【教书匠阿伦-外刊精读】NASA2024登月计划，首位女性宇航员

2019-06-28 本文已影响3人教书匠阿伦

"One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" is among the most recognizable quotes in modern history.

“这是个人迈出的一小步，却是人类迈出的一大步”，这是现代最耳熟能详的名言之一。

While that "man" was thought to be inclusive, Neil Armstrong's comments were also representative of the Apollo Era astronaut corps of 50 years ago. Twelve Americans have walked on the moon, all of them men.

虽然这句话中的“人”并不排斥女性，但尼尔·阿姆斯特朗的这番言论却代表了50年前阿波罗时代整个宇航团队的看法。当时12个已完成登月的美国宇航员都是男性。

In fact, it wasn't until 1983, more than a decades after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took their historic moonwalk, that Sally Ride made her journey into space and became the first American woman to leave our planet. According to NASA, of the 347 Americans who have flown in space, 49 of them have been women.

实际上，在尼尔·阿姆斯特朗和巴兹·奥尔德林实现历史性登月的十多年后，莎莉·莱德才于1983年首次登上太空，成为第一位被送上太空的美国女性。美国国家航空航天局的数据显示，347名完成太空飞行的美国人中，女性仅49名。

NASA is now intent on making the moon co-ed. Its new lunar program, Artemis, has the ambitious timeline of returning to the moon in 2024, and the space agency promised that this time a woman will be making the trip.

美国国家航空航天局正致力于让男性和女性共同登上月球。新的登月计划被命名为“阿耳特弥斯”，计划于2024年重返月球，航天局表示，届时一名女性宇航员将登陆月球。

Landing a woman on the moon could inspire a whole generation of young women, said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. "I've got an 11-year-old daughter and I want her to see herself as having every opportunity that I saw myself having when I was growing up," he said.

美国宇航局局长吉姆·布里登斯汀说，一位登月女性宇航员的出现将激励新一代的年轻女孩。他说:“我有一个11岁的女儿，我希望她能像我一样，在成长过程中认识到自己的无限潜能。”

Serena Auñón-Chancellor

Board-certified in both internal and aerospace medicine, Auñón-Chancellor's work at NASA began in 2006, when she served as a flight surgeon. NASA assigns a flight surgeon to crewed missions to serve as a groud-based medical consultant for astronauts while they're in space.

塞丽娜·奥利翁-钱塞勒

奥利翁-钱塞勒拥有内科和航空医学资质，于2006年入选为美国宇航局的航空军医。航空军医被宇航局派往参与载人航天任务，为太空的宇航员随时提供医疗咨询。

Tracy Caldwell Dyson

Selected as an astronaut in 1998, Tracy has flown twice to ISS, once on board Space Shuttle Endeavor in 2007 when she logged 12 days in space, and then again in 2010, when she launched aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Her second stint on ISS was a long-duration mission, where Dyson racked up 176 days and conducted three spacewalks. She also has a Ph.D. in chemistry.

特蕾西·考德威尔·戴森

特蕾西于1998年入选为宇航员，曾两次与国际空间站对接飞行，第一次在2007年搭乘“奋进号”航天飞机执行太空飞行任务，历时12天，第二次在2010年搭乘俄罗斯“联盟”号飞船与国际空间站对接飞行。第二次飞行任务长达176天，期间共完成三次太空行走。她同时也是一名化学博士。

Jeanette Epps Epps was selected as an astronaut in 2009. Prior to joining NASA, Epps was at Ford Motor Company where her work led to a US patent. She then worked for the Central Intelligence Agency for seven years as a technical intelligence officer. Epps currently serves in the ISS Operations Branch supporting ISS crews.

珍妮特·埃普斯

埃普斯于2009年入选为宇航员。进入美国宇航局之前，她就职于福特汽车公司，工作期间获得了美国专利。之后，她作为技术情报官员在美国中央情报局工作了7年。埃普斯目前在国际空间站运营组工作，为国际空间站的工作人员提供支持。