• Elon Musk’s SpaceX is preparing to launch its third Starship test flight as soon as Thursday morning after getting the launch license it needed from the FAA.

  埃隆·马斯克 (Elon Musk) 的 SpaceX 在获得美国联邦航空管理局 (FAA) 所需的发射许可证后，准备最快于周四上午发射第三次星际飞船试飞。

• The company aims to reach further than the two previous Starship prototype flights that launched in the past year.

  该公司的目标是比去年发射的两次星舰原型飞行更进一步。

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX is preparing to launch its third Starship test flight as soon as Thursday morning after federal regulators signed off on the attempt.

在联邦监管机构批准该尝试后，埃隆·马斯克 (Elon Musk) 的 SpaceX 正准备于周四上午启动第三次星际飞船试飞。

The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday issued SpaceX the launch license the company needed to fly its latest Starship prototype.

美国联邦航空管理局周三向 SpaceX 颁发了其最新星舰原型机所需的发射许可证。

The FAA said SpaceX “met all safety, environmental, policy and financial responsibility requirements.”

美国联邦航空局表示 SpaceX“满足所有安全、环境、政策和财务责任要求”。

SpaceX is targeting a launch window between 8 a.m. ET and 9:50 a.m. ET on Thursday. The company plans to livestream the launch, with a webcast beginning 30 minutes before the window opens.

SpaceX 的目标是在周四上午 8 点至上午 9 点 50 分之间发射。该公司计划对发布会进行现场直播，并在窗口打开前 30 分钟开始进行网络直播。

The company aims to build on the past year’s Starship prototype flights, the second and most recent of which reached space in November. The test flights have had mixed results, with both rockets flying for a few minutes and achieving some milestones before ultimately being destroyed due to problems.

该公司的目标是在去年的 Starship 原型飞行的基础上再接再厉，其中第二次也是最近一次于 11 月抵达太空。试飞的结果好坏参半，两枚火箭都飞行了几分钟并实现了一些里程碑，但最终因问题而被摧毁。

SpaceX and the FAA conducted an investigation into the November launch’s problems, resulting in the company making changes to the monster rocket before the third attempt.

SpaceX 和 FAA 对 11 月发射的问题进行了调查，导致该公司在第三次尝试之前对巨型火箭进行了更改。

Additionally, SpaceX said it aims to demonstrate new capabilities with the third Starship flight, including opening and closing the door of the spacecraft, transferring fuel during the flight in a NASA demonstration and splashing down in the Indian Ocean.

此外，SpaceX 表示，其目标是通过第三次 Starship 飞行展示新功能，包括打开和关闭飞船舱门、在 NASA 演示中在飞行过程中转移燃料以及在印度洋溅落。