SpaceX 延至 1 月 17 日發射 Axiom Space 第三次私人太空人任務

The eight-day delay is due to 'recent unfavorable weather conditions and changes in SpaceX's launch manifest.'

八天的延遲是由於「最近不利的天氣條件和 SpaceX 發射清單的變化」。

The Ax-3 crew includes, from left: former NASA astronaut and Axiom commander Michael López-Alegría; pilot Walter Villadei of the Italian Air Force, who flew with Virgin Galactic in July 2023; mission specialist Alper Gezeravcı, Turkey's first citizen in space; and mission specialist Marcus Wandt, a reserve astronaut with the European Space Agency. (Image credit: Axiom Space)

Ax-3 機組人員包括（左起）：前 NASA 太空人兼 Axiom 指揮官 Michael López-Alegría；義大利空軍飛行員 Walter Villadei，於 2023 年 7 月搭乘維珍銀河飛行；任務專家 Alper Gezeravcı，土耳其第一位太空公民；以及任務專家馬庫斯·萬特（Marcus Wandt），他是歐洲太空總署的預備太空人。（圖片來源：Axiom Space）

SpaceX's next private astronaut launch has been delayed until mid-January.

SpaceX 的下一次私人太空人發射已推遲至一月中旬。

The company had been planning to launch Axiom Space's Ax-3 mission to the International Space Station on Jan. 9. However, the timeline has slipped by a little over a week, to Jan. 17, NASA announced today (Dec. 21).

該公司原計劃於 1 月 9 日向國際太空站發射 Axiom Space 的 Ax-3 任務。然而，NASA 今天（12 月 21 日）宣布，時間推遲了一周多一點，至 1 月 17 日。

The delay is "due to recent unfavorable weather conditions and changes in SpaceX’s launch manifest," agency officials said today in a post on X (formerly known as Twitter).

該機構官員今天在 X（前身為 Twitter）上發文稱，此次延遲是「由於最近不利的天氣條件和 SpaceX 發射清單的變化」。

The liftoff, atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, will occur from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and send four people toward the ISS in a Dragon capsule. You'll be able to watch it live here at Space.com when the time comes.

此次發射將由 SpaceX 獵鷹 9 號火箭從美國太空總署位於佛羅裡達州的甘迺迪太空中心發射，並利用龍飛船將四名乘客送往國際太空站。屆時您可以在 Space.com 上觀看直播。

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As its name indicates, Ax-3 is the third private astronaut mission to the ISS organized by Houston-based company Axiom Space. All of these flights employ SpaceX hardware to send four-person crews to the orbiting lab for roughly two-week-long missions.

顧名思義，Ax-3 是由休士頓公司 Axiom Space 組織的第三次前往國際太空站的私人太空人任務。所有這些航班都採用 SpaceX 的硬件，將四名機組人員送往軌道實驗室，執行大約兩週的任務。

The first, Ax-1, launched in April 2022. Ax-2 followed in May of this year.

第一款 Ax-1 於 2022 年 4 月推出。Ax-2 隨後於今年 5 月推出。

Ax-3 will be commanded by former NASA astronaut Michael López-Alegría, who now works for Axiom. (NASA requires that all private crewed missions to the ISS be helmed by a former agency astronaut).

Ax-3 將由前 NASA 太空人 Michael López-Alegría 指揮，他現在為 Axiom 工作。（美國太空總署要求所有前往國際太空站的私人載人任務均由前機構太空人負責）。

Joining López-Alegría will be Italian Air Force Col. Walter Villadei, who flew to suborbital space with Virgin Galactic in June of this year, European Space Agency astronaut Marcus Wandt, and Alper Gezeravcı, who will become the first Turkish citizen to reach the final frontier.

加入López-Alegría 的還有義大利空軍上校沃爾特·維拉迪(Walter Villadei)，他於今年6 月隨維珍銀河(Virgin Galicate) 飛往亞軌道太空；歐洲航天局宇航員馬庫斯·萬特(Marcus Wandt) 以及阿爾珀·格澤拉夫奇(Alper Gezeravcı)，他將成為第一位進入決賽的土耳其公民邊境。

Rough weather has delayed a number of SpaceX launches from Florida's Space Coast lately, affecting other missions on the company's manifest such as Ax-3.

最近，惡劣的天氣導致 SpaceX 從佛羅裡達州太空海岸進行的多次發射推遲，影響了該公司清單上的其他任務，例如 Ax-3。

For example, SpaceX initially aimed to pull off a Florida launch doubleheader on Dec. 11, lofting a batch of its Starlink internet satellites and the U.S. Space Force's X-37B space plane atop a Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rocket, respectively. But the Starlinks didn't get off the ground until this past Monday (Dec. 18), and the X-37B still hasn't lifted off; it's now scheduled to fly on Dec. 28.

例如，SpaceX 最初的目標是在 12 月 11 日在佛羅裡達州完成兩次發射，分別用獵鷹 9 號和獵鷹重型火箭發射一批星鏈網路衛星和美國太空軍的 X-37B 太空飛機。但星鏈直到上週一（12 月 18 日）才升空，而 X-37B 仍然沒有升空；目前計劃於 12 月 28 日起飛。