SpaceX的首次宇航员发射开创了时尚新纪元

SpaceX的首次宇航员发射开创了时尚新纪元

The first astronauts launched by SpaceX are breaking new ground for style with hip spacesuits and a sleek rocketship –both of them are white with black trim.

SpaceX公司发射的首批宇航员在时尚风格上有了新突破，他们穿着时髦的宇航服，还有一艘光滑的火箭飞船，这些东西都是黑白相间的。

The color coordinating is thanks to Elon Musk, the driving force behind both SpaceX and Tesla, and a big fan of flash and science fiction.

颜色搭配要感谢SpaceX和特斯拉的幕后推手埃隆·马斯克，他是flash和科幻小说的超级粉丝。

NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken like the fresh new look. They'll catch a ride to the launch pad in a Tesla Model X electric car.

美国国家航空航天局宇航员道格·赫尔利和鲍勃·本肯喜欢新造型。他们将搭乘一辆特斯拉ModelX电动汽车前往发射台。

"It is really neat, and I think the biggest testament to that is my 10-year-old son telling me how cool I am now," Hurley told The Associated Press.

赫尔利在接受美联社采访时说:“这太棒了，我10岁的儿子告诉我，我现在有多酷，这就是最好的证明。”

"SpaceX has gone all out" on the capsule's appearance, he said. "And they've worked equally as hard to make the innards and the displays and everything else in the vehicle work to perfection."

他说，SpaceX在太空舱外观方面“全力以赴”。“他们同样努力地工作，让汽车的内部结构、显示屏和其他一切都运转得尽善尽美。”

The true test comes Wednesday when Hurley and Behnken climb aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and, equipment and weather permitting, shoot into space. It will be the first astronaut launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center since the last shuttle flight in 2011.

真正的考验发生在星期三，赫尔利和本肯登上一艘太空猎鹰9号火箭上的“乘龙号”太空舱，在设备和天气允许的情况下，向太空发射。这将是自2011年最后一次航天飞机飞行以来，美国宇航局肯尼迪航天中心首次发射宇航员。

It will also mark the first attempt by a private company to send astronauts into orbit. Only governments – Russia, the U.S., and China – have done that.

这也将标志着私人公司首次尝试将宇航员送入轨道。只有政府——俄罗斯、美国和中国已经做到了这一点。

SpaceX designed and built its own suits, which are custom-fit. Safety came first.

SpaceX公司设计并制造了自己的定制太空服。安全是第一位的。

"It's important that the suits are comfortable and also are inspiring," explained SpaceX's Benji Reed, a mission director. "But above all, it's designed to keep the crew safe."

SpaceX公司的太空任务主管本吉·里德解释说:“宇航服的舒适性和鼓舞性非常重要。”“但最重要的是，它的设计是为了保证船员的安全。”

On launch day, Hurley and Behnken will get ready inside Kennedy's remodeled crew quarters, which dates back to the two-man Gemini missions of the mid-1960s. SpaceX techs will help the astronauts into their one-piece, two-layer pressure suits.

发射当天，赫尔利和本肯将进入肯尼迪重新装修过的宇航员宿舍，那里可以追溯到20世纪60年代中期的双子计划。SpaceX公司的技术人员将帮助宇航员穿上一件两层加压服。

The white-suited Hurley and Behnken will transfer from the white Tesla to the white Dragon atop the equally white Falcon 9.

穿着白色制服的赫尔利和本肯将从白色特斯拉转移到同样白色的猎鹰9号上的乘龙号。

"It's going to be quite a show," Reed promised.

“这将是一场精彩的演出，”里德保证说。