由于冠状病毒爆发，NASA暂停了新月任务火箭的工作

由于冠状病毒爆发，NASA暂停了新月任务火箭的工作

NASA said it has suspended work on building and testing the rocket and capsule for its Artemis crewed mission to the Moon due to the rising number of coronavirus cases in the community.

美国航天局说，由于社区内冠状病毒病例不断增多，该局已暂停建造和测试Artemis载人登月任务用火箭和太空舱的工作。

The space agency is shutting down its Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, where the Space Launch System rocket is being built, and the nearby Stennis Space Center, administrator Jim Bridenstine said late Thursday.

美国航天局局长布里登斯汀(Jim Bridenstine)周四晚间说，该局将关闭位于新奥尔良的米乔德组装中心(Michoud Assembly)和附近的斯坦尼斯航天中心(Stennis space Center)。米乔德组装中心是美国航天发射系统火箭(space Launch System rocket)的建造地。

"The change at Stennis was made due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the community around the center, the number of self-isolation cases within our workforce there, and one confirmed case among our Stennis team," he said.

他说:“Stennis的变化是由于中心周围社区的covid19病例数量增加、我们那里的工作人员中出现的自我隔离病例数量增加，Stennis团队中也出现了一例确诊病例。”

"NASA will temporarily suspend production and testing of Space Launch System and Orion hardware. The NASA and contractors teams will complete an orderly shutdown that puts all hardware in a safe condition until work can resume."

“ NASA将暂时中止太空发射系统和Orion硬件的生产和测试。NASA和承包商团队将完成有序关闭，使所有硬件处于安全状态，直到工作恢复。”

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The Space Launch System is a powerful deep space rocket to transport astronauts to the Moon and beyond while Orion is the crew module.

太空发射系统是一架强大的深空火箭，可将宇航员运送到月球上空，而Orion是机组人员舱。

The virus outbreak could hit US plans to return to the Moon by 2024.

病毒爆发可能影响到美国2024年重返月球的计划。

"We realize there will be impacts to NASA missions, but as our teams work to analyze the full picture and reduce risks we understand that our top priority is the health and safety of the NASA workforce," Bridenstine said.

布里登斯汀说：“我们意识到这将对美国宇航局的任务产生影响，但随着我们的团队努力分析全面情况并降低风险，我们明白，我们的首要任务是美国宇航局工作人员的健康和安全。”。

A crewed return to the Moon is the first part of the Artemis program to set up a long-term colony and test technologies for a crewed mission to Mars in the 2030s.

载人重返月球是Artemis阿耳特弥斯计划的第一部分，该计划旨在建立一个长期殖民地，并测试2030年载人火星任务的技术。