2009-05-28
Expedition 20 Lifts Off
第20批考察队成员升空
Flight Engineers Roman Romanenko,Frank De Winne and Robert Thirsk of the 20th International Space Station crew launched in their Soyuz TMA-15 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 6:34 a.m. EDT Wednesday, May 27, 2009, to begin a six-month stay in space.
国际空间站(简称ISS)的第20轮考察队成员 Roman Romanenko、Frank De Winne和Robert Thirsk乘“联盟”——15号飞船,于美国东部时间2009.5.27星期三早晨6:34(当地时间显然是下午)在哈萨克斯坦拜科努尔发射场升空,开始为期6个月的太空生活。
Expedition 20 will mark the start of six-person crew operations aboard the International Space Station. All five of the international partner agencies--NASA, the Russian Federal Space Agency, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency,the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency--will be represented on orbit for the first time.
第20轮成员加入后,ISS将开始6人组工作(先前为3人)。五大government航天组织将首次在轨道空间站上通力合作,它们是:美国航空航天局NASA、俄罗斯联邦太空局RFSA、日本太空发展署JAEA、欧洲航天局ESA和加拿大空间局CSA。
Image Credit: ESA/CSA/NASA/Stephane Corvaja
PS:人名这次就不翻译了,实在发音不好的说。——gohomeman1 |