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机组最近在真空环境中首次穿着 SpaceX 新开发的 EVA 太空服,并进行一系列的太空服验收测试,以准备进行即将到来的太空行走任务。
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.
事件经过:测试,包括熟悉太空服在真空环境下的表现,标志着太空服的最终重大测试里程碑。这些太空服是针对舱内外活动设计的太空服的升级版。
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.
太空服的测试于6月24日至28日在位于德克萨斯州休斯顿的NASA约翰逊太空中心的历史性房间设施中进行,该设施曾在金星和阿波罗计划期间用于测试太空服。
"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.
即将展开使命的指挥官、Shift4首席执行官贾里德·艾萨克曼(Jared Isaacman)谈到太空服测试经历时说:“在与上世纪60年代支持金星和阿波罗计划的真空舱中进行操作,我们的机组人员感到深深的感慨。”
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
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Polaris Dawn 机组最近完成了一系列太空服验收测试,以准备进行本次太空行走任务,这是 SpaceX 新开发的 EVA 太空服的最终重大开发和测试里程碑 →... 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 计划是由艾萨克曼创立的私人载人航天计划。它将包括最多三次载人航天任务,第一次将是 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 任务预计于7月31日或之后在佛罗里达州由 SpaceX 的猎鹰 9 火箭发射。SpaceX 的龙飞船和 Polaris Crew 由四名成员组成,包括艾萨克曼、基德·波蒂特、萨拉·吉利斯和安娜·梅农,他们将在轨道上停留最多五天。
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.
此次任务旨在实现历史上飞行高度最高的地球轨道,并将在太空中测试 Starlink 的激光通信。任务的关键目标之一是在离地球约 435 英里的地方进行太空行走,这标志着 SpaceX 设计的 EVA 太空服首次进行商业太空行走。
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 停飞:上周,SpaceX 从加利福尼亚州发射了带有 20 颗 Starlink 卫星的猎鹰 9 运载火箭,由于火箭第二级引擎出现问题,卫星被放置在低于预期的轨道上。尽管随后公司试图联系卫星提高它们的轨道,但尝试失败。该公司在周五通知卫星将重新进入地球大气层并“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 补充说,它将与联邦航空管理局(FAA)协调进行全面调查,确定事故原因并在将来采取纠正措施。
The company, known for its high launch cadence and headed by billionaire Elon Musk, has not launched any other mission since then.
这家由亿万富翁埃隆·马斯克(Elon Musk)领导的公司以其高频发射业务而闻名,自那时以来没有再执行任何其他任务。
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