SpaceX船员龙卷载有美国宇航员Butch Wilmore和Sunita Williams将于周二晚上返回地球

随着美国宇航员在国际空间站（ISS）滞留了九个月以上，国家航空航天局（NASA）证实，二人将返回地球

Two US astronauts will return to Earth on Tuesday evening after more than nine months stranded at the International Space Station (ISS) with the pair’s time on board turning into a gruelling ordeal.

两名美国宇航员将在国际空间站（ISS）滞留了九个月以上，两人的时间变成了艰苦的磨难，这两名美国宇航员将在星期二晚上返回地球。

Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams are to be transported home with another American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon craft, which arrived at the ISS early Sunday.

Butch Wilmore和Sunita Williams将与另一位美国宇航员和一架俄罗斯宇航员一起运送回家，并在SpaceX船员龙船上，该工艺品在周日早些时候到达ISS。

NASA said in a statement on Sunday evening that it had moved forward the astronauts' anticipated ocean splashdown off the Florida coast to nearly 5:57 p.m. EDT (21:57 GMT and 3:30 a.m., March 19, IST) on Tuesday. It was initially slated for no sooner than Wednesday.

美国国家航空航天局在周日晚上的一份声明中说，它已将宇航员的预期海洋飞溅从佛罗里达海岸的海洋飞溅到了美国东部时间（GMT 21:57和3月3日上午21:57，IST，IST）的近5:57。最初，它的原定不到星期三。

The duo has been on the ISS since June last year after the Boeing Starliner spacecraft they were testing on its maiden crewed voyage suffered propulsion issues and was deemed unfit to fly them back to Earth.

自去年6月，波音巨星航天器在他们的处女船员乘船航空公司进行测试后，二人组就一直在国际空间站上，遭受了推进问题，被认为不适合将他们飞回地球。

"The updated return target continues to allow the space station crew members time to complete handover duties while providing operational flexibility ahead of less favourable weather conditions expected for later in the week," the space agency said.

该航天局说：“更新的退货目标继续使空间站的工作人员有时间完成移交职责，同时在本周晚些时候预期的天气情况下提供了运营灵活性。”

NASA said in a statement that it will provide live coverage of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 return to Earth from the ISS, beginning with Dragon spacecraft hatch closure preparations at 10:45 p.m. EDT Monday, March 17 (around 8:30 a.m. on March 18 in India).

美国国家航空航天局在一份声明中说，它将在3月17日星期一（3月18日左右在印度的3月8:30左右），从国际空间站（Dragon Spacecraft）闭合式准备工作开始，从ISS的SpaceX Crew-9从国际空间站（ISS）进行实时报道。

NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will also return on the Dragon capsule. The slated journey will mark the end of an ordeal for Wilmore and Williams that has seen them stuck for nine months after what was meant to have been a days-long roundtrip.

NASA宇航员Nick Hague和Roscosmos Cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov也将在龙胶囊上返回。计划的旅程将标志着威尔莫尔（Wilmore）和威廉姆斯（Williams）的一场磨难的结束，后者在这是长达几天的往返之后，他们一直坚持了九个月。

While the extended stay of Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams aboard the ISS was much longer than the typical six-month rotation for astronauts, it falls short of the US space record of 371 days set by NASA astronaut Frank Rubio in 2023, or the world record of 437 days held by Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov aboard the Mir space station.

ISS上的Butch Wilmore和Sunita Williams的长期停留比典型的为期六个月的宇航员轮换时间要长得多，但它远远落后于2023年NASA宇航员Frank Rubio创造的371天的美国太空纪录，或者是2023年创下的371天，或者是由俄罗斯宇航员Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov Mirakard Space abo abo abo abo abo abo abo abo abo abo abo abo abo.

The unexpected length of their time away from their families had drawn massive attention, speculation and concerns. Due to the unforeseen extension, both the astronauts had to receive extra clothing and personal care supplies, as they hadn’t packed enough for such an extended mission.

他们离开家人的意外时间引起了人们的关注，猜测和关注。由于不可预见的扩展，两位宇航员都必须收到额外的衣服和个人护理用品，因为它们还没有足够的范围来进行这种扩展任务。

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