Elon Musk Says Polaris Dawn Mission Will Be 'Epic' As SpaceX Gears Up For Its First Spacewalk
Elon Musk Says Polaris Dawn Mission Will Be 'Epic' As SpaceX Gears Up For Its First Spacewalk
The mission aims to reach the highest Earth orbit ever flown and will also test Starlink laser-based communications in space. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Sunday said that the upcoming Polaris Dawn mission to be launched by the company will be "epic," given that it would be the first time a private company is attempting a spacewalk.
SpaceX首席执行官伊隆·马斯克周日表示，公司即将发射的极光任务将是“史诗级别的”，因为这将是私营公司首次尝试太空行走。
What Happened: The Polaris program is a private human spaceflight program founded by Shift4 Payments CEO Jared Isaacman. It will consist of up to three human spaceflight missions, the first of which is Polaris Dawn.
事件经过：Polaris计划是由Shift4 Payments首席执行官贾里德·艾萨克曼创立的一项私人载人太空飞行计划。它包括最多三次人类载人太空飞行任务，其中第一次任务是Polaris Dawn。
The Polaris Dawn mission is expected to launch no earlier than August 26 on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket from Florida. SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft and the all-civilian Polaris Crew composed of four including its mission commander Isaacman, Kidd Poteet, Sarah Gillis, and Anna Menon will spend up to five days in orbit. While Isaacman and Poteet work together at Shift4, Gillis and Menon are both SpaceX engineers.
预计Polaris Dawn任务将于8月26日之后从佛罗里达州的SpaceX Falcon 9火箭发射。SpaceX的Dragon航天器和由四名民间人员组成的Polaris机组（包括任务指挥官艾萨克曼、基德·波蒂特、莎拉·吉利斯和安娜·梅农）将在轨道上停留最多五天。吉利斯和梅农都是SpaceX的工程师，而艾萨克曼和波蒂特在Shift4公司共事。
The mission aims to reach the highest Earth orbit ever flown and will also test Starlink laser-based communications in space.
此次任务旨在达到有史以来最高的地球轨道，还将在太空中测试Starlink激光通信技术。
The Historic Spacewalk: The key objective of the mission, however, is to conduct a spacewalk nearly 435 miles above the Earth — marking the first-ever commercial astronaut spacewalk — with the help of a SpaceX-designed extravehicular activity spacesuit.
任务的关键目标是在距地球近435英里的地方进行太空行走，使用由SpaceX设计的太空活动舱外服，这标志着商业宇航员的第一次太空行走。
While space agency NASA routinely conducts extravehicular activities, no private player has attempted it before, making this a landmark mission for SpaceX and commercial spaceflight companies.
虽然太空总署NASA经常进行舱外活动，但私营企业尚未尝试过，这使得这是SpaceX和商业航天公司的一个里程碑任务。
"First SpaceX spacewalk mission launches in a week. This will be epic. Musk wrote about the upcoming mission," Musk said on X. "This is big," he wrote in another post.
“第一次SpaceX太空行走任务将在一周内发射。这将是史诗般的。 ”Musk在一篇即将到来的任务中写道。Musk在另一篇帖子中写道：“这太重要了。”
"We are thankful for the opportunity," Isaacman wrote to Musk.
“我们感谢这个机会，”艾萨克曼写信给马斯克。
We are thankful for the opportunity
— Jared Isaacman (@rookisaacman) August 19, 2024
我们感谢这个机会
—Jared Isaacman（@rookisaacman）2024年8月19日
Why It Matters: SpaceX had its first all-civilian spaceflight in 2021. The mission, called Inspiration4, then too was led by Isaacman.
为什么它重要：2021年，SpaceX进行了首次全民航天飞行。该任务名为Inspiration4，也是由艾萨克曼领导的。
SpaceX is currently leading the spaceflight segment, trumping even national agencies. In the first quarter of 2024, SpaceX had 31 launches, trumping China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) which had 9 launches, and Russia's Roscosmos which had 5.
目前，SpaceX领导航天领域，甚至超过国家机构。2024年第一季度，SpaceX完成了31次发射，超过中国空间技术研究院（CASC）的9次发射和俄罗斯Roscosmos的5次发射。
For the whole year, SpaceX is now looking to complete 144 launches.
整个一年，SpaceX现在正在计划完成144次发射。
"SpaceX might exceed 90% of all Earth payload to orbit later this year," Musk said in May.
“SpaceX可能会在今年晚些时候超过所有地球有效载荷的90％，”马斯克在5月份说。
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