【中國國際電視臺】SpaceX's CRS-11 mission to allow China's first scientific project aboard ISS
發布日期：2017-06-04 供稿：中國國際電視臺 編輯：楊晶 審核：王征 閱讀次數：
原文標題：SpaceX's CRS-11 mission to allow China's first scientific project aboard ISS
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SpaceX is launching the CRS-11 Dragon capsule to the International Space Station (ISS) on June 1 at 5:52 p.m. EDT (June 2 at 5:52 a.m. BJT), in what will be the aerospace manufacturer's eleventh of 14 resupply missions for NASA, and the first time China will gain access into the habitable artificial satellite.
On May 28, SpaceX performed its customary static fire test on Falcon 9 rocket at Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for Thursday's launch.
The mission will see some 1,700 kilograms of pressurized and 1,600 kilograms of unpressurized cargo, or payloads that will be used externally on the ISS, delivered.
SpaceX completed the first key flight test of its Crew Dragon spacecraft in May 6, 2015. /VCG Photo
The capsule will also carry a device weighing 3 kilograms from China, which will be sent to the space station for scientific research. It will mark China's first official experimental project onboard the ISS, taking the country a step further in its space expedition.
China plans to build its own space station by 2022.
Prior to 2015, there had been no official cooperation in the space field between China and the US, as NASA and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy were prohibited by Republican Congressman Frank Wolf from cooperating with China on space activities.
Astronauts Jack Fischer (top) and Peggy Whitson(below) carrying out repair work outside the ISS. /VCG Photo
In August 2015, an agreement was inked between the Beijing Institute of Technology and NanoRacks, a US company aiming to help commercial companies and organizations cooperate with the ISS. According to the agreement, Chinese researchers will be able to send China's own scientific experiment devices to the ISS, and investigate how the space environment affects DNA.
According to SpaceX, the capsule will arrive at the ISS on June 4 and remain attached to the orbiting lab for about a month.
在6月1日晚5:52時分（美國東部夏令時），航天航空公司SpaceX向國際空間站（ISS）發射了CRS-11“龍”太空艙。這是該公司為美國國家航空航天局(NASA)提供的第十一次商業補給服務（CRS）。同時，此次CRS-11計劃將幫助中國第一次登陸國際空間站這個可居住的人造衛星。
為了準備和調試CRS-11的發射工作， SpaceX在5月28號時于佛羅里達州的肯尼迪航天中心用Falcon 9火箭進行了慣例靜態點火測試。
本次計劃將會向國際空間站輸送1700千克壓縮貨品和1600千克非壓縮貨品或外用有效載荷。
本次CRS-11航天器還裝載一臺來自中國，重量為3千克的科研設備。這是中國第一次在國際空間站上進行的官方實驗性科研項目，本次項目將會帶領中國在太空探索路上邁出更遠的一步。
中國計劃在2022年建立自己的空間站。
在2015年之前，中美之間并沒有在太空領域有任何官方性質的合作。這是因為共和黨國會成員Frank Wolf此前提議禁止美國國家航空航天局和白宮科學和技術政策局與中國進行太空合作。
在2015年8月，北京理工大學與一個與國際空間站緊密聯系的美國公司NanoRacks達成協議。根據該協議，中國研究員將能夠把中國自己的科研設備發送到國際空間站并對“太空環境對DNA的影響”這一課題進行研究。
按照SpaceX所說，本次發送的航天器將于6月4日到達國際空間站并與在軌實驗室對接長達一個月。
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