SpaceX Demo 2 任务载入史册

In this black and white infrared image, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard, Saturday, May 30, 2020, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Demo-2 mission was the first launch with astronauts of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. The test flight served as an end-to-end demonstration of SpaceX’s crew transportation system. Behnken and Hurley launched at 3:22 p.m. EDT on Saturday, May 30, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. A new era of human spaceflight begins as American astronauts once again launch on an American rocket from American soil to low-Earth orbit for the first time since the conclusion of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011.

This image is among those selected by the NASA Headquarters photo team as one of their best images of 2020. Take a look back at 2020 through the eyes of the NASA Headquarters photo team with this selection of their 100 best images.

Image Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky

在这张黑白红外图像中，2020年5月30日，星期六，在佛罗里达州的肯尼迪航天中心，SpaceX猎鹰9号运载着该公司的乘员龙号宇宙飞船，在NASA的SpaceX Demo-2任务中，NASA宇航员罗伯特·本肯和道格拉斯·赫尔利被发射到国际空间站。Demo-2任务是SpaceX公司的龙号飞船和猎鹰9号火箭首次将宇航员送入国际空间站，这是该公司商业载人计划的一部分。这次试飞是SpaceX公司载人运输系统的端到端演示。本肯和赫尔利于美国东部时间5月30日星期六下午3点22分从肯尼迪航天中心39A发射中心发射升空。自2011年航天飞机计划结束以来，美国宇航员再次乘坐美国火箭从美国本土发射到近地轨道，人类航天飞行的新时代开始了。

这张照片是NASA总部摄影组评选的2020年最佳照片之一。通过NASA总部摄影组的眼睛来回顾2020年，他们选出了100张最好的照片。

图片来源:美国宇航局/乔尔·考斯基