SpaceX 推迟至 1 月 17 日发射 Axiom Space 第三次私人宇航员任务

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

八天的延迟是由于“最近不利的天气条件和 SpaceX 发射清单的变化”。

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 机组人员包括（左起）：前 NASA 宇航员兼 Axiom 指挥官 Michael López-Alegría；意大利空军飞行员 Walter Villadei，于 2023 年 7 月搭乘维珍银河飞行；任务专家 Alper Gezeravcı，土耳其第一位太空公民；以及任务专家马库斯·万特（Marcus Wandt），他是欧洲航天局的预备宇航员。（图片来源：Axiom Space）

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

SpaceX 的下一次私人宇航员发射已推迟至一月中旬。

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).

该公司原计划于 1 月 9 日向国际空间站发射 Axiom Space 的 Ax-3 任务。然而，NASA 今天（12 月 21 日）宣布，时间推迟了一周多一点，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).

该机构官员今天在 X（前身为 Twitter）上发帖称，此次推迟是“由于最近不利的天气条件和 SpaceX 发射清单的变化”。

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.

此次发射将由 SpaceX 猎鹰 9 号火箭从美国宇航局位于佛罗里达州的肯尼迪航天中心发射，并利用龙飞船将四名乘客送往国际空间站。届时您可以在 Space.com 上观看直播。

相关：Axiom Space 任命 Ax-3 宇航员机组人员执行 SpaceX 前往国际空间站的任务

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.

顾名思义，Ax-3 是由休斯顿公司 Axiom Space 组织的第三次前往国际空间站的私人宇航员任务。所有这些航班都采用 SpaceX 的硬件，将四名机组人员送往轨道实验室，执行大约两周的任务。

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

第一个 Ax-1 于 2022 年 4 月推出。Ax-2 随后于今年 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 将由前 NASA 宇航员 Michael López-Alegría 指挥，他现在为 Axiom 工作。（美国宇航局要求所有前往国际空间站的私人载人任务均由前机构宇航员负责）。

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 的还有意大利空军上校 Walter Villadei（今年 6 月与维珍银河一起飞往亚轨道太空）、欧洲航天局宇航员 Marcus Wandt 以及 Alper Gezeravcı（他将成为第一位进入决赛的土耳其公民）边境。

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，恶劣的天气导致 SpaceX 从佛罗里达州太空海岸进行的多次发射推迟，影响了该公司清单上的其他任务，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 最初的目标是在 12 月 11 日在佛罗里达州完成两次发射，分别用猎鹰 9 号和猎鹰重型火箭发射一批星链互联网卫星和美国太空部队的 X-37B 太空飞机。但星链直到上周一（12 月 18 日）才升空，而 X-37B 仍然没有升空；目前计划于 12 月 28 日起飞。