SpaceX Postpones Landmark Polaris Dawn Mission Launch To Wednesday After Identifying Helium Leak: Elon Musk Says 'We Are Triple-Checking Everything...'
SpaceX Postpones Landmark Polaris Dawn Mission Launch To Wednesday After Identifying Helium Leak: Elon Musk Says 'We Are Triple-Checking Everything...'
"Teams are taking a closer look at a ground-side helium leak on the Quick Disconnect umbilical," the company said on Monday evening. Elon Musk's SpaceX on Monday said that it is postponing the launch of the Polaris Dawn mission to Wednesday after identifying a helium leak.
spacex公司创始人伊隆·马斯克在周一表示，鉴于识别出了一处氦气泄漏，将把Polaris黎明任务的发射推迟到周三。
What Happened: SpaceX was originally slated to launch the mission on Tuesday but is now looking to launch the mission at 3:38 a.m. ET on Wednesday from Florida.
发生了什么事：SpaceX最初计划在星期二进行任务发射，但现在计划在星期三凌晨3:38从佛罗里达发射。
The postponement is for the company to check out a helium leak identified on Monday. Both the Falcon 9 rocket and the Dragon spacecraft for the mission remain healthy, SpaceX said.
推迟是为了公司在周一发现的氦气泄漏进行检查。SpaceX表示，用于任务的猎鹰9号火箭和龙飞船仍然健康。
"Teams are taking a closer look at a ground-side helium leak on the Quick Disconnect umbilical," the company said on Monday evening.
“团队正在仔细查看周一晚上公司表示的地面氦气泄漏的快速断开数据线。”
Teams are taking a closer look at a ground-side helium leak on the Quick Disconnect umbilical. Falcon and Dragon remain healthy and the crew continues to be ready for their multi-day mission to low-Earth orbit.
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 27, 2024
Next launch opportunity is no earlier than Wednesday, August 28 →...
团队正在仔细查看快速断开数据线上的地面氦气泄漏。猎鹰和龙飞船仍然健康，机组人员继续准备进行多日的低地球轨道任务。
— spacex(@SpaceX) 2024年8月27日
下一次发射机会最早是在8月28日星期三 →...
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk also took to X and said that the company is "triple-checking" everything to make sure there is nothing more it can do to improve crew safety.
SpaceX首席执行官伊隆·马斯克还表示，公司正在“三重检查”一切，以确保没有更多可以提高机组人员安全性的事情。
An incredible amount of work has gone into this historic mission by an amazing team.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 27, 2024
We are triple-checking everything to make sure there is nothing more we can do to improve crew safety.
一个了不起的团队已经投入了大量的工作来完成这个历史性的任务。
— 伊隆·马斯克(@elonmusk)2024年8月27日
我们正在三重检查一切，以确保我们尽一切所能来提高机组人员的安全。
Why It Matters: Musk had warned of the possibility of postponing the mission early on Monday, citing the increased risk associated with the mission.
为什么重要：马斯克在周一早些时候曾警告可能推迟任务，称与该任务相关的风险增加。
"Crew safety is absolutely paramount and this mission carries more risk than usual, as it will be the furthest humans have traveled from Earth since Apollo and the first commercial spacewalk! If any concerns arise, the launch will be postponed until those concerns are addressed," Musk said.
“机组人员安全绝对是至关重要的，这项任务比平常带来更多的风险，因为这将是自阿波罗以来人类远离地球的最远距离，也是首次由商业公司进行太空行走！如果出现任何问题，发射将推迟直到这些问题得到解决。” 马斯克说。
Polaris Dawn is the first of up to three human spaceflight missions planned under the Polaris program founded by Shift4 Payments CEO Jared Isaacman.
Polaris Dawn是Shift4 Payments公司CEO贾里德·艾萨克曼创立的Polaris计划下最多三次人类飞航任务中的第一次。
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.
spacex（临时代码）公司的龙飞船和全民极光机组由四个人组成，包括任务指挥官艾萨克曼（Isaacman）、基德·波提（Kidd Poteet）、莎拉·吉利斯（Sarah Gillis）和安娜·梅农（Anna Menon），他们将在轨道上停留长达五天。艾萨克曼和波提在Shift4Payments公司共事，吉利斯和梅农都是spacex(临时代码)的工程师。
The key objective of the mission is to conduct a spacewalk nearly 435 miles above the Earth — marking the first-ever spacewalk by a commercial company. 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.
该任务的主要目标是在地球上方约435英里处进行太空行走，标志着商业公司首次进行太空行走。虽然NASA太空总署经常进行太空活动，但之前没有私营公司尝试过，这使得这次对于spacex(临时代码)和商业航天公司来说成为具有里程碑意义的任务。
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