您的当前位置:首页 >焦點 >【】UPDATE: Aug. 19, 2016, 2:04 p.m. EDT 正文
时间:2024-09-20 05:53:25 来源:网络整理编辑:焦點
UPDATE: Aug. 19, 2016, 2:04 p.m. EDT。 Astronauts Kate Rubins and Jeff Williams are back in the Inter
UPDATE: Aug. 19, 2016, 2:04 p.m. EDT 。 Astronauts Kate Rubins and Jeff Williams are back in the International Space Station after a 5 hour and 58 minute spacewalk. The two astronauts successfully installed a new docking adaptor on the outside of the station which will allow commercial vehicles to come into port on the orbiting laboratory.。
The parking spot, in essence, ushers in a brand new era of American spaceflight after the end of the space shuttle program in 2011.。
"Congratulations to the entire team," Williams said after installing the docking adaptor with Rubins. 。
You can read more about the docking adaptor and other updates below. 。
You can read more about the docking adaptor and other updates below. 。
Tweet may have been deleted 。 UPDATE: Aug. 19, 2016, 10:41 a.m. EDT。
NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and Jeff Williams have just finished a good portion of the installation of the new docking mechanism on the International Space Station. 。
Now, the two spacewalkers are going to work on reconfiguring cables to make the port functional for Boeing and SpaceX when the arrive as early as next year.。The International Docking Adaptor on the International Space Station.Credit: NASA TV。 The International Docking Adaptor on the International Space Station.Credit: NASA TV 。
By signing up you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.。
Thanks for signing up! 。
For a clean feed of the spacewalk with commentary from mission control today, use the window directly below. NASA TV's main feed (embedded lower in the post) will have additional commentary and educational information. 。
On Friday, two astronauts will step outside of the International Space Station to go on a little walk in space to install what NASA has called a new "parking spot" on the space lab. 。NASA's Jeff Williams and Kate Rubins are planning to don their bulky spacesuits and leave the relative safety of the space laboratory in order to install a new docking mechanism on the outside of the orbiting outpost, but this isn't just any ordinary docking system.。
SEE ALSO:NASA's GoPro-armed astronauts take you on a spacewalk。
The International Docking Adaptor, once installed, will allow commercial spacecraft carrying astronauts to come into port at the Space Station.。
This installation needs to happen soon because the private spaceflight companies Boeing and SpaceX are planning to start flying astronauts to the station under a contract with NASA as soon as next year, a first for any private company working with the space agency.。
You can watch Rubins and Williams install the docking adapter in the window below Friday starting at 6:30 a.m. ET when NASA TV coverage of the spacewalk begins. (The two astronauts won't officially start the spacewalk until around 8:05 a.m. ET, but NASA will air their prep work before that.) 。
The spacewalk is expected to take about 6.5 hours, during which time the two astronauts will float along the station working to secure the International Docking Adaptor, brought to the lab during a SpaceX cargo run to the station earlier this year. 。
This will mark Williams' fourth spacewalk and Rubins' first.。
Once the docking adaptor is installed and SpaceX and Boeing start flying to the Space Station, it will restore NASA's ability to bring its own astronauts to the lab from U.S. soil. 。At the moment, astronauts like Rubins and Williams have to rely on Russian spacecraft to ferry them to and from the International Space Station, but once Boeing and SpaceX start flying -- assuming congressional support for the program holds -- that reliance will end.。Whyd voice2024-09-20 05:33
《一場遇見愛情的旅行》熱播中 景甜原音演繹表現亮眼2024-09-20 05:23
迷人魏廣 ,在線撩人!被徐正溪古裝鎖死2024-09-20 05:09
上海電視節白玉蘭獎出爐 啊哈娛樂佳作《刺客伍六七》入圍最佳動畫2024-09-20 05:00
This German startup wants to be your bank (without being a bank)2024-09-20 04:51
《築夢情緣》霍建華不顧念舊情 楊冪獨自麵對永晟難關2024-09-20 04:48
秦嵐《夜空中最閃亮的星》 化身“弟控”禦姐範十足2024-09-20 04:47
迷人魏廣 ,在線撩人!被徐正溪古裝鎖死2024-09-20 04:42
Carlos Beltran made a very interesting hair choice2024-09-20 04:36
迷人魏廣,在線撩人!被徐正溪古裝鎖死2024-09-20 03:38
Fiji wins first2024-09-20 05:52
《痕跡》終於營業的廖岩法醫來了 ,必須在線打call徐正溪2024-09-20 04:32
李治廷《白發》持續熱播 狂傲無憂性格轉變 盡顯過人智謀2024-09-20 04:24
《平凡的榮耀》深耕社會現狀 聚焦現實進行深度創作2024-09-20 04:05
Florida hurricane forecast remains uncertain, but trends in state's favor2024-09-20 03:44
徐正溪新劇《鳳弈》整裝待發 ,將軍魏廣來捕獲少女心啦 !2024-09-20 03:37
辛芷蕾《帶著爸爸去留學》化身硬核“小後媽” 衝鋒陷陣以身護女2024-09-20 03:26
《一場遇見愛情的旅行》熱播中 景甜原音演繹表現亮眼2024-09-20 03:20
Here's George Takei chilling in zero gravity for the 'Star Trek' anniversary2024-09-20 03:19
趙寶剛《青春鬥》快節奏劇情映射現實 鄭爽徐洋組CP狂撒糖2024-09-20 03:17