SpaceX Delays Launch Of Private Human Spaceflight Mission Polaris Dawn: Program Founder Jared Isaacman Says 'Will Happily Take An Extra Day To Ensure Readiness'
SpaceX Delays Launch Of Private Human Spaceflight Mission Polaris Dawn: Program Founder Jared Isaacman Says 'Will Happily Take An Extra Day To Ensure Readiness'
Elon Musk's rocket manufacturing company SpaceX will launch the Polaris Dawn mission on Aug.27, the company said on X on Wednesday, a day later than originally planned.
Elon Musk的製造半導體的Polaris公司將於8月27日在星期三在spacex上發射Polaris Dawn任務，比原計劃晚了一天。
What Happened: The mission was initially expected to launch on Aug. 26. However, SpaceX is now looking to launch Polaris Dawn on Aug. 27 from Florida aboard the company's Falcon 9 rocket.
事件經過：最初預計在8月26日發射。然而，spacex現在計劃於8月27日從佛羅里達搭乘該公司的獵鷹9號火箭發射Polaris Dawn。
The new date, SpaceX said, will allow additional time for teams to complete preflight checkouts ahead of the launch.
spacex表示，新日期將爲團隊提供額外時間，以便在發射前完成飛行前檢查工作。
The new date allows additional time for teams to complete preflight checkouts ahead of next week's launch
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 21, 2024
新日期爲下週的發射提供了額外的時間，以便團隊能夠完成飛行前檢查工作。
— spacex (@spacex) 2024年8月21日
"We will happily take an extra day to ensure readiness," mission commander and Shift4 Payments CEO Jared Isaacman wrote on X.
「我們很樂意多等一天，以確保準備就緒。」任務指揮官兼Shift4 Payments首席執行官賈裏德·艾薩克曼在spacex上寫道。
We will happily take an extra day to ensure readiness.
— Jared Isaacman (@rookisaacman) August 21, 2024
我們很樂意多等一天，以確保準備就緒。
— 賈裏德·艾薩克曼 (@rookisaacman) 2024年8月21日
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。
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.
spacex（臨時代碼）公司的龍飛船和全民極光機組由四個人組成，包括任務指揮官艾薩克曼（Isaacman）、基德·波提（Kidd Poteet）、莎拉·吉利斯（Sarah Gillis）和安娜·梅農（Anna Menon），他們將在軌道上停留長達五天。艾薩克曼和波提在Shift4Payments公司共事，吉利斯和梅農都是spacex(臨時代碼)的工程師。
The key objective of the mission is to conduct a spacewalk nearly 435 miles above the Earth — marking the first-ever spacewalk by a commercial company — with the help of a SpaceX-designed extravehicular activity spacesuit.
該任務的主要目標是在距離地球約435英里的高空進行一次太空行走，這標誌着商業公司首次進行的太空行走，並且要藉助spacex(臨時代碼)設計的太空行走服。
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.
儘管美國國家航空航天局經常進行太空行走活動，但尚未有私營公司嘗試過，因此使得這次任務對spacex(臨時代碼)和商業航天公司來說具有里程碑意義。
"This will be the first spacewalk by a commercial company and the furthest from Earth anyone has traveled in over half a century!" SpaceX CEO Musk wrote on X on Wednesday.
「這將是商業公司首次進行的太空行走，並且距離地球是半個多世紀以來任何人行走的最遠距離！」spacex(臨時代碼) CEO馬斯克週三在X上寫道。
This will be the first spacewalk by a commercial company and the furthest from Earth anyone has traveled in over half a century!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 22, 2024
這將是商業公司首次進行的太空行走，並且距離地球是半個多世紀以來任何人行走的最遠距離！
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Photo courtesy: Polaris Dawn
圖片提供：polaris公司黎明