以第一位黑人宇航员的名字命名的货运飞船即将前往空间站
A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket carrying a Cygnus resupply spacecraft is seen horizontal on Pad-0A for the final cargo load, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Northrop Grumman’s 13th contracted cargo resupply mission with NASA to the International Space Station will deliver more than 7,500 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory and its crew. The CRS-13 Cygnus spacecraft is named after the first African American astronaut, Major Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., and is scheduled to launch at 3:43 p.m. EST Friday, Feb. 14.
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Image Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani
2020年2月8日，星期六，在维吉尼亚州的NASA瓦勒普斯航天中心，诺斯罗普·格鲁曼公司的安塔瑞斯火箭载着“天鹅座”补给飞船在Pad-0A发射台上进行最后的货物装载。格鲁曼公司与NASA签订的第13次货运补给任务，将向国际空间站及宇航员运送超过7500磅的科学和研究用品、宇航员用品和和运载工具硬件。CRS-13“天鹅座”宇宙飞船以第一位非洲裔美国宇航员小罗伯特·亨利·劳伦斯少校的名字命名，计划于美国东部时间2月14日下午3点43分发射。
图片来源：NASA / Aubrey Gemignani