加拿大宇航员 Joshua Kutryk 启程赴国际空间站，展开六个月任务
加拿大航天局10月1日宣布，加拿大宇航员、空军上校 Joshua Kutryk 当天启程执行他的首次太空任务，前往国际空间站驻留约六个月。Kutryk 与美国国家航空航天局宇航员 Jessica Watkins、Luke Delaney 以及俄罗斯航天员 Sergey Teteryatnikov 同乘 SpaceX 载人13号任务的龙飞船，于美东时间上午11时10分乘猎鹰9号火箭从美国佛罗里达州升空。
这是加拿大航天局第四次派宇航员赴国际空间站执行长期任务，也是加拿大宇航员首次通过美国国家航空航天局的商业载人计划飞往空间站。此前三位执行长期任务的加拿大宇航员是 Robert Thirsk、Chris Hadfield 与 David Saint-Jacques。
加拿大航天局表示，Kutryk 的任务紧接加拿大参与阿尔忒弥斯2号载人绕月飞行之后。今年4月，加拿大宇航员 Jeremy Hansen 随阿尔忒弥斯2号任务飞向月球轨道，成为首位参加月球任务的加拿大人。
在空间站驻留期间，Crew-13 机组成员将开展一系列科学实验、维护与操作任务。加拿大方面的研究包括人体在微重力环境下肌肉与运动健康、空间定向、眼部健康、贫血、心血管功能与血栓风险等课题。
Kutryk 于2017年入选加拿大航天局宇航员，与 Jenni Gibbons 同批。他原定搭乘波音星际客机执行首个正式载人任务，因该计划调整，加拿大航天局与美国国家航空航天局后来安排他改乘载人13号任务升空。按计划，他将于2027年3月前后返回地球。
Canadian Astronaut Joshua Kutryk Launches on First Space Mission to the International Space Station
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) announced on October 1 that CSA astronaut Colonel Joshua Kutryk has embarked on his first space mission, a journey of approximately six months aboard the International Space Station. Kutryk lifted off at 11:10 a.m. Eastern Time aboard a Dragon crew spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida, joining NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov on the SpaceX Crew-13 mission.
This is the CSA's fourth long-duration mission to the International Space Station, and the first CSA astronaut mission flown as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The three previous Canadian long-duration missions were flown by Robert Thirsk, Chris Hadfield and David Saint-Jacques.
Kutryk's mission follows Canada's participation in the Artemis II mission earlier this year, which carried humans around the Moon, including Jeremy Hansen, the first Canadian to take part in a lunar mission.
During their stay, the Crew-13 astronauts will conduct science experiments, maintenance and operations aboard the station. Canadian-sponsored research includes studies of muscle and exercise health, spatial orientation, eye health, anemia, cardiovascular function and blood-clot risk in microgravity.
Kutryk was selected as a CSA astronaut in 2017, alongside Jenni Gibbons. He was originally assigned to the first operational flight of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft; after that program was restructured, NASA reassigned him to Crew-13. He is scheduled to return to Earth around March 2027.
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图片来源：图：国际空间站。加拿大宇航员 Joshua Kutryk 将在站上驻留约六个月。图片来源：NASA 摄，Wikimedia Commons，Public domain。EN: The International Space Station, where Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk will spend about six months. Image: photo by NASA, via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
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