SpaceX Falcon Heavy To Launch NASA's Dragonfly Mission To Saturn's Largest Moon In 2028
SpaceX Falcon Heavy To Launch NASA's Dragonfly Mission To Saturn's Largest Moon In 2028
"Dragonfly centers on novel approach to planetary exploration, employing a rotorcraft-lander to travel between and sample diverse sites on Saturn's largest moon," NASA said in a statement.NASA has selected Elon Musk's SpaceX to provide launch services for a rotorcraft lander mission aimed at exploring the largest moon of the planet Saturn in July 2028
美国宇航局已选择埃隆·马斯克的spacex(临时代码)提供一种旋翼式着陆器任务的发射服务，计划于2028年7月探索土星最大卫星。
What Happened: The deal is priced at about $256.6 million, including launch services and other related costs.
事件：该交易价格约为25660万美元，包括发射服务和其他相关费用。
The mission is expected to fly in the period from July 5 to July 25, 2028, on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Florida to explore the moon called Titan.
该任务预计在2028年7月5日至7月25日之间从佛罗里达州使用spacex(临时代码)的猎鹰重型火箭飞往一个名为泰坦的卫星。
"Dragonfly centers on novel approach to planetary exploration, employing a rotorcraft-lander to travel between and sample diverse sites on Saturn's largest moon," NASA said in a statement.
“蜻蜓以一种新颖的方法进行行星探索，利用旋翼着陆器在土星最大卫星上旅行并采样不同地点，”美国宇航局在一份声明中表示。
The mission is aimed at identifying the habitability of Titan's environment and searching for chemical indications of whether water-based or hydrocarbon-based life once existed on Saturn's moon, among other goals.
该任务旨在识别泰坦环境的宜居性，并寻找其上是否曾存在基于水或碳氢化合物的生命的化学迹象，以及其他目标。
Why It Matters: SpaceX has multiple contracts with NASA to fly astronauts and cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) and also to bring down the space station upon its retirement around 2030.
重要性：spacex(临时代码)与美国宇航局签订了多个合同，负责将宇航员和货物送往国际空间站，并在空间站于2030年左右退休时将其带回地球。
NASA is also relying on a particular version of SpaceX's Starship launch vehicle called the Human Landing System or HLS to enable astronauts to land back on the surface of the Moon for the first time since 1972.
美国宇航局还依靠spacex(临时代码)的一种特定版本的星舰运载火箭，称为人类着陆系统（HLS），以使宇航员首次自1972年以来重新登上月球表面。
During the Artemis 3 mission, slated for no earlier than September 2026, the Starship HLS will be launched first and it will wait for NASA's Orion spacecraft in lunar orbit after filling its tanks in space. Once the Orion spacecraft arrives, the HLS will dock with it. Two of the four crew members on the mission will transfer from Orion to Starship and descend to the surface of the moon.
在计划于2026年9月之后的阿尔忒弥斯3号任务中，星舰HLS将首个发射，并将在空间中加满油后，等待美国宇航局的猎户座飞船在月球轨道中到达。猎户座飞船到达后，HLS将与其对接。任务中的四名机组成员中的两名将从猎户座转移到星舰，并降落到月球表面。
The last time humans set foot on the Moon was in 1972 with Apollo 17. Since then, no crew has traveled beyond low-Earth orbit.
人类最后一次踏上月球是在1972年，阿波罗17号任务。自那时起，没有航天员飞出低地球轨道。
While SpaceX is not yet listed on the exchanges, investors can leverage Destiny Tech100 Inc. (NYSE:DXYZ) and Cathie Wood's Ark Venture Fund (NASDAQ:ARKVX) to participate in the Musk-led space company's growth.
虽然spacex(临时代码)尚未在交易所上市，但投资者可以利用Destiny Tech100 Inc. (纽交所:DXYZ)和Cathie Wood的Ark创业公司基金 (纳斯达克:ARKVX)参与马斯克领导的太空公司的增长。
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Photo courtesy: NASA
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