Virgin Galactic Partners With IIAS for New Research Mission Aboard Delta Class Spaceship
Virgin Galactic Partners With IIAS for New Research Mission Aboard Delta Class Spaceship
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:SPCE) ("Virgin Galactic" or the "Company") today announced a new contract with the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences ("IIAS") to fly three research astronauts as part of a future crew aboard the Company's Delta Class spaceship.
維珍銀河控股有限公司（NYSE: SPCE）(“維珍銀河”或“公司”)今天宣佈，與國際宇航科學學院(“IIAS”)簽訂了一份新合同，將三名研究宇航員作爲未來船員的一部分搭乘公司的Delta Class宇宙飛船。
It will be the second research mission that IIAS has conducted with Virgin Galactic. It follows 'Galactic 05' in November 2023, which tested novel healthcare technologies and examined how fluids behaved in low gravity to help inform designs for future medical technologies and life-support systems. The mission is anticipated to take place within the first year of Delta commercial service, which remains on track to commence in 2026.
這將是IIAS與維珍銀河進行的第二次研究任務，緊隨在2023年11月的“Galactic 05”之後，該任務測試了新型醫療保健技術，並研究了流體在低重力條件下的行爲，以幫助設計未來醫療技術和生命支持系統。該任務預計將在Delta商業服務的第一年內進行，該服務計劃於2026年開始。“我們對‘Galactic 05’的流動電池實驗結果感到非常滿意，該實驗展示了我們在無重力環境中準確預測容器內液體行爲的能力。在我們的下一次任務中，我們將拓展該研究，我將努力展示我們控制液體行爲的能力，”宇航員和IIAS人類航天運營總監凱利·傑拉迪(Kellie Gerardi)表示。“維珍銀河系統提供的微重力環境的質量和重複性真正是顛覆性的，而‘飛行、修理、飛行’方法的潛力爲IIAS開啓了許多激動人心的發現機會，有利於未來探險家。”IIAS預計參加這次研究任務的航天員包括：凱利·傑拉迪，一位生物宇航學研究員和IIAS的人類航天運營總監，來自美國。凱利·傑拉迪曾在“Galactic 05”研究任務中作爲一名有效載荷專家飛行過。
"We were thrilled with the results from our fluid cell experiment on 'Galactic 05', which demonstrated our ability to accurately predict the behavior of fluid in a container in a weightless environment. We'll be expanding on that research for our next mission, and I'll be working to demonstrate our ability to control the behavior of the liquid as well," said astronaut and IIAS Director of Human Spaceflight Operations Kellie Gerardi. "The quality and repeatability of the microgravity environment provided by Virgin Galactic's system is truly game-changing and the potential for a 'fly, fix, fly' approach opens the door to many exciting possibilities for IIAS to make discoveries that benefit future explorers."
肯定了維珍銀河獨特飛行系統提供的高質量微重力條件下成功驗證流體行爲理論的IIAS航天員凱利·傑拉迪所完成的流動電池實驗，任務的設計是讓IIAS能夠介紹新的研究，同時擴展“Galactic 05”實驗結果，IIAS航天員計劃飛行更多的流體電池，其中包括升級相機質量和加速度計測量的payLoad增強項目。
The IIAS astronaut crew expected to participate in the research mission includes:
預計參加研究任務的IIAS宇航員小組包括：
- Kellie Gerardi, a bioastronautics researcher and IIAS Director of Human Spaceflight Operations from the U.S. Gerardi previously flew as a payload specialist on the 'Galactic 05' research mission.
- 來自加拿大的醫生、水下太空宇航學研究員、IIAS太空醫學組主任肖納·潘迪亞博士。
- Dr. Shawna Pandya, a physician, aquanaut, bioastronautics researcher, and Director of IIAS's Space Medicine Group, from Canada.
- 來自愛爾蘭的航空工程師和生物宇航學研究員諾拉·帕頓博士。
- Dr. Norah Patten, an aeronautical engineer and bioastronautics researcher from Ireland.
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The mission is designed to enable IIAS to introduce new research while also expanding upon the results from 'Galactic 05,' during which astronaut Kellie Gerardi was able to successfully validate a fluid behavior theory within the high-quality microgravity conditions available through Virgin Galactic's unique flight system. The IIAS crew plans to fly additional fluid cells, with payload enhancements including upgrades to camera quality and accelerometer measurements.
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