Rocket Lab Wins NASA Study Contract For Mars Mission: Details
Rocket Lab Wins NASA Study Contract For Mars Mission: Details
Rocket Lab's study will propose a streamlined mission concept that aims to reduce costs and complete the return ahead of the 2040 timeline.Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (NASDAQ:RKLB) shares are trading higher premarket on Monday. The company disclosed that NASA has selected the company to conduct a study on retrieving rock samples from the Martian surface and returning them to Earth.
周一，美国火箭实验室公司（纳斯达克股票代码：RKLB）股价盘前走高。该公司透露，美国宇航局已选择该公司进行一项关于从火星表面检索岩石样本并将其送回地球的研究。
This mission aims to address key solar system exploration objectives, enhancing the company's understanding of Mars, potentially determining if life ever existed there, and aiding preparations for future human exploration of the Red Planet.
该任务旨在实现太阳系的关键探索目标，增强公司对火星的理解，有可能确定那里是否存在生命，并帮助为人类未来探索红色星球做准备。
NASA's Rapid Mission Design Studies for Mars Sample Return invites industry proposals to evaluate mission designs for returning samples collected by the Mars Perseverance rover.
美国宇航局的火星样本返回快速任务设计研究邀请业界提案，以评估火星毅力号探测器收集的返回样本的任务设计。
Rocket Lab's study will propose a streamlined mission concept that aims to reduce costs and complete the return ahead of the 2040 timeline.
火箭实验室的研究将提出一个简化的任务概念，旨在降低成本并在2040年时间表之前完成返回。
The study suggests leveraging Rocket Lab's vertically integrated technologies to retrieve samples from the Red Planet for the first time as part of NASA's Mars Sample Return Program.
该研究表明，作为美国宇航局火星样本返回计划的一部分，利用火箭实验室的垂直整合技术首次从红色星球检索样本。
Rocket Lab founder and CEO, Sir Peter Beck said, "Rocket Lab has been methodically implementing a strategy for cost-effective planetary science in recent years, making us uniquely suited to deliver a low cost, rapid Mars Sample Return. We've demonstrated this strategy by delivering a NASA mission to the Moon, enabling rendezvous and proximity operations in orbit, successfully re-entering a capsule from orbit to Earth, delivering two spacecraft to NASA for a Mars mission, and much more."
火箭实验室创始人兼首席执行官彼得·贝克爵士说：“近年来，火箭实验室一直在有条不紊地实施具有成本效益的行星科学战略，这使我们特别适合提供低成本、快速的火星样本返回。我们通过向月球交付美国宇航局任务、在轨道上实现会合和近距离操作、成功将太空舱从轨道重返地球、向美国宇航局运送两艘航天器执行火星任务等等，证明了这一策略。”
Last month, the company completed testing and integration of its second Pioneer spacecraft for Varda.
上个月，该公司为瓦尔达完成了其第二艘先锋号飞船的测试和集成。
The companies plan to conduct in-space operations, reentry positioning maneuvers and deorbiting to recover Varda's capsule.
两家公司计划进行太空作战、重返定位演习和脱离轨道，以收回瓦尔达的太空舱。
According to Benzinga Pro, RKLB stock has gained 112% in the past year. Investors can gain exposure to the stock via Procure Space ETF (NASDAQ:UFO) and SPDR S&P Kensho Final Frontiers ETF (NYSE:ROKT).
根据Benzinga Pro的数据，RkLb的股票在过去一年中上涨了112％。投资者可以通过Procure Space ETF（纳斯达克股票代码：UFO）和SPDR标普Kensho Final Frontiers ETF（纽约证券交易所代码：ROKT）获得股票敞口。
Price Action: RKLB shares are up 1.21% at $9.919 premarket at the last check Monday.
价格走势：周一最后一次检查时，RkLb股价上涨1.21％，至盘前9.919美元。
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