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
The spacecraft, though it launched into space with two astronauts, will return without them. 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（紐交所：BA）的Starliner宇宙飛船將在太空中停留近三個月後於9月6日之後返回地球，美國宇航局週四表示。
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.
發生了什麼：太空局表示，週四與波音公司進行了評審，並決定在9月6日下午6:04之後從空間站脫離出來。
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.
這輛載具預計將於9月7日凌晨12:03在新墨西哥州的白沙太空港着陸，憑藉降落傘的幫助，從那裏將被送回波音公司的Starliner工廠，該工廠位於美國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.
這艘宇宙飛船雖然是帶着兩名宇航員進入太空，但在返回過程中將沒有宇航員。
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.
爲何重要：本月初，美國航空航天局宣佈將於2月將乘坐波音公司的Starliner宇宙飛船去太空的兩名宇航員Sunita Williams和Butch Wilmore通過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於6月5日乘坐波音公司的Starliner宇宙飛船進入太空。雖然兩人本應在約八天後返回，但在對接時發現了航天器的技術問題，導致返回旅程延遲，隨後美國航空航天局決定取消通過波音航天器將宇航員帶回地球的計劃。
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.
預計Starliner於9月返回會是安全和平穩的，因爲這艘宇宙飛船在之前的飛行測試中已經成功完成了一次無人駕駛進入和着陸。
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