NASA的太陽軌道器將進(jìn)行歷史性的太陽探測任務(wù)

NASA的太陽軌道器將進(jìn)行歷史性的太陽探測任務(wù)

NASA’s Solar Orbiter is set to launch on a historic mission to the sun that will provide the first images of the star’s poles.

美國國家航空和宇宙航行局(NASA)的太陽軌道飛行器(Solar Orbiter)將啟動(dòng)一項(xiàng)歷史性的太陽任務(wù)，它將提供太陽兩極的首批圖像。

The probe is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at 11:03 pm EST on Feb. 9.

探測器計(jì)劃于美國東部時(shí)間2月9日晚上11:03從卡納維拉爾角空軍基地發(fā)射，搭載美國聯(lián)合發(fā)射聯(lián)盟阿特拉斯五號(hào)火箭。

“Solar Orbiter will observe the Sun with high spatial resolution telescopes and capture observations in the environment directly surrounding the spacecraft to create a one-of-a-kind picture of how the Sun can affect the space environment throughout our solar system,” NASA explained in a statement. “The spacecraft also will provide the first-ever images of the Sun’s poles and the never-before-observed magnetic environment there, which helps drive the Sun’s 11-year solar cycle and its periodic outpouring of solar storms.”

美國國家航空航天局在一份聲明中解釋說:“太陽軌道飛行器將用高空間分辨率的望遠(yuǎn)鏡觀察太陽，并捕獲直接圍繞在航天器周圍環(huán)境中的觀測結(jié)果，從而創(chuàng)造出一幅獨(dú)一無二的畫面，展示太陽如何影響我們整個(gè)太陽系的空間環(huán)境。”“這艘宇宙飛船還將首次提供太陽兩極的圖像，以及那里從未被觀測到的磁環(huán)境，這有助于驅(qū)動(dòng)太陽11年的太陽周期和太陽風(fēng)暴的周期性噴發(fā)。”

The mission is a collaboration between NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA).

這次任務(wù)是美國宇航局和歐洲航天局(歐空局)的合作。

On its closest approach, the Solar Orbiter will be 26 million miles from the sun, so the probe’s 324-pound heat shield has been designed to withstand heat up to 970 degrees Fahrenheit.

在最接近太陽的地方，太陽軌道飛行器將距離太陽2600萬英里，因此探測器324磅重的隔熱板被設(shè)計(jì)成能承受高達(dá)970華氏度的高溫。

“Although Solar Orbiter goes quite close to the Sun, it also goes quite far away,” said Anne Pacros, the payload manager at the ESA’s European Space Research and Technology Center in the Netherlands, in a statement. “We have to survive both high heat and extreme cold.” Deep in space, the Orbiter will encounter temperatures of minus 300 degrees Fahrenheit.

歐空局位于荷蘭的歐洲空間研究和技術(shù)中心的有效載荷經(jīng)理安妮·帕克羅斯(Anne Pacros)在一份聲明中說：“盡管太陽軌道飛行器離太陽很近，但它也離太陽很遠(yuǎn)。”。“我們必須在高熱和極端寒冷中生存。”在太空深處，軌道飛行器將遭遇零下300華氏度的溫度。