NASA的历史

This image, taken on July 24, 1969, shows the Apollo 11 command module and the Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF) photographed aboard the USS Hornet, prime recovery ship for the historic first lunar landing mission. The Apollo 11 crew, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, are already in the MQF. The Apollo 11 crew splashed down at 12:49 p.m. EDT, July 24, 1969, about 834 miles southwest of Hawaii and only 14 miles from the USS Hornet. While Armstrong and Aldrin descended in the lunar module Eagle to explore the Sea of Tranquility region of the Moon, command module pilot Collins remained with the command and service module Columbia in lunar orbit. Image Credit: NASA 这张照片拍摄于1969年7月24日，照片上的是位于美国大黄蜂号航空母舰上的阿波罗11号指令舱和移动隔离设施(MQF)，这艘美国“大黄蜂”号是美国历史上首次登月任务的主要回收船。阿波罗11号的宇航员尼尔·阿姆斯特朗、迈克尔·柯林斯和巴兹·奥尔德林已经进入MQF。1969年7月24日美国东部时间下午12点49分，阿波罗11号的机组人员在夏威夷西南834英里处溅落，距离美国大黄蜂号航空母舰仅14英里。阿姆斯特朗和奥尔德林登上月球舱鹰探索月球的宁静海地区时，指挥舱飞行员柯林斯留在月球轨道上的哥伦比亚指挥和服务舱。 影像来源：NASA

On July 21, 1969, command and service module pilot Michael Collins photographed this close-up view of the docking target on the Apollo 11 Lunar Module from the Command Module. The image was captured during docking in lunar orbit as Mission Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin returned from the lunar surface. Collins had remained in lunar orbit while Armstrong and Aldrin explored the lunar surface. Armstrong and Aldrin spent 21 hours, 36 minutes on the Moon’s surface. During the mission’s spacewalk, Aldrin deployed the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package, or EASEP, experiments, and Armstrong and Aldrin gathered and verbally reported on the lunar surface samples. The entire spacewalk lasted more than two-and-a-half hours, ending at 111 hours, 39 minutes into the mission….

On July 20, 1969, two American astronauts made history by landing on the surface of another celestial body. This image is a close-up view of the plaque, which Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin left on the Moon in commemoration of the historic lunar landing mission. The plaque was attached to the ladder on the landing gear strut on the descent stage of the Apollo 11 lunar module. The plaque was covered with a thin sheet of stainless steel during flight. Astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot, remained with the command and service modules in lunar orbit while Armstrong and Aldrin explored the Moon. Image Credit: NASA 1969年7月20日，两名美国宇航员登上另一个天体表面，创造了历史。 这张照片是阿波罗11号指挥官尼尔·阿姆斯特朗和登月舱飞行员巴兹·奥尔德林为纪念历史性的登月任务而留在月球上的牌匾的特写。这块牌匾附着在阿波罗11号登月舱下降段的起落架支柱上的梯子上。在飞行过程中，这块匾被薄钢板覆盖着。当阿姆斯特朗和奥尔德林探索月球时，指挥舱驾驶员、宇航员迈克尔·柯林斯仍在绕月轨道上的指挥舱和服务舱工作。 影像来源：NASA

On July 17, 1975, something momentous happened: two Cold War rivals met in space. When their respective spacecraft rendezvoused and docked, a new era of cooperative ventures in space began. For more than two decades, American astronauts and Russian cosmonauts have been regularly living and working together in Earth orbit, first in the Shuttle-Mir program, and now on the International Space Station. But, before the two Cold War-rivals first met in orbit in 1975, such a partnership seemed unlikely. Since Sputnik bleeped into orbit in 1957, there had been a Space Race, with the U.S. and then-Soviet Union driven more by competition than cooperation. When President John F. Kennedy called for a crewed Moon landing in 1961, he spoke of “battle that is now going…

At 9:32 a.m. EDT on July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 mission launched via a Saturn V rocket with Commander Neil Armstrong, command module pilot Michael Collins and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex Pad 39A. In a little more than eight years after the flights of Yuri Gagarin and Alan Shepard, followed quickly by President John F. Kennedy’s challenge to put a man on the Moon before the decade is out, Apollo 11 launched on its historic mission. Learn more about Apollo 11. Image Credit: NASA 1969年7月16日美国东部时间上午9点32分，阿波罗11号任务通过土星5号火箭发射升空，搭载着来自肯尼迪航天中心39A发射台的指挥官尼尔·阿姆斯特朗、指挥舱驾驶员迈克尔·柯林斯和登月舱驾驶员巴兹·奥尔德林。 在尤里加加林(Yuri Gagarin)和艾伦谢泼德(Alan Shepard)太空飞行8年多后，紧接着约翰·F·肯尼迪(John F. Kennedy)总统提出在十年内把人送上月球的挑战，阿波罗11号(Apollo 11)开始了它的历史性使命。 了解更多关于阿波罗11号的信息。 图片来源：NASA

When space shuttle Atlantis launched in July 2011 on the STS-135 mission carrying the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module and delivering supplies and spare parts to the International Space Station, it was the orbiter’s final flight and the end of an era. Chris Ferguson commanded the mission and Doug Hurley was its pilot. Also aboard were Rex Walheim and Sandy Magnus. But, we at NASA haven’t been idle seen then. We’ve been working on a new generation of spacecraft to take us to the station and deeper into our Solar System. Learn about Artemis, our mission to land the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024, using innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before. And, the agency’s Commercial…

Hitching a ride on the Mars Pathfinder mission, the Sojourner rover arrived at the Red Planet on July 4, 1997. The mission was designed to demonstrate a low-cost method for delivering a set of science instruments to Mars, and served as the foundation for the Mars rovers of today. Pathfinder landed the rover using an air bag landing system and innovative petal design, which have been used since in various incarnations to land other rovers on the Red Planet. Sojourner spent 83 days of a planned seven-day mission exploring the Martian terrain, snapping photographs and taking chemical, atmospheric and other measurements. The lander, formally named the Carl Sagan Memorial Station following its successful touchdown, and the rover, named after civil rights pioneer Sojourner Truth, both…

In this iconic image, Station Commander Leroy Chiao of NASA watches a water bubble float between him and the camera, showing his image refracted while aboard the International Space Station. Chiao commanded Expedition 10. He holds a doctorate in chemical engineering. He is also a veteran of three space shuttle missions and spent 229 days in space. Image Credit: NASA 在这张标志性的照片中，NASA的站长焦立中(Leroy Chiao)看着一个水泡漂浮在他和摄像机之间，显示出他在国际空间站上的图像发生了折射。焦立中指挥第10远征队。 他拥有化学工程博士学位。 他还是三次航天飞机飞行任务的资深人士，他在太空中共待了229天。 影像来源：NASA