欧洲飞船最后一次为国际空间站运送补给

An unmanned European spacecraft has resupplied the International Space Station for the last time.

The cargo ship named for Georges Lemaitre, who proposed the "Big Bang" theory, docked at ISS on Tuesday.

The craft carried 6.6 tons of fuel, water, oxygen, food, clothes and scientific experiments to the six-member crew aboard ISS. The vessel launched July 30 from Kourou in French Guiana.

The cargo ship will remain docked with ISS for six months. It will then be allowed to burn up in a controlled re-entry over the South Pacific.

ISS will be supplied in the future by the Russians and two NASA-contract firms.一艘欧洲无人飞船最后一次为国际空间站运送补给。

“乔治·勒梅特”号货运飞船星期二与国际空间站完成对接。这艘飞船以提出宇宙大爆炸理论的乔治·勒梅特命名。

这艘飞船为驻有6名宇航员的国际空间站运送了6.6吨燃料、水、氧气、食物、衣服和科学实验用品。飞船7月30日从法属圭亚那发射启程。

“乔治·勒梅特号”将与国际空间站维持对接六个月，然后将在受控返回地球大气层途中于南太平洋上空自行焚毁。

国际空间站今后的补给将由俄罗斯和两家美国宇航局的合同公司负责运送。