升空！美国宇航局成功发射派克号太阳能探测器 [美国媒体]

We just got one step closer to “touching” the sun.

我们离“触摸”太阳更近了一步。

In the early hours of Sunday morning, a NASA rocket carrying the Parker Solar Probe was successfully launched from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station — marking the beginning of a seven-year mission that aims to get the probe closer to the sun than any human-made object has gone before.

在星期天早上的凌晨，从佛罗里达州的卡纳维拉尔角空军基地成功发射了一枚载有派克太阳探测器的美国宇航局火箭。这 标志着一项七年任务的开始，旨在让探测器比任何人造物体更接近太阳 。

The car-sized probe was launched aboard a Delta IV-Heavy rocket at 3.31 a.m. Eastern on Sunday after an initial launch attempt on Saturday was scrubbed because of a last-minute technical glitch.

星期日东部时间凌晨3点31分，这架汽车大小的探测器在星期六东部凌晨3点31分发射，因为最后一刻技术故障导致星期六的初始发射尝试被取消。

NASA says the probe will travel directly into the sun’s atmosphere over the course of its mission and will get to within about four million miles of the star’s surface.
The spacecraft will face heat and radiation “like no spacecraft before it,” the agency said. The probe’s 4.5-inch-thick, 8-foot-wide carbon-composite shield has been built to endure temperatures of up than 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit.

美国国家航空航天局说，探测器将在其任务过程中直接进入太阳的大气层，并将进入距离恒星表面大约四百万英里的范围内。

该机构表示，该航天器将面临热量和辐射“超过之前的任何航天器”。该探头的4.5英寸厚，8英尺宽的碳复合材料屏蔽罩可承受高达2,500华氏度的温度。



Unlike many planetary exploration missions, which primarily orbit the planet itself, the Parker probe will be swooping closer and closer to the sun by way of an elliptical orbit that will include seven “gravity-assist” flybys of Venus.

与许多主要围绕行星本身进行轨道运动的行星探测任务不同，帕克探测器将通过椭圆轨道越来越靠近太阳，该椭圆轨道将包括七个“重力辅助”维纳斯飞行系统。

The probe will reach tremendous speeds as it orbits the sun. According to NASA, its top speed is expected to hit 430,000 miles per hour. That’s “fast enough to get from New York City to Tokyo in under a minute,” the agency said.

探测器在绕太阳运行时将达到极高的速度。据NASA称，它的最高速度预计将达到每小时430,000英里。该机构说，这“这速度够快，可以在一分钟内从纽约市到达东京”。

According to CNET, the probe is expected to reach the sun in November.

根据CNET的预测，探测器有望在11月到达太阳 。


cIFERyesterday
I bought my "ticket" few months ago from NASA website. This is exciting, can't wait to know more about the sun. Good luck!!

我几个月前从NASA网站上买了“门票”。这令人兴奋，迫不及待地想了解更多有关太阳的信息。祝你好运！！

B-2Admirer22 hours ago
Congrats to NASA & ULA - never in history has there been a mission with which the saying "per aspera ad astra" would ring truer than with this one, he he (the Sun is a star, you know). I was watching text updates in real time and became somewhat nervous when telemetry loss from the third stage was reported.

恭喜美国国家航空航天局和美国国家航空航天局 - 从来没有在历史上有过这样的使命，“循环苦旅，以达天际”！你要知道，太阳是恒星。我正在实时观看更新，并在报告第三阶段的遥测丢失时变得有些紧张。很高兴知道我们在太空中有另一个激动人心的任务，并且Delta IV重型火箭的记录仍然一尘不染......应该是，考虑到它的成本是的Falcon Heavy的两倍多。 :)

Political Correctness is for Losers23 hours ago
The timing is quite suspicious. There is evidence that this "global warming" is not a result of greenhouse gases at all and that it's not just the Earth that is warming.

时机非常可疑。有证据表明，这种“全球变暖”根本不是温室气体的结果，并且不仅仅是地球正在变暖。

Stuart22 hours ago
Our president only approved of the project after being told the spacecraft would arrive at night so it wouldn't burn up. He then signed the papers.

我们的总统在被告知航天器晚上到达后才批准该项目，他之后签署了文件，不然它不能点火升空的。
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