为未来NASA的3个阿尔忒弥斯任务猎户座载人舱欢呼

The Orion spacecraft for NASA’s crewed Artemis II (right), Artemis III (left) and Artemis IV (center) missions are stationed next to each other inside the high bay of the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 22, 2023. Each capsule is in a different stage of production as technicians and engineers prepare the spacecraft to carry astronauts to and around the Moon on their upcoming flights.

Technicians recently installed the heat shield on the Artemis II crew module, and teams are preparing to conduct acoustic testing later this summer. Once complete, the crew module will be joined with its service module in preparation to fly four astronauts around the Moon.

The Artemis III crew module, which will carry the next astronauts to step foot on the lunar surface from Earth to their human landing system and return them home, was removed from the clean room inside the high bay to complete a series of pressure and leak tests. The Artemis IV crew module arrived at the spaceport in February and is in the early stages of the assembly process.

Image credit: NASA/Marie Reed

2023年6月22日，NASA载人阿尔忒弥斯二号（右）、阿尔忒弥斯三号（左）和阿尔忒弥斯四号（中）任务的猎户座飞船并排驻扎在佛罗里达州NASA肯尼迪航天中心尼尔·阿姆斯特朗操作和检查大楼的高舱内。每个太空舱都处于不同的生产阶段，技术人员和工程师正在准备航天器，以便在即将到来的飞行中搭载宇航员往返月球。

技术人员最近在阿尔忒弥斯二号载人舱上安装了隔热罩，团队正准备在今年夏天晚些时候进行声学测试。一旦完成，乘员舱将与其服务舱一起为四名宇航员绕月飞行做准备。

阿尔忒弥斯三号载人舱将携带下一批宇航员从地球踏上月球表面，到达他们的人类着陆系统并返回地球，该舱从高湾内的洁净室中移走，以完成一系列压力和泄漏测试。阿尔忒弥斯四号载人舱于2月份抵达航天港，目前正处于组装过程的早期阶段。

影像来源：NASA/Marie Reed