Boeing Starliner To Undock From ISS And Return To Earth Without Crew As Early As Sept. 6
Boeing Starliner To Undock From ISS And Return To Earth Without Crew As Early As Sept. 6
Boeing Co.'s (NYSE:BA) Starliner spacecraft will commence its journey back to Earth after nearly three months in space no earlier than Sept. 6, NASA said on Thursday.
波音公司(纽交所:BA)的Starliner宇宙飞船将在太空中停留近三个月后于9月6日之后返回地球,美国宇航局周四表示。
What Happened: The space agency said that it conducted a review with Boeing on Thursday and determined to proceed with undocking the spacecraft from the space station no earlier than 6:04 p.m. EDT on Sept. 6.
发生了什么:太空局表示,周四与波音公司进行了评审,并决定在9月6日下午6:04之后从空间站脱离出来。
The vehicle is expected to land at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico at about 12:03 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 7 with the help of parachutes, from where it would be returned to Boeing's Starliner factory at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the agency said.
这辆载具预计将于9月7日凌晨12:03在新墨西哥州的白沙太空港着陆,凭借降落伞的帮助,从那里将被送回波音公司的Starliner工厂,该工厂位于美国宇航局的肯尼迪航天中心。
The spacecraft, though it launched into space with two astronauts, will return without them.
这艘宇宙飞船虽然是带着两名宇航员进入太空,但在返回过程中将没有宇航员。
Why It Matters: Earlier this month, NASA announced that it would return the two astronauts who went to space via Boeing's Starliner spacecraft – Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore – via a SpaceX vehicle in February.
为何重要:本月初,美国航空航天局宣布将于2月将乘坐波音公司的Starliner宇宙飞船去太空的两名宇航员Sunita Williams和Butch Wilmore通过SpaceX的航天器返回。
Williams and Wilmore launched into space on June 5 aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft. Though the two were supposed to return in about eight days, technical issues identified with the spacecraft while docking delayed the return journey, and the agency subsequently decided to scrap bringing the astronauts back on the Boeing spacecraft altogether.
Williams和Wilmore于6月5日乘坐波音公司的Starliner宇宙飞船进入太空。虽然两人本应在约八天后返回,但在对接时发现了航天器的技术问题,导致返回旅程延迟,随后美国航空航天局决定取消通过波音航天器将宇航员带回地球的计划。
Starliner's return in September is expected to be safe and uneventful as the spacecraft has previously completed a successful uncrewed entry and landing as part of its previous flight tests.
预计Starliner于9月返回会是安全和平稳的,因为这艘宇宙飞船在之前的飞行测试中已经成功完成了一次无人驾驶进入和着陆。
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Photo courtesy: NASA
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