SpaceX的龙飞船正在接近空间站

Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program are aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon as it approaches the International Space Station on May 31, 2020. The Crew Dragon’s nose cone is open revealing the spacecraft’s docking mechanism that would connect to the Harmony module’s forward International Docking Adapter. The astronauts launched a day earlier on the Demo-2 mission on May 30.

On Sunday, Aug. 2, having spent 2 months aboard the station, Behnken and Hurley will return home. The Demo-2 mission is designed to test and validate SpaceX’s crew transportation system – from launch to in-orbit, docking, landing, and recovery operations. The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, “Endeavor,” is scheduled to undock from the space station at 7:34 p.m, Saturday, Aug 1. EDT, based on favorable weather conditions for splashdown off the coast of Florida.

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2020年5月31日，NASA商业宇航员计划的宇航员道格·赫尔利和鲍勃·本肯登上SpaceX公司的龙飞船，前往国际空间站。龙飞船的头锥已打开，显露出飞船的对接机制，该对接机制将连接到和谐号舱的前向国际对接适配器。宇航员于5月30日进行了Demo-2任务，于一天前发射升空。

8月2日星期天，本肯和赫尔利在空间站呆了两个月后将返回地球。Demo-2任务旨在测试和验证SpaceX的宇航员运输系统——从发射到在轨、对接、着陆和回收操作。SpaceX公司的奋进号龙飞船将于8月1日（星期六）美国东部时间晚上7点34分从空间站启航。根据天气条件对溅落在佛罗里达海岸有利。

影像来源：NASA