2007-10-24 10:23:54莫野（李盈）
發現號飛往太空站
發現號航天飛機從肯尼迪航天中心成功發射，開始同國際太空站(ISS)對接、為期14天的太空使命。
BBC NEWS 2007年10月23日 格林尼治標準時間20:55北京時間 04:55發表
儘管早些時候有人擔心發射會受惡劣天氣的影響，但是航天飛機在當地時間上午11點38分順利發射升空。
7名機組人員將在太空站上安裝"和諧"接口。這個連接裝置將成為通往歐洲哥倫布實驗室的通道。哥倫布實驗室將在12月安裝到軌道太空站上。
該和諧接口在意大利建造，意大利宇航員和項目專家納斯玻利主持接口安裝。
安裝這個接口使太空站的生活空間和工作空間在2001年以後首次擴大。
該接口是太空站和三個科學實驗室的通道：現有的美國命運實驗太空艙﹔歐洲太空署 (Esa)的哥倫布實驗太空艙﹔以及日本的Kibo號科學研究艙。
和諧接口種約14噸，7米長，4.6米寬。該接口還是將來日本發射的無人運補太空船和其他航天飛機飛行的停靠站。
這次航天飛機飛行由美國宇航員帕姆﹒梅爾羅指揮，這次太空飛行還將更換太空站人員。
宇航員丹尼爾﹒塔尼將替換太空站上的宇航員克雷頓﹒安德森。安德森已經在軌道太空站上生活了將近5個月。
上周末在航天飛機檢查過程中發現機翼上三塊保護隔板受損後，美國宇航局官員批准了航天飛機發射。
技術人員當初懷疑隔板保護層下出現裂痕，但是高級管理人員說，他麼認為沒有必要進行修理。
BBC NEWS 2007年10月23日 格林尼治標準時間20:55北京時間 04:55發表
儘管早些時候有人擔心發射會受惡劣天氣的影響，但是航天飛機在當地時間上午11點38分順利發射升空。
7名機組人員將在太空站上安裝"和諧"接口。這個連接裝置將成為通往歐洲哥倫布實驗室的通道。哥倫布實驗室將在12月安裝到軌道太空站上。
該和諧接口在意大利建造，意大利宇航員和項目專家納斯玻利主持接口安裝。
安裝這個接口使太空站的生活空間和工作空間在2001年以後首次擴大。
該接口是太空站和三個科學實驗室的通道：現有的美國命運實驗太空艙﹔歐洲太空署 (Esa)的哥倫布實驗太空艙﹔以及日本的Kibo號科學研究艙。
和諧接口種約14噸，7米長，4.6米寬。該接口還是將來日本發射的無人運補太空船和其他航天飛機飛行的停靠站。
這次航天飛機飛行由美國宇航員帕姆﹒梅爾羅指揮，這次太空飛行還將更換太空站人員。
宇航員丹尼爾﹒塔尼將替換太空站上的宇航員克雷頓﹒安德森。安德森已經在軌道太空站上生活了將近5個月。
上周末在航天飛機檢查過程中發現機翼上三塊保護隔板受損後，美國宇航局官員批准了航天飛機發射。
技術人員當初懷疑隔板保護層下出現裂痕，但是高級管理人員說，他麼認為沒有必要進行修理。
Image Above: Space shuttle Discovery leaps from its launch pad Tuesday morning to start STS-120. Photo courtesy of Reuters/Scott Audette
From NASA : http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
NASA officials and launch managers were pleased Tuesday following a clean countdown and flawless launch of space shuttle Discovery from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Launch Director Mike Leinbach said the launch team at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center was able to study a potential problem of ice buildup without jeopardizing the shuttle while still launching on time.
"It was one of the cleanest countdowns we’ve had since I’ve been launch director," Leinbach said.
Discovery and its seven astronauts have a tight schedule that calls for placing the new Harmony segment to the International Space Station, moving a tower of solar arrays already in space to a new location and overseeing the station crew rotation that will see Discovery astronaut Dan Tani and station resident Clayton Anderson switch places.
"(There is) just a tremendous set of challenges in front of us," said Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA’s associate administrator for Space Operations.
There won’t be much time to savor the liftoff, though, because preparations are already under way to get Atlantis over to the launch pad for a Dec. 6 launch.
"This is exactly what the (launch) teams have trained multiple years for," Gerstenmaier said.
From NASA : http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
NASA officials and launch managers were pleased Tuesday following a clean countdown and flawless launch of space shuttle Discovery from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Launch Director Mike Leinbach said the launch team at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center was able to study a potential problem of ice buildup without jeopardizing the shuttle while still launching on time.
"It was one of the cleanest countdowns we’ve had since I’ve been launch director," Leinbach said.
Discovery and its seven astronauts have a tight schedule that calls for placing the new Harmony segment to the International Space Station, moving a tower of solar arrays already in space to a new location and overseeing the station crew rotation that will see Discovery astronaut Dan Tani and station resident Clayton Anderson switch places.
"(There is) just a tremendous set of challenges in front of us," said Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA’s associate administrator for Space Operations.
There won’t be much time to savor the liftoff, though, because preparations are already under way to get Atlantis over to the launch pad for a Dec. 6 launch.
"This is exactly what the (launch) teams have trained multiple years for," Gerstenmaier said.
科技發達還真令人讚嘆~~~~~
問安
宇宙是充滿驚奇與不可思議的，我們都是宇宙的公民，飛向太空證明地球人並不孤獨是遲早的事啦。^^ 2007-10-25 15:31:51