快船與彗星
The Clipper and the Comet
來源:Ben Cooper|發表日期:2024-10-17
美國國家航空航天局(NASA)的 "歐羅巴號"(Europa Clipper)現在正駛向地球以外的海洋世界。這張照片是在 10 月 14 日成功發射前一天在肯尼迪航天中心拍攝的。歐羅巴快船號的星際航行將首先飛往火星,然後返回地球,接著在重力輔助軌道上飛往木星,使其能夠在 2030 年 4 月進入環繞木星的軌道。一旦進入木星軌道,太空飛行器將飛越木衛二 49 次,探索這顆擁有全球地表下海洋、可能具備支援生命條件的木衛二衛星。彗星 Tsuchinsan-ATLAS 的背景與泛光照明的火箭相鄰,大約是在彗星最接近地球的一天之後。這顆肉眼可見的彗星來自遙遠的奧爾特雲生長廊,是晚間天空的寵兒: 2024 年的月神山-ATLAS 彗星
原文:NASA's Europa Clipper is now headed toward an ocean world beyond Earth. The large spacecraft is tucked into the payload fairing atop the Falcon Heavy rocket in this photo, taken at Kennedy Space Center the day before the mission's successful October 14 launch. Europa Clipper's interplanetary voyage will first take it to Mars, then back to Earth, and then on to Jupiter on gravity assist trajectories that will allow it to enter orbit around Jupiter in April 2030. Once orbiting Jupiter, the spacecraft will fly past Europa 49 times, exploring a Jovian moon with a global subsurface ocean that may have conditions to support life. Posing in the background next to the floodlit rocket is Comet Tsuchinsan-ATLAS, about a day after the comet's closest approach to Earth. A current darling of evening skies, the naked-eye comet is a vistor from the distant Oort cloud Growing Gallery: Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS in 2024
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