Polaris Dawn Crew Including Shift4 CEO Jared Isaacman Don SpaceX Spacesuits Designed For Spacewalks Ahead Of Mission: 'Profound Feeling'
Polaris Dawn Crew Including Shift4 CEO Jared Isaacman Don SpaceX Spacesuits Designed For Spacewalks Ahead Of Mission: 'Profound Feeling'
Polaris Dawn crew recently wore SpaceX's newly developed EVA spacesuit for the first time in a vacuum environment and performed a series of spacesuit acceptance rests in preparation for a spacewalk during their upcoming mission.
Polaris Dawn機組最近在真空環境中首次穿着 SpaceX 新開發的 EVA 太空服,並進行一系列的太空服驗收測試,以準備進行即將到來的太空行走任務。
What Happened: The tests, which included familiarising with how the spacesuit performs in a vacuum, marked the final significant test milestone for the spacesuit. The spacesuits are upgraded versions of the intravehicular spacesuits designed for extravehicular activity.
事件經過:測試,包括熟悉太空服在真空環境下的表現,標誌着太空服的最終重大測試里程碑。這些太空服是針對艙內外活動設計的太空服的升級版。
The testing of the spacesuits was held at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas between June 24 and 28 using a historic chamber facility used to test spacesuits during the Gemini and Apollo space programs.
太空服的測試於6月24日至28日在位於德克薩斯州休斯頓的NASA約翰遜太空中心的歷史性房間設施中進行,該設施曾在金星和阿波羅計劃期間用於測試太空服。
"It was a profound feeling for our crew to conduct operations in the same vacuum chambers that supported the Gemini and Apollo programs in the 1960s," the upcoming Mission's Commander and Shift4 CEO Jared Isaacman said about the spacesuit testing experience.
即將展開使命的指揮官、Shift4首席執行官賈裏德·艾薩克曼(Jared Isaacman)談到太空服測試經歷時說:“在與上世紀60年代支持金星和阿波羅計劃的真空艙中進行操作,我們的機組人員感到深深的感慨。”
The Polaris Dawn crew recently completed a series of spacesuit acceptance tests in preparation for the mission's extravehicular activity, or spacewalk, marking the final significant developmental and test milestone for SpaceX's newly-developed EVA spacesuit →... pic.twitter.com/SOK0ImGir2
— Polaris (@PolarisProgram) July 18, 2024
Polaris Dawn 機組最近完成了一系列太空服驗收測試,以準備進行本次太空行走任務,這是 SpaceX 新開發的 EVA 太空服的最終重大開發和測試里程碑 →... pic.twitter.com/SOK0ImGir2
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Why It Matters: The Polaris program is a private human spaceflight program founded by Isaacman. It will consist of up to three human spaceflight missions, the first of which is Polaris Dawn.
本次 Polaris 計劃是由艾薩克曼創立的私人載人航天計劃。它將包括最多三次載人航天任務,第一次將是 Polaris Dawn。
The Polaris Dawn mission is expected to launch no earlier than July 31 on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket from Florida. SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft and the Polaris Crew composed of four including Isaacman, Kidd Poteet, Sarah Gillis, and Anna Menon will spend up to five days in orbit.
Polaris Dawn 任務預計於7月31日或之後在佛羅里達州由 SpaceX 的獵鷹 9 火箭發射。SpaceX 的龍飛船和 Polaris Crew 由四名成員組成,包括艾薩克曼、基德·波蒂特、薩拉·吉利斯和安娜·梅農,他們將在軌道上停留最多五天。
The mission aims to reach the highest Earth orbit ever flown and will also test Starlink laser-based communications in space. One of the key objectives of the mission is to conduct a spacewalk nearly 435 miles above the Earth, marking the first-ever commercial spacewalk with the help of the SpaceX-designed EVA spacesuit.
此次任務旨在實現歷史上飛行高度最高的地球軌道,並將在太空中測試 Starlink 的激光通信。任務的關鍵目標之一是在離地球約 435 英里的地方進行太空行走,這標誌着 SpaceX 設計的 EVA 太空服首次進行商業太空行走。
SpaceX's Launch Halt: Last week, SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 launch vehicle with 20 Starlink satellites from California which were deployed in a lower-than-expected orbit owing to an issue with the rocket's second-stage engine. Though the company subsequently tried to contact the satellites to raise their orbits, the attempts failed. The satellites will now re-enter Earth's atmosphere and "fully demise," SpaceX informed on Friday.
SpaceX 停飛:上週,SpaceX 從加利福尼亞州發射了帶有 20 顆 Starlink 衛星的獵鷹 9 運載火箭,由於火箭第二級引擎出現問題,衛星被放置在低於預期的軌道上。儘管隨後公司試圖聯繫衛星提高它們的軌道,但嘗試失敗。該公司在週五通知衛星將重新進入地球大氣層並“完全消失” 。
Space X added it would perform a full investigation in coordination with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to determine the cause of the incident and take corrective measures in the future.
Space X 補充說,它將與聯邦航空管理局(FAA)協調進行全面調查,確定事故原因並在將來採取糾正措施。
The company, known for its high launch cadence and headed by billionaire Elon Musk, has not launched any other mission since then.
這家由億萬富翁埃隆·馬斯克(Elon Musk)領導的公司以其高頻發射業務而聞名,自那時以來沒有再執行任何其他任務。
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