阿尔忒弥斯1号航天发射系统核心级提升和对接

Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems and contractor Jacobs lower the Space Launch System (SLS) core stage – the largest part of the rocket – onto the mobile launcher, in between the twin solid rocket boosters, inside High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 12, 2021. The 188,000-pound core stage, with its four RS-25 engines, will provide more than 2 million pounds of thrust during launch and ascent, and coupled with the boosters, will provide more than 8.8 million pounds of thrust to send the Artemis I mission to space. Under the Artemis program, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon, as well as establish a sustainable presence on the lunar surface in preparation for human missions to Mars.

Image Credit: NASA/Cory Huston

2021年6月12日，美国宇航局探索地面系统公司和承包商雅各布斯公司的团队将太空发射系统（SLS）的核心级——火箭的最大部——放在移动发射器上，位于佛罗里达州美国宇航局肯尼迪航天中心的飞行器装配大楼的3号高架桥内的双固体火箭助推器之间。188,000磅的核心级及其四个RS-25发动机，将在发射和上升过程中提供超过200万磅的推力，加上助推器，将提供超过880万磅的推力，将阿尔忒弥斯1号任务送入太空。根据阿尔忒弥斯计划，NASA将让第一位女性和第一位有色人种登陆月球，并在月球表面建立一个可持续的存在，为人类的火星任务做准备。

图片来源：NASA/Cory Huston