从空间站看地球

NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins floats in the International Space Station’s cupola, a direct nadir viewing window from which Earth and celestial objects are visible.

Watkins reported for duty in August 2017 and completed two years of training as an astronaut candidate. Her astronaut candidate training included scientific and technical briefings, intensive instruction in space station’s systems, spacewalks, robotics, physiological training, T-38 flight training, water and wilderness survival training, geology training, and expeditionary skills training.

Watkins also served as an aquanaut crew member in the Aquarius underwater habitat for the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations, or NEEMO, 23 mission in 2019.

Watkins is currently serving as a mission specialist on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission to the space station, which launched on April 27, 2022.

Image Credit: NASA

NASA宇航员杰西卡·沃特金斯(Jessica Watkins)漂浮在国际空间站的穹顶舱上，这是一个直接的天底观察窗，从中可以看到地球和天体。

沃特金斯于2017年8月报到，并作为宇航员候选人完成了两年的训练。她的宇航员候选人训练包括科学和技术简介、空间站系统强化教学、太空行走、机器人技术、生理训练、T-38飞行训练、水上和荒野生存训练、地质学训练和探险技能训练。

沃特金斯还在水瓶座水下栖息地担任水瓶座机组成员，参与2019年的NASA极端环境任务（NEEMO，23）任务。

沃特金斯目前担任NASA SpaceX Crew-4空间站任务专家，该任务于2022年4月27日发射。

图片来源：美国国家航空航天局