原文標題：
SpaceX launches 4 astronauts to ISS on recycled rocket and capsule
SpaceX使用回收的火箭和太空艙向國際空間站發射了4名宇航員
原文連結：
https://reurl.cc/yn8QXy
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23 April 2021, 21:57
原文內容：
Four astronauts from three countries bound for the International Space
Station launched from the Florida coast early Friday morning as part of
NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 mission.
The Falcon 9 rocket blazed across a black sky just before sunrise and NASA
confirmed shortly after liftoff Friday that the astronauts had safely reached
orbit.
After about a 23-hour ride, the Crew Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to dock
at the ISS around 5:10 a.m. ET on Saturday.
"Watching a launch from Kennedy Space Center never gets old for me. I’ve
watched many launches and watching a pre-dawn launch is especially exciting
and just visually stunning," NASA's acting administrator, Steve Jurczyk, said
at a post-launch news conference Friday morning. "I could not be more proud
of the team."
The crew is composed of NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur as
well as Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide
and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Pesquet.
"What an incredible launch, hopefully you guys got to watch it this morning,
right as the sun was rising we took off," Kimbrough said from the Crew Dragon
"Endeavor" capsule shortly after the astronauts reached orbit.
"We chased the sun pretty quickly and caught up just a few minutes after we
took off. That was really special to see the sunlight coming in shortly after
liftoff," the mission's commander added.
McArther said, "The ascent was incredible, the ride was really smooth. We
couldn’t have asked for anything better."
It also ushered in a new era of reusability in human space exploration, as
the mission uses the same Falcon 9 rocket that sent four astronauts to the
ISS last November and the same Crew Dragon spacecraft that sent and returned
two astronauts during the first crewed SpaceX flight last May.
"I met with the crew last night, they are ready to go," Jurczyk said at a
pre-launch news conference from the Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday. "I
asked them what they look forward to most in the mission, and they said
launching and getting up on station and getting to work."
This marks the "third launch in less than a year" for NASA's Commercial Crew
program, he said.
The launch was originally scheduled for early Thursday morning but was moved
to Friday due to downrange inclement weather. Liftoff occurred at 5:49 a.m.
ET on Friday from the historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space
Center in Florida.
NASA's live coverage of the launch kicked off at 1:30 a.m. ET on its website
and social media accounts.
Jurczyk said Wednesday that NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory team received a
call earlier this week from U.S. President Joe Biden, who congratulated the
researchers on their success in conducting the first controlled flight on
another planet.
"He told the team that his grandson asked him when was he going to travel to
Mars," Jurczyk said. "So that’s something really important that we do."
"We enable commercial activities in space, we demonstrate leadership, and we
inspire the next generation," he said.
Meet the crew
The diverse crew is set to stay on the space station for a six-month science
mission.
McArthur, the mission's pilot, is married to fellow astronaut Bob Behnken,
who was part of the historic first NASA-SpaceX mission last May. In a
previous interview, Behnken said this time it's "her turn to focus on getting
her mission accomplished" and his turn to watch their young son.
Kimbrough, 53, is an Army veteran and the mission’s commander. The father of
three has logged some 189 days in space and first joined NASA as a flight
simulation engineer in 2000.
Hoshide, 52, is a native of Tokyo and will serve as a mission specialist for
Crew-2. He went on his first spaceflight in 2008, and in 2012 spent 124 days
on the ISS.
Pesquet, 43, is the first ESA astronaut to join a NASA-SpaceX mission. He has
also logged a chunk of time aboard the ISS, spending six months on the
station in 2016. The French astronaut will serve as a mission specialist.
機翻如下：
來自三個國家的四名宇航員準備前往國際空間站，作為美國宇航局SpaceX Crew-2任務的
一部分，週五清晨從佛羅里達海岸發射。
獵鷹9號火箭在日出前劃過黑色的天空，美國宇航局在週五升空後不久確認宇航員已安全
到達軌道。
經過大約23個小時的飛行，"乘龍 "號飛船計畫於美國東部時間週六上午5點10分左右與國
際空間站對接。
"從甘迺迪航太中心觀看發射對我來說永遠不會過時。我已經看了許多次發射，觀看黎明
前的發射尤其令人激動，視覺上令人震撼，"美國宇航局代理局長史蒂夫-尤爾奇克在週五
上午的發射後新聞發佈會上說。"我不能再為這個團隊感到驕傲了。"
乘員組由NASA宇航員Shane Kimbrough和Megan McArthur以及日本宇宙航空研究開發機構
（JAXA）宇航員Akihiko Hoshide和歐洲航天局（ESA）宇航員Thomas Pesquet組成。
"多麼令人難以置信的發射，希望你們今天早上能看到它，就在太陽升起的時候，我們起
飛了，"在宇航員到達軌道後不久，金布羅在乘龍 "奮進號 "太空艙中說。
"我們很快就追上了太陽，在我們起飛後幾分鐘就趕上了。該任務的指揮官補充說："在升
空後不久看到陽光照射進來，這真的很特別。
麥克亞瑟說："上升的過程令人難以置信，飛行過程非常順利。我們不可能要求更好的東
西了。
它還開創了人類太空探索的可重複使用的新時代，因為這次任務使用的是去年11月將四名
宇航員送往國際空間站的獵鷹9號火箭，以及去年5月SpaceX首次載人飛行期間送回兩名宇
航員的乘龍飛船。
"我昨晚會見了船員，他們已經準備好了，"Jurczyk週三在甘迺迪航太中心的發射前新聞
發佈會上說。"我問他們在這次任務中最期待的是什麼，他們說是發射和登上空間站並開
始工作。
他說，這標誌著美國宇航局的商業乘員計畫在不到一年的時間裡 "第三次發射"。
這次發射原定於星期四清晨進行，但由於下游惡劣的天氣而被轉移到星期五。美國東部時
間週五上午5點49分，從位於佛羅里達州的美國國家航空航天局甘迺迪航太中心的歷史悠
久的39A發射場升空。
美國宇航局在其網站和社交媒體帳戶上對這次發射的現場報導於美東時間上午1:30開始。
Jurczyk週三說，美國宇航局噴氣推進實驗室團隊本周早些時候接到美國總統喬-拜登的電
話，他祝賀研究人員成功地在另一個星球上進行了首次受控飛行。
"他告訴團隊，他的孫子問他什麼時候去火星旅行，"Jurczyk說。"因此，這是我們所做的
真正重要的事情。"
"他說："我們促成了太空中的商業活動，我們展示了領導力，並且我們激勵了下一代人。
認識船員
這個多樣化的乘員組將在空間站上進行為期六個月的科學任務。
該任務的飛行員麥克亞瑟與同為宇航員的鮑勃-貝恩肯結婚，後者是去年5月NASA-SpaceX
歷史性首次任務的一部分。在之前的採訪中，貝恩肯說這次是 "輪到她專注於完成她的任
務"，而輪到他照看他們的小兒子。
53歲的Kimbrough是一名退伍軍人，也是這次任務的指揮官。這位三個孩子的父親已經在
太空中度過了大約189天，2000年首次加入美國國家航空航天局，擔任飛行模擬工程師。
52歲的星德是東京人，將擔任乘員2號的任務專家。他在2008年進行了他的第一次太空飛
行，並在2012年在國際空間站度過了124天。
43歲的Pesquet是第一位加入NASA-SpaceX任務的歐空局宇航員。他也在國際空間站上記錄
了大量的時間，2016年在國際空間站上呆了6個月。這位法國宇航員將擔任任務專家。
心得/評論：
這則新聞圖多，建議可以點進連結去看一下圖
SPACE X毫無疑問是目前最接近太空商業飛行成功的公司
這個新聞體現出來的
是這間公司在所有想得到的太空商業行為上面的報價優勢
貝索斯真的要好好加油了，都離職了，可以專心衝刺了吧
這則新聞可以同時和星鍊計畫這兩則新聞放一起看
SpaceX 星鏈網速快又穩？測試用戶曝「真實體驗」：想長期使用
https://reurl.cc/V3xjQ6
SpaceX「星鏈」將顛覆網路未來！馬斯克預告：今夏結束 Beta 測試版
https://reurl.cc/xgmO4E
另外非常有趣的一點是
馬斯克同時擁有spaceX和Tesla兩間公司
也就是說他並不是不了解AS的規格和信賴性
能夠做到滿足NASA的信賴性同時實現商業化又具備報價上面的競爭力
那Tesla真的在信賴性上面有外界攻擊的那麼差嗎？
至少從統計數字上面來講，我不這樣認為
當然市場是結果論的，只能存著心裡做出判斷，等幾年過後再來驗證結果了