【中國國際電視臺】報道美國發射貨運飛船
發布日期：2017-06-05 供稿：中國國際電視臺 編輯：馬賽男 審核：王征 閱讀次數：
US space firm SpaceX on Saturday launched supplies to the International Space Station (ISS), including an experiment device from Chinese university the Beijing Institute of Technology that will test the effects of space environments on DNA.
The 3.5-kilogram device carried among the cargo will seek to find if space radiation and microgravity cause mutations among antibody-encoding genes and how it happens.
The Chinese payload was first reported in 2015, when an agreement was reached with NanoRacks, a Houston-based company that offers services for the commercial utilization of the ISS.
Under the agreement, NanoRacks will deliver the device, which is independently designed and built by Chinese scientists, to the US side of the space station and astronauts there will conduct studies using the device in about two weeks, sending data back to the Chinese researchers.
Watch CGTN's video on the Chinese experiment below:
NASA spokesperson Kathryn Hambleton confirmed there was a Chinese experiment device launched on this mission, known as SpaceX CRS-11.
Although a US law known as the Wolf amendment bans cooperation between NASA and Chinese government entities, this deal is purely commercial and therefore considered legal.
"NASA complied with all legal requirements to notify the Congress of this activity, and all of the ISS partners approved the inclusion of the experiment," Hambleton said in an email.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage booster is seen as it lands shortly after launching the Dragon spacecraft from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Saturday, June 3, 2017. /AFP Photo
The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft lifted off on the company's Falcon 9 rocket at 5:07 p.m. EDT (2107 GMT) on Saturday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
About 10 minutes later, the rocket's first stage made a successful landing at SpaceX's Landing Zone 1, just south of the launch site at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
On this trip, the Dragon will deliver almost 2,700 kilograms of supplies for astronauts living in the space station, including solar panels, tools for Earth-observation and equipment to study neutron stars.
SpaceX向空間站發射了中國的實驗設備和其他補給品
上周六，美國太空探索技術公司SpaceX向國際空間站（ISS）發射了補給品，其中包括了中國北京理工大學的實驗裝置，這套裝置將測試空間環境對DNA的影響。
這套3.5千克的設備裝載了在貨物上，將探索空間輻射和微重力是否會導致抗體編碼基因之間的突變，以及如何導致抗體編碼基因之間的突變。
2015年，媒體首次報道了中國的有效載荷。中國當時與位于休斯敦的公司NanoRacks達成協議，該公司將為國際空間站的商業用途提供服務。
根據協議，NanoRacks會把由中國科學家獨立設計和建造的設備提供給美國空間站，美國方面的宇航員將在兩周內進行研究，并將數據發回給中國研究人員。
觀看以下由中國國際電視臺(GNTV)關于中國實驗的報導：
美國國家航空航天局（NASA）發言人凱瑟琳·哈姆伯頓（Kathryn Hambleton）已證實此次發射任務將有一個中國的實驗裝置，被稱為SpaceX CRS-11。
雖然被稱為“狼”修正案的美國法律禁止美國國家航空航天局與中國政府機構進行合作，但由于這項交易純粹是商業性的，因此被美國視為合法。
“NASA在遵守所有法律要求的前提下向國會告知這了一活動，并且已經取得了所有國際空間站合作伙伴的批準，”哈姆伯頓在一封電子郵件中說到。
2017年6月3日星期六，龍飛船從佛羅里達州卡納維拉爾角的美國國家航空航天局肯尼迪航天中心39A號發射。不久后，SpaceX公司“獵鷹9號”火箭第一級助推器被視為已登陸。（法新社拍攝）
在星期六（美國東部時間）（2107 GMT）下午5點07分，從美國佛羅里達州肯尼迪航天中心發射的SpaceX 龍貨運飛船與公司的“獵鷹9號”火箭剝離。
大約10分鐘后，火箭的一級助推器在SpaceX的著陸區1登陸成功，著陸區就在卡納維拉爾角空軍基地的發射場的南邊。
在這次旅行中，龍飛船將為空間站的宇航員提供近二千七百公斤的補給品，包括太陽能電池板，地球觀測工具和研究中子星的設備等。
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