Elon Musk Says Polaris Dawn Mission Will Be 'Epic' As SpaceX Gears Up For Its First Spacewalk
Elon Musk Says Polaris Dawn Mission Will Be 'Epic' As SpaceX Gears Up For Its First Spacewalk
The mission aims to reach the highest Earth orbit ever flown and will also test Starlink laser-based communications in space. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Sunday said that the upcoming Polaris Dawn mission to be launched by the company will be "epic," given that it would be the first time a private company is attempting a spacewalk.
SpaceX首席執行官伊隆·馬斯克週日表示，公司即將發射的極光任務將是「史詩級別的」，因爲這將是私營公司首次嘗試太空行走。
What Happened: The Polaris program is a private human spaceflight program founded by Shift4 Payments CEO Jared Isaacman. It will consist of up to three human spaceflight missions, the first of which is Polaris Dawn.
事件經過：Polaris計劃是由Shift4 Payments首席執行官賈裏德·艾薩克曼創立的一項私人載人太空飛行計劃。它包括最多三次人類載人太空飛行任務，其中第一次任務是Polaris Dawn。
The Polaris Dawn mission is expected to launch no earlier than August 26 on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket from Florida. 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.
預計Polaris Dawn任務將於8月26日之後從佛羅里達州的SpaceX Falcon 9火箭發射。SpaceX的Dragon航天器和由四名民間人員組成的Polaris機組（包括任務指揮官艾薩克曼、基德·波蒂特、莎拉·吉利斯和安娜·梅農）將在軌道上停留最多五天。吉利斯和梅農都是SpaceX的工程師，而艾薩克曼和波蒂特在Shift4公司共事。
The mission aims to reach the highest Earth orbit ever flown and will also test Starlink laser-based communications in space.
此次任務旨在達到有史以來最高的地球軌道，還將在太空中測試Starlink激光通信技術。
The Historic Spacewalk: The key objective of the mission, however, is to conduct a spacewalk nearly 435 miles above the Earth — marking the first-ever commercial astronaut spacewalk — with the help of a SpaceX-designed extravehicular activity spacesuit.
任務的關鍵目標是在距地球近435英里的地方進行太空行走，使用由SpaceX設計的太空活動艙外服，這標誌着商業宇航員的第一次太空行走。
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.
雖然太空總署NASA經常進行艙外活動，但私營企業尚未嘗試過，這使得這是SpaceX和商業航天公司的一個里程碑任務。
"First SpaceX spacewalk mission launches in a week. This will be epic. Musk wrote about the upcoming mission," Musk said on X. "This is big," he wrote in another post.
「第一次SpaceX太空行走任務將在一週內發射。這將是史詩般的。 」Musk在一篇即將到來的任務中寫道。Musk在另一篇帖子中寫道：「這太重要了。」
"We are thankful for the opportunity," Isaacman wrote to Musk.
「我們感謝這個機會，」艾薩克曼寫信給馬斯克。
We are thankful for the opportunity
— Jared Isaacman (@rookisaacman) August 19, 2024
我們感謝這個機會
—Jared Isaacman（@rookisaacman）2024年8月19日
Why It Matters: SpaceX had its first all-civilian spaceflight in 2021. The mission, called Inspiration4, then too was led by Isaacman.
爲什麼它重要：2021年，SpaceX進行了首次全民航天飛行。該任務名爲Inspiration4，也是由艾薩克曼領導的。
SpaceX is currently leading the spaceflight segment, trumping even national agencies. In the first quarter of 2024, SpaceX had 31 launches, trumping China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) which had 9 launches, and Russia's Roscosmos which had 5.
目前，SpaceX領導航天領域，甚至超過國家機構。2024年第一季度，SpaceX完成了31次發射，超過中國空間技術研究院（CASC）的9次發射和俄羅斯Roscosmos的5次發射。
For the whole year, SpaceX is now looking to complete 144 launches.
整個一年，SpaceX現在正在計劃完成144次發射。
"SpaceX might exceed 90% of all Earth payload to orbit later this year," Musk said in May.
「SpaceX可能會在今年晚些時候超過所有地球有效載荷的90％，」馬斯克在5月份說。
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