兩名女宇航員進行了首次全女性太空行走，創(chuàng)造了歷史

今天，這兩名女宇航員進行了首次全女性太空行走，創(chuàng)造了歷史

While the history of space exploration can be traced back to people observing objects in space before the reliable recorded history, the history of humans in space is significantly shorter. The first successful human spaceflight happened only 58 years ago when Yuri Gagarin orbited around the globe in 1961. Humanity came miles since then in space exploration, having approximately 500 people who have visited space by now. But there’s a new historical event on the verge of happening as the first-ever all-female spacewalk is bound to happen today!

雖然太空探索的歷史可以追溯到人們在太空觀察物體有可靠記錄的歷史之前，但人類在太空的歷史要短得多。第一次成功的載人航天飛行發(fā)生在58年前，1961年尤里·加加林繞地球飛行。從那以后，人類在太空探索方面取得了長足的進步，到現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)有大約500人訪問過太空。但有一個新的歷史事件即將發(fā)生，因為有史以來第一次全女性太空行走將在今天發(fā)生!

These two women are ready to make history by completing the first ever all-female spacewalk

這兩位女性準備完成首次全女性太空行走，創(chuàng)造歷史

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The two ladies are scheduled to do the spacewalk at 7:50 a.m. E.T. on October 18th, 2019. They will be replacing a faulty battery charge/discharge unit that failed to activate after a spacewalk on October 11. The faulty unit is preventing a set of recently installed batteries from providing increased power, so it must be replaced before continuing a series of spacewalks to install new batteries.

兩位女士計劃于2019年10月18日美國東部時間上午7:50進行太空行走。他們將更換一個有故障的電池充放電裝置，該裝置在10月11日的太空行走后未能激活。這個有缺陷的裝置妨礙了最近安裝的一組電池提供更多的能量，所以在繼續(xù)一系列的太空行走安裝新電池之前必須更換它。

It will be the fourth spacewalk for US astronaut, Christina Koch

這將是美國宇航員克里斯蒂娜·科赫第四次太空行走

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And the first spacewalk for Swedish-American-Israeli NASA astronaut, Jessica Meir

瑞典裔美國人、以色列裔美國宇航局宇航員杰西卡·梅爾(Jessica Meir)進行了首次太空行走

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When asked what inspired her to become an astronaut, Jessica Meir recalls it could have been the Space Shuttle missions on television she watched as a child. She also adds that, “It might have had something to do with the fact that the stars shone so brightly in rural Maine”. She holds a Master of Space Studies degree and a Ph.D. in marine biology. She’s a Brown University alum and has done some work at the Harvard Medical School as well. Meir has been on board the ISS since September 25, 2019, and due to holding a double American and Swedish citizenship, she is also the first Swedish woman in space.

當被問及是什么激勵她成為一名宇航員時，杰西卡·梅爾回憶說，那可能是她小時候在電視上看到的航天飛機任務(wù)。她還補充說，“這可能與緬因州鄉(xiāng)村地區(qū)的星星如此明亮有關(guān)”。她擁有太空研究碩士學位和海洋生物學博士學位。她是布朗大學的校友，也在哈佛醫(yī)學院做過一些工作。梅厄自2019年9月25日起登上國際空間站，由于擁有美國和瑞典雙重國籍，她也是第一位進入太空的瑞典女性。

This event will enter history after the previous failed attempt to have an all-female spacewalk in the spring of 2019

這一事件將在2019年春天的女性太空行走失敗后載入史冊

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Which had to be called off because of spacesuit trouble

那次因為太空服的問題被取消了

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Luckily enough, NASA provided enough medium-size spacesuits to finally make it possible

幸運的是，美國國家航空航天局提供了足夠的中型宇航服，使之成為可能

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At 7:50 AM ET time, Koch and Meir will leave the International Space Station

東部時間早上7:50，科赫和梅爾將離開國際空間站

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The purpose of this spacewalk is to replace a failed power controller

這次太空行走的目的是更換一個失效的電源控制器

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The spacewalkers will be assisted by Commander Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency and NASA Flight Engineer, Andrew Morgan

歐洲航天局指揮官盧卡·帕爾米塔諾和美國宇航局飛行工程師安德魯·摩根將協(xié)助這些太空行走者

Image credits: Intl. Space Station