An uncrewed mission to the lunar surface carrying NASA payloads has encountered a technical anomaly hours after launching on the maiden flight of the United Launch Alliance’s next generation Vulcan rocket.

进入月球表面的无人航天任务，携带着NASA的有效载荷，在美国联合发射联盟的下一代“火神”火箭首次飞行几个小时后遭遇了技术异常。

We have liftoff! The first American commercial robotic launch to the Moon will deliver science instruments to study its surface, a critical part of preparing for future #Artemis missions. https://t.co/KoOZjXvqjD pic.twitter.com/Vo2Dnn6TwA

— NASA (@NASA) January 8, 2024

“Unfortunately an anomaly occurred, which prevented Astrobotic from achieving a stable Sun-pointing orientation,” wrote the Pittsburph-based company in a statement on X. “The team is responding in real time as the situation unfolds, and will be providing updates as data is obtained and analyzed.”

该公司在声明中写道：“不幸的是，发生了异常情况，阻止Astrobotic实现稳定的太阳指向定位。团队正在实时响应情况，并将在获取和分析数据后提供更新。”

An Update on Peregrine Mission One: pic.twitter.com/Q20dGVOMml

— Astrobotic (@astrobotic) January 8, 2024

“The team is working to try and stabilize this loss, but given the situation, we have prioritized maximizing the science and data we can capture,” said Astrobotic on X. “We are currently assessing what alternative mission profiles may be feasible at the time.”

Astrobotic在X上表示：“团队正在努力稳定这一损失，鉴于目前情况，我们优先考虑最大化可以获取的科学和数据。我们目前正在评估可能在此时可行的替代任务方案。”

Update #4 for Peregrine Mission One: pic.twitter.com/6uISAG3Je1

— Astrobotic (@astrobotic) January 8, 2024

After releasing the Peregrine lander, the Centaur upper stage fired one final time, placing Vulcan’s second payload - Celestis Memorial Spaceflights’ ‘Enterprise Flight’ - on a trajectory that would see it leave the solar system to voyage through interplanetary space.

释放了Peregrine着陆器后，猎户座上层火箭级别最后一次点火，将“火神”火箭的第二有效载荷-Celestis纪念太空飞行的“企业号飞行”-投放到了一个轨道上，这将使其离开太阳系，穿越星际空间。

Had Astrobotic been able to remedy the issue, the uncrewed Peregrine lander would've spent roughly 46 days traveling through space before attempting a soft landing on the Moon on February 23. Once settled, the lander's payload of NASA instruments would spend around 10 days gathering information on the lunar surface in order to prepare for future crewed missions under the Artemis Program.

如果Astrobotic能够解决问题的话，无人控制的Peregrine着陆器本来将在飞行大约46天后试图于2月23日在月球上软着陆。一旦着陆，着陆器携带的NASA仪器将花费大约10天时间收集月球表面的信息，以准备阿耳忒弥斯计划下的未来载人任务。

This article will be updated as further information on the health of the Peregrine lunar lander is made available.

本文将随着Peregrine着陆器健康状况的进一步信息的发布而进行更新。

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