Crew-4抵达肯尼迪航天中心

Crew-4抵达肯尼迪航天中心

NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, right, speaks to members of the media after arriving at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, ahead of SpaceX’s Crew-4 mission. With him are crewmates NASA astronaut Bob Hines, left, European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, second from left, and NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins, second from right. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission is the fourth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Lindgren, Hines, Watkins, and Cristoforetti are scheduled to launch at April 23 at 5:26 a.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Image Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky NASA宇航员克杰尔·林德格伦(右)在SpaceX的Crew-4任务之前抵达NASA肯尼迪航天中心的发射和着陆设施后,对媒体发表讲话。与他同行的还有NASA宇航员鲍勃·海因斯(左)、欧洲航天局宇航员萨曼莎·克里斯托弗雷蒂(左二)和NASA宇航员杰西卡·沃特金斯(右二)。 NASA的SpaceX Crew-4任务是SpaceX载人龙飞船和猎鹰9号火箭向国际空间站的第四次机组轮换任务,是NASA商业宇航员计划的一部分。林格伦、海恩斯、沃特金斯和克里斯托弗雷蒂计划于美国东部夏令时4月23日上午5点26分从肯尼迪航天中心39A发射场发射。 影像来源:NASA/Joel Kowsky

大西洋上的阳光

大西洋上的阳光

In this image from April 10, 2022, sunlight glints off the Atlantic Ocean in this photograph from taken by the crew of the International Space Station as it orbited 262 miles above. Every 24 hours, the space station makes 16 orbits of Earth, traveling through 16 sunrises and sunsets. Learn More International Space Station Facts and Figures Image Credit: NASA 在这张2022年4月10日拍摄的照片中,国际空间站的工作人员在其轨道上方262英里处拍摄的这张照片中,阳光在大西洋上闪烁。 每24小时,空间站绕地球运行16圈,经历16次日出和日落。 了解更多 国际空间站的事实和数据 图片来源:NASA

为湿彩排做准备

为湿彩排做准备

Engineers and technicians are continuing to prepare for the Artemis I wet dress rehearsal test, which is slated to begin on April 1 and conclude on April 3.   This close-up view shows the Space Lanch System rocket for Artemis I inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The wet dress rehearsal will begin at 5 p.m. EDT on April 1 with “call to stations,” when members of the launch control team at Kennedy Space Center in Florida will arrive to the firing rooms in the Launch Control Center and start the approximately two-day test launch countdown.  The team will target a two-hour test window that opens at 2:40 p.m. EDT April 3. The countdown for the wet dress rehearsal will follow…

飞行员鲍勃·海因斯正在为Crew-4任务做训练

飞行员鲍勃·海因斯正在为Crew-4任务做训练

NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-4 pilot Bob Hines is pictured during a training session inside a mockup of the Crew Dragon vehicle at SpaceX Headquarters in Hawthorne, California A pair of news conferences on Thursday, March 31, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston will highlight the agency’s upcoming SpaceX Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station. The mission will be NASA’s latest crew rotation flight involving a U.S. commercial spacecraft carrying astronauts. The Crew-4 mission will carry NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Hines, and Jessica Watkins, as well as ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti. The Falcon 9 rocket bearing the Crew Dragon capsule is scheduled to launch in April from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Image Credit: NASA…

马克·范德·黑和机组成员安全着陆

马克·范德·黑和机组成员安全着陆

Record-setting NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, left, and cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov, center, and Pyotr Dubrov of Rosccosmos are seen inside their Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft after landing in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, March 30, 2022. Vande Hei and Dubrov are returning to Earth after logging 355 days in space as members of Expeditions 64-66 aboard the International Space Station. For Vande Hei, his mission is the longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut in history. Shkaplerov is returning after 176 days in space, serving as commander of Expedition 66. Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls 2022年3月30日,周三,在哈萨克斯坦哲兹卡兹干镇附近的一个偏远地区,创下纪录的NASA宇航员马克·范德·黑(左),俄罗斯航天局宇航员安东·什卡普列洛夫(中)和彼得·杜布洛夫在联盟号MS-19飞船内着陆。 范德·黑和杜布罗夫作为第64-66号远征队的成员,在国际空间站上完成了355天的太空飞行后返回地球。对范德·黑来说,他的任务是NASA有史以来最长的单次太空飞行。什卡普列罗夫作为第66号远征队的指挥官,在太空中呆了176天后返回。 影像来源:NASA/Bill Ingalls

马克·范德·黑的归来

马克·范德·黑的归来

NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei arrived at the International Space Station on April 9, 2021, and will return home March 30, 2022, after spending 355 days in low-Earth orbit. This duration breaks the previous record, held by retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, by 15 days. Vande Hei will return in a Soyuz spacecraft as scheduled alongside cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anton Shkaplerov. While clocking the single longest spaceflight by a NASA astronaut, Vande Hei contributed to dozens of studies from the hundreds executed during his mission, including six science investigations supported by NASA’s Human Research Program, or HRP. In this image from March 2017, Vande Hei trained for a spacewalk at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Image Credit: NASA NASA宇航员马克·范德·黑于2021年4月9日抵达国际空间站,并将于2022年3月30日返回地球,此前他在近地轨道上度过了355天。这一时长打破了之前由NASA退休宇航员斯科特·凯利保持的340天纪录。 范德·黑将按计划与宇航员彼得·杜布罗夫和安东·什卡普列罗夫一起乘坐联盟号宇宙飞船返回。 这是NASA宇航员进行的最长的一次太空飞行,范德·黑在执行任务期间为数百项研究做出了贡献,其中包括NASA人类研究计划(HRP))支持的六项科学调查。 在这张2017年3月的照片中,范德·黑在休斯顿的NASA约翰逊航天中心进行太空行走训练。 图片来源:NASA

NASA宇航员打破美国太空记录

NASA宇航员打破美国太空记录

In this image from August 2021, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei sits and reads while aboard the International Space Station. Vande Hei made it into record books on Tuesday, March 15, 2022: He broke the record for the most consecutive days in space by an American explorer. Vande Hei arrived at the space station on April 9, 2021, and is expected to return home March 30, 2022, after spending 355 days in low-Earth orbit. This duration breaks the previous record, held by NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, by 15 days. His then-crewmate Thomas Pesquet, who snapped the picture, said: “If you are reading this sitting down, maybe on a sofa or couch, consider that we will not sit down… until we are back on Earth! Of…

研究微重力中的火焰

研究微重力中的火焰

This image from 2020 shows a flame that was one of many ignited as part of the Flame Design investigation inside of Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR) to investigate the amount of soot that is produced in different conditions. The yellow spots are soot clusters that glow yellow when hot. These clusters grow larger in microgravity than on Earth because the soot remains within the flame longer. The CIR was created and launched to the International Space Station in 2008. NASA continues to study the behavior of fire in space. Americans can feel safer in their homes now than decades ago thanks to studies and standards that have removed highly flammable materials in clothing, beds, and furniture. NASA relies on similar studies and standards to protect…

以火救火:新的空间站实验研究太空中的火焰

以火救火:新的空间站实验研究太空中的火焰

由于研究和标准已经清除了衣服、床和家具中高度易燃的物质,美国人现在在家里比几十年前更安全。NASA在为宇航服和航天器选择材料时,依靠类似的研究和标准来保护宇航员。 但是火在太空中的表现不同。重力和气流的变化会改变它的传播方式,使其更难熄灭。那么,工程师们该如何为只有12人去过的月球或甚至没有人去过的火星设计防火安全住宅呢?他们如何在这些鲜为人知的环境中研究可燃性? 固体燃料点火与灭火(SoFIE)项目是诺斯罗普·格鲁曼公司向国际空间站进行的第17次货物再补给任务中发射的一组实验,它可能为深入了解太空火灾开辟道路。SoFIE将在空间站的燃烧集成机架上运行,该机架设有一个可以进行安全燃烧实验的腔室。 “由于NASA计划在月球和火星等其他行星体上设立前哨站,我们需要能够在风险最小的情况下生活在那里。”位于克利夫兰的NASA格伦研究中心的索菲项目科学家保罗·费尔库说。“了解火焰如何传播以及材料如何在不同环境中燃烧对未来宇航员的安全至关重要。” NASA宇航员和第远征66号远征队飞行工程师托马斯·马什本对燃烧集成支架进行配置,以开始进行SoFIE实验。 影像来源:NASA SoFIE将帮助NASA为宇航服、太空舱和栖息地选择材料和设计。这些实验还将帮助NASA确定在扑灭火灾或阴燃材料的最佳方法,因为NASA准备走得更远,停留的时间更长。 “在地球上,重力对火焰有着深远的影响,但在太空低重力的情况下,火焰可能会表现得出人意料,可能更危险。”费尔库尔说。 空间站独特的微重力环境使科学家能够研究孤立和不受重力影响的火焰的真实性质。由此产生的数据永远无法在地球上收集,然后这些数据可以应用于数学模型,预测这些材料在月球、火星或其他环境中的燃烧方式。 “SoFIE建立在NASA之前的可燃性研究基础上。”格伦的项目经理劳伦·布朗说。“与其他火焰研究一样,这项研究将深入研究太空中是如何点燃、燃烧和熄灭,这将为人类继续在低地球轨道上空飞行提供基础。” SoFIE由五项研究组成,研究有机玻璃、棉基织物和其他常用航天材料的可燃性。 五项实验 时间驱动火焰蔓延实验将利用薄航天材料研究稳态和非稳态火焰蔓延。改变测试材料的厚度有助于科学家了解火灾何时会蔓延或熄灭。 窄通道设备将测量在厚而平坦的表面上蔓延的火焰,并将结果与​​地球上用于测试航天材料可燃性的设备的结果进行比较。 增长和熄灭极限实验将集中研究在固体球体表面上的火焰生长、衰减和熄灭。这将提高对厚圆形材料内部加热的方式以及球体周围的空气流动如何影响火焰传播的理解。 材料点火和抑制实验由小型燃烧风洞、圆柱形材料样品、辐射加热器、点火器和配套仪器组成。 航天器材料微重力可燃性研究将把地球重力可燃性试验数据与通风微重力条件下的数据联系起来。 虽然SoFIE的目的是研究航天器的防火安全,但实验数据可以帮助提高地球上的防火安全。这些数据将增加现有的知识体系,可以改进筛选测试,以评估用于家庭、办公室、飞机或其他用途的防火材料。 NASA计划在2025年11月之前运行SoFIE,并可能接受在此期间进行更多实验的提议。 NASA科学任务理事会的生物和物理科学部为SoFIE和相关研究提供资金。 参考来源: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/glenn/2022/fighting-fire-with-fire-new-space-station-experiments-study-flames-in-space

马克·范德·黑的世界之窗

马克·范德·黑的世界之窗

NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei peers at the Earth below from inside the seven-windowed cupola, the International Space Station’s window to the world. Just outside the cupola is the Soyuz MS-19 crew ship docked to the Rassvet module. Vande Hei is slated to become the U.S. record holder for most time spent in space. He arrived on station on April 9, 2021, and is scheduled to depart on March 30, 2022. Image Credit: NASA NASA宇航员马克·范德·黑从七扇窗户穹顶内凝视着下面的地球,这是国际空间站通往世界的窗口。穹顶外是停靠在拉斯维特舱上的联盟MS-19号宇宙飞船。范德·黑将成为美国在太空中停留时间最长的记录保持者。范德·黑将成为太空时间最长的美国纪录保持者。他于2021年4月9日抵达空间站,并计划于2022年3月30日离开。 图片来源:NASA