Splashdown Success: NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 Returns To Earth After 157 Days In Orbit
Splashdown Success: NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 Returns To Earth After 157 Days In Orbit
A four-member crew aboard NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 Dragon capsule splashed down off the coast of Tampa Bay, Florida, on Saturday, returning safely from a five-month mission on the International Space Station, or ISS.
週六，美國宇航局SpaceX Crew-5 Dragon太空艙上的四名機組人員從國際空間站（ISS）爲期五個月的任務中安全返回，在佛羅里達州坦帕灣海岸墜毀。
What Happened: On Saturday, at 9:02 p.m. EST, NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, along with Koichi Wakata, an astronaut with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, returned to Earth in a parachute-assisted splashdown, stated the U.S. space agency. The spacecraft and spacefarers were recovered by crews on SpaceX recovery vessels.
發生了什麼：美國航天局表示，美國宇航局週六晚上9點02分，美國宇航局宇航員妮可·曼恩和喬什·卡薩達，以及日本宇宙航空研究開發機構的宇航員若田光一和Roscosmos宇航員安娜·基基納在降落傘輔助的墜落中返回地球。SpaceX救援船上的機組人員找回了航天器和太空飛行員。
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In a tweet, Elon Musk-owned SpaceX shared a short video of the splashdown.
埃隆·馬斯克旗下的SpaceX在一條推文中分享了一段關於這場大放異彩的簡短視頻。
Splashdown of Dragon confirmed – welcome back to Earth, @AstroDuke, @Astro_Josh, @Astro_Wakata, and Anna! pic.twitter.com/LHrrqL5g6U
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) March 12, 2023
Splashdown of Dragon 證實了——歡迎回到地球，@AstroDuke、@Astro_Josh、@Astro_Wakata 和 Anna！pic.twitter.com/lhrrql5G6U
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) 2023 年 3 月 12 日
The four-member crew was in space for 157 days. On Oct. 5, 2022, at 12 p.m. EDT, a Falcon 9 rocket launched the Crew-5 mission from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. During their mission, the Crew-5 team participated in various scientific experiments, technology demonstrations and maintenance activities.
四名機組人員在太空中停留了157天。美國東部時間2022年10月5日中午12點，一枚獵鷹9號火箭從佛羅里達州的美國宇航局肯尼迪航天中心發射了Crew-5任務。在執行任務期間，Crew-5團隊參與了各種科學實驗、技術演示和維護活動。
Upon their return, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson expressed his appreciation for the team's efforts, noting that their work on the ISS "will help prepare us for future deep space missions and pave the way for our return to the Moon."
他們返回後，美國宇航局局長比爾·納爾遜對該團隊的努力表示感謝，並指出他們在國際空間站上的工作 “將有助於我們爲未來的深空任務做好準備，爲我們重返月球鋪平道路。”
The return of the Crew-5 was close on the heels of the successful launch of NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 on March 3. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried four astronauts safely to orbit. The crew docked at the ISS.
Crew-5的回歸緊隨美國宇航局的SpaceX Crew-6於3月3日成功發射。一枚SpaceX獵鷹9號火箭將四名宇航員安全送入軌道。機組人員停靠在國際空間站。
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