SpaceX conducts a fueling test with its Starship vehicle on May 28, 2024. (Image credit: SpaceX via X)

SpaceX has fueled up its Starship megarocket again, ramping up preparations for the huge vehicle's upcoming test flight.

SpaceX 于 2024 年 5 月 28 日对其 Starship 飞行器进行了加油测试。（图片来源：SpaceX via X）SpaceX 再次为其 Starship 巨型火箭加注燃料，为这艘巨型飞行器即将进行的试飞加紧准备。

The operation, known as a wet dress rehearsal (WDR), occurred on Tuesday (May 28) at SpaceX's Starbase site in South Texas. The company pumped huge quantities of liquid oxygen and liquid methane into Starship's first and second stages, which are known, respectively, as Super Heavy and Starship (or just "Ship" for short).

此次行动被称为湿装彩排 (WDR)，于周二（5 月 28 日）在德克萨斯州南部的 SpaceX Starbase 基地进行。该公司将大量液氧和液态甲烷泵入“星际飞船”的第一级和第二级，分别称为“超重型”和“星际飞船”（或简称“飞船”）。

"Starship and Super Heavy loaded with more than 10 million pounds of propellant in a rehearsal ahead of Flight 4. Launch is targeted as early as June 5, pending regulatory approval," SpaceX said today (May 29) in an X post, which also shared photos of the procedure.

SpaceX 今天（5 月 29 日）在 X 帖子中表示：“在 4 号航班之前的彩排中，星际飞船和超重型装载了超过 1000 万磅的推进剂。发射预计最早于 6 月 5 日进行，尚待监管部门批准。”分享了手术过程的照片。

It was the second WDR for this Starship vehicle, following one that occurred on May 20.

这是继 5 月 20 日发生的一次之后，这艘 Starship 飞行器的第二次 WDR。

The tests are part of prelaunch prep for Starship's fourth-ever flight, which, as SpaceX noted in the X post, could launch as soon as June 5. (The company still needs approval from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration for a proposed modification to its Starship launch license, to be clear.)

这些测试是 Starship 有史以来第四次飞行的发射前准备工作的一部分，正如 SpaceX 在 X 帖子中指出的那样，这次飞行最早可能于 6 月 5 日发射。（该公司仍需获得美国联邦航空管理局的批准才能对其拟议的修改进行批准）需要明确的是，星舰发射许可证。）

The first three Starship test flights took place in April 2023, November 2023 and March 14 of this year. The vehicle has performed better on each successive flight. Starship's two stages failed to separate on the debut mission, for example, which ended just four minutes after launch. But flight 3 lasted nearly 50 minutes, concluding when Ship broke apart during its reentry to Earth's atmosphere.

前三次星舰试飞分别于2023年4月、2023年11月和今年3月14日进行。该飞行器在每次连续飞行中都表现得更好。例如，星舰的两个阶段在首次任务中未能分离，发射后仅四分钟就结束了。但第 3 次飞行持续了近 50 分钟，最终飞船在重返地球大气层时解体。

Flight 4's primary goal "is getting through max reentry heating," SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said in a May 20 X post.

SpaceX 创始人兼首席执行官埃隆·马斯克 (Elon Musk) 在 5 月 20 日的帖子中表示，Flight 4 的主要目标“是通过最大的再入加热”。

When fully stacked, Starship stands nearly 400 feet (122 meters) tall. It's the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built, and it's designed to be fully and rapidly reusable. 

完全堆叠后，Starship 高度接近 400 英尺（122 米）。它是有史以来最大、最强大的火箭，其设计目的是完全、快速地可重复使用。 

SpaceX thinks Starship could transform spaceflight, making Mars settlements and other ambitious exploration feats economically feasible. NASA is a believer in the vehicle, choosing it to be the first crewed lunar lander for its Artemis moon program. 

SpaceX 认为 Starship 可以改变航天方式，使火星定居点和其他雄心勃勃的探索壮举在经济上变得可行。美国国家航空航天局 (NASA) 非常相信这辆车，选择它作为阿耳忒弥斯登月计划的首个载人月球着陆器。 

Starship is currently scheduled to land NASA astronauts on the moon in late 2025 on the Artemis 3 mission, though the vehicle will need to ace quite a few test flights before people climb aboard.

Starship 目前计划于 2025 年末将 NASA 宇航员送上月球，执行阿耳忒弥斯 3 号任务，不过在人们登上月球之前，该飞行器还需要进行多次试飞。