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With April nearly over, SpaceX's highly anticipated fourth Starship test flight remains on schedule for a May test attempt, according to comments made by a NASA official earlier today. NASA and SpaceX are working together to ensure that Starship, the world's largest rocket, can support the agency's multi billion dollar effort to explore the Moon under the Artemis program. On this front, NASA's deputy associate administrator for the Moon to Mars program, Amit Kshatriya, shared the latest details for Starship at an Advisory Council meeting held earlier today, where he outlined that the fourth Starship test flight is currently scheduled to take place next month.

根據 NASA 官員今天早些時候發表的評論，隨著 4 月即將結束，SpaceX 備受期待的第四次 Starship 試飛仍按計劃進行，將於 5 月進行測試。 NASA 和 SpaceX 正在共同努力，確保世界上最大的火箭 Starship 能夠支持該機構在阿爾忒彌斯計劃下耗資數十億美元探索月球的努力。在這方面，美國宇航局負責月球到火星計劃的副副局長阿米特·剎帝利(Amit Kshatriya) 在今天早些時候舉行的諮詢委員會會議上分享了Starship 的最新細節，他概述了第四次Starship 試飛目前計劃於下個月進行。

NASA Confident SpaceX Met All Objectives For Starship Propellant Transfer Test In March

Today's meeting focused on NASA's Moon to Mars architecture, through which the space agency aims to utilize the Moon's unique characteristics to serve as a stepping stone for deeper outer space missions. The Moon's gravity is one aspect that's favorable since it means that rockets can take more payload and use less fuel for launches.

NASA 有信心 SpaceX 在 3 月實現了星艦推進劑轉移測試的所有目標今天的會議重點討論了 NASA 的月球到火星架構，該航天局旨在利用月球的獨特特性作為更深層次外太空任務的墊腳石。月球的引力是有利的一方面，因為這意味著火箭可以攜帶更多的有效載荷並使用更少的燃料進行發射。

SpaceX's Starship program is a crucial aspect of NASA's lunar exploration plans since not only is the upper stage spacecraft significantly larger than other landers contracted by the space agency, but also because its propulsion system is designed to liftoff in a manner similar to a rocket. The Starship spacecraft uses Raptor rocket engines, and SpaceX's long term plans for the rocket also involve relying on it to bring humans back from Mars.

相關通報一年多後，SpaceX 終於在海洋中墜毀了獵鷹9 號火箭SpaceX 的星際飛船計畫是NASA 月球探索計畫的一個重要方面，因為不僅上層太空船比太空總署承包的其他登陸器大得多，而且還因為它的推進系統的設計以類似於火箭的方式升空。 Starship 飛船使用 Raptor 火箭發動機，SpaceX 對火箭的長期計劃還涉及依靠它將人類從火星帶回。

At the meeting, NASA's Kshatriya shared that, as of now, the space agency is hoping that the fourth SpaceX Starship test flight will take place by the end of May. His comments build on statements made by SpaceX's president and chief operating officer Gwynne Shotwell, who had taken the lead in March to share that the fourth Starship test flight was being targeted for May.

在會議上，NASA 的剎帝利表示，截至目前，該機構希望 SpaceX 星際飛船第四次試飛能夠在 5 月底前進行。他的評論是基於 SpaceX 總裁兼營運長 Gwynne Shotwell 的聲明，後者在 3 月率先表示，第四次 Starship 試飛的目標是在 5 月。

The March Starship launch also saw SpaceX run a crucial test for NASA to transport propellant within the vehicle's tanks. Kshatriya commented that he believes that the test was successful by all means, but a month after the test, NASA is still evaluating the data to make a definitive conclusion. He added that the crucial Starship un-crewed lunar landing test, which is scheduled before the first crew board the ship, will now also require SpaceX to demonstrate that the spaceship can lift off from the lunar surface to the lunar orbit.

3 月的星艦發射也見證了 SpaceX 為 NASA 進行了一項關鍵測試，以在車輛的油箱內運輸推進劑。剎帝利評論說，他相信這次測試無論如何都是成功的，但測試一個月後，NASA仍在評估數據以做出明確的結論。他補充說，關鍵的星艦無人登月測試計劃在第一批船員登船之前進行，現在還要求 SpaceX 證明飛船可以從月球表面升空到月球軌道。

Liftoff, particularly on the Moon, brings its own set of complications related to dust and debris, and this test should also help NASA plan out its plans of using the Moon as a base for Mars exploration. Kshatriya remained impressed with the third Starship test flight, calling it a "great success." As for the propellant transfer test between two Starships, which is crucial to fuel the ships in orbit before their Mars and Moon missions, this is on track to take place in 2025.

升空，尤其是在月球上，會帶來一系列與灰塵和碎片相關的複雜問題，這次測試也應該有助於美國太空總署制定利用月球作為火星探索基地的計畫。剎帝利對第三次星艦試飛留下了深刻的印象，稱其為“巨大成功”。至於兩艘星際飛船之間的推進劑轉移測試，這對於在執行火星和月球任務之前在軌道上的飛船提供燃料至關重要，預計將於 2025 年進行。

The NASA official added tht the agency is still working to understand the heat shield data for the Orion spacecraft's Artemis 1 mission. According to him, one of the biggest risks to the Artemis II mission is the heat shield, indicating that there might be a schedule slip if NASA is unable to fully analyze the heat shield data before the launch.

NASA 官員補充說，該機構仍在努力了解獵戶座太空船阿耳忒彌斯 1 號任務的隔熱罩數據。據他介紹，阿耳忒彌斯二號任務的最大風險之一是隔熱罩，這表明如果NASA無法在發射前充分分析隔熱罩數據，那麼計劃可能會出現延誤。