The Bumper V-2 launches from Cape Canaveral in this July 24, 1950, photo. In the 75 years since this milestone, this facility has seen thousands of rockets take to the skies, destined for Earth orbit, the Moon, planets, and even beyond. From Cape Canaveral and from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida nearby, astronauts launched on the first pioneering crewed missions, headed for Moon landings, and helped to build the International Space Station.
NASA Kennedy, a premier multi-user spaceport with about 100 private-sector partners and nearly 250 partnership agreements, is still the agency’s main launch site. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission, part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, will launch from NASA Kennedy no earlier than 12:09 p.m. EDT, Thursday, July 31. The Crew-11 mission members – NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov – are in crew quarantine before their voyage to the orbital laboratory.
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这张摄于1950年7月24日的照片记录了弹跳者V-2(Bumper V-2)火箭从卡纳维拉尔角发射升空的瞬间。自这一历史性事件以来的75年间,这座发射场见证了数千枚火箭升空,奔赴地球轨道、月球、各大行星,甚至更远的深空。从佛罗里达州的卡纳维拉尔角及毗邻的NASA肯尼迪航天中心出发,宇航员们开启了人类首批载人航天任务,奔向月球并协助建造国际空间站。
如今,肯尼迪航天中心作为NASA的主要发射基地,已发展为一个领先的多用户航天港,拥有约100家私营合作伙伴,签订了近250项合作协议。NASA与SpaceX合作的龙飞船11号任务(Crew-11),作为商业载人航天计划的一部分,将最早于东部夏令时7月31日(星期四)中午12:09从肯尼迪航天中心发射升空。此次任务的宇航员包括NASA的泽娜·卡德曼(Zena Cardman)和迈克·芬克(Mike Fincke)、日本宇宙航空研究开发机构(JAXA)的油井亀美也(Kimiya Yui),以及俄罗斯航天局(Roscosmos)的奥列格·普拉托诺夫(Oleg Platonov),他们目前正在执行飞行前的隔离任务,准备前往国际空间站。
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