航天发射系统模型到达肯尼迪进行测试

NASA’s Pegasus Barge arrived at the Launch Complex 39 turn basin wharf at Kennedy Space Center in Florida to make its first delivery to Kennedy in support of the agency’s Artemis missions. The upgraded 310-foot-long barge arrived Sept. 27, 2019, ferrying the 212-foot-long Space Launch System rocket core stage pathfinder. Weighing in at 228,000 pounds, the pathfinder is a full-scale mock-up of the rocket’s core stage and will be used to validate ground support equipment and demonstrate it can be integrated with Kennedy facilities.

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美国国家航空航天局的飞马号驳船抵达位于佛罗里达州肯尼迪航天中心的发射中心39号掉头盆地码头，这是它为支持NASA的阿尔特弥斯任务首次向肯尼迪航天中心交付。升级后的310英尺长的驳船于2019年9月27日抵达，运载着212英尺长的太空发射系统火箭核心级探路者号。“探路者”重22.8万磅，是火箭核心级的全尺寸模型，将用于验证地面支持设备，并证明它可以与肯尼迪航天中心的设施整合。

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