的第一年内进行，该服务计划于2026年开始。“我们对‘Galactic 05’的流动电池实验结果感到非常满意，该实验展示了我们在无重力环境中准确预测容器内液体行为的能力。在我们的下一次任务中，我们将拓展该研究，我将努力展示我们控制液体行为的能力，”宇航员和IIAS人类航天运营总监凯利·杰拉迪(Kellie Gerardi)表示。“维珍银河系统提供的微重力环境的质量和重复性真正是颠覆性的，而‘飞行、修理、飞行’方法的潜力为IIAS开启了许多激动人心的发现机会，有利于未来探险家。”IIAS预计参加这次研究任务的航天员包括：凯利·杰拉迪，一位生物宇航学研究员和IIAS的人类航天运营总监，来自美国。凯利·杰拉迪曾在“Galactic 05”研究任务中作为一名有效载荷专家飞行过。
"We were thrilled with the results from our fluid cell experiment on 'Galactic 05', which demonstrated our ability to accurately predict the behavior of fluid in a container in a weightless environment. We'll be expanding on that research for our next mission, and I'll be working to demonstrate our ability to control the behavior of the liquid as well," said astronaut and IIAS Director of Human Spaceflight Operations Kellie Gerardi. "The quality and repeatability of the microgravity environment provided by Virgin Galactic's system is truly game-changing and the potential for a 'fly, fix, fly' approach opens the door to many exciting possibilities for IIAS to make discoveries that benefit future explorers."
肯定了维珍银河独特飞行系统提供的高质量微重力条件下成功验证流体行为理论的IIAS航天员凯利·杰拉迪所完成的流动电池实验，任务的设计是让IIAS能够介绍新的研究，同时扩展“Galactic 05”实验结果，IIAS航天员计划飞行更多的流体电池，其中包括升级相机质量和加速度计测量的payLoad增强项目。“我们对‘Galactic 05’的流动电池实验结果感到非常满意，该实验展示了我们在无重力环境中准确预测容器内液体行为的能力。在我们的下一次任务中，我们将拓展该研究，我将努力展示我们控制液体行为的能力，”宇航员和IIAS人类航天运营总监凯利·杰拉迪(Kellie Gerardi)表示。“维珍银河系统提供的微重力环境的质量和重复性真正是颠覆性的，而‘飞行、修理、飞行’方法的潜力为IIAS开启了许多激动人心的发现机会，有利于未来探险家。”Dr. Shawna Pandya来自加拿大，是一名内科医生、水肺潜水员、生物宇航学研究员以及IIAS太空医学组的主任。
The IIAS astronaut crew expected to participate in the research mission includes:
预计参加研究任务的IIAS宇航员小组包括：
- Kellie Gerardi, a bioastronautics researcher and IIAS Director of Human Spaceflight Operations from the U.S. Gerardi previously flew as a payload specialist on the 'Galactic 05' research mission.
- 来自加拿大的医生、水下太空宇航学研究员、IIAS太空医学组主任肖纳·潘迪亚博士。
- Dr. Shawna Pandya, a physician, aquanaut, bioastronautics researcher, and Director of IIAS's Space Medicine Group, from Canada.
- 来自爱尔兰的航空工程师和生物宇航学研究员诺拉·帕顿博士。
- Dr. Norah Patten, an aeronautical engineer and bioastronautics researcher from Ireland.
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The mission is designed to enable IIAS to introduce new research while also expanding upon the results from 'Galactic 05,' during which astronaut Kellie Gerardi was able to successfully validate a fluid behavior theory within the high-quality microgravity conditions available through Virgin Galactic's unique flight system. The IIAS crew plans to fly additional fluid cells, with payload enhancements including upgrades to camera quality and accelerometer measurements.
这项任务旨在让IIAS推出新研究，同时扩展“Galactic 05”结果，期间宇航员Kellie Gerardi能够在维珍银河独特的飞行系统提供的高品质微重力条件下成功验证流体行为理论。IIAS机组计划飞行更多的流体细胞，而负载增强包括相机质量和加速度计测量的升级。