NASA'S Project Morpheus lander, an experimental vehicle designed with a view toward future U.S. space missions beyond Earth's orbit, crashed and burst into flames at the Kennedy Space Center in central Florida on Thursday(August 9). ¹Ì±¹Ç×°ø¿ìÁÖ±¹(NASA)ÀÇ »õ·Î¿î ¿ìÁÖÂø·ú¼± ½ÃÇè ¸ðµ¨ ¸ð¸£Æä¿ì½º(Morpheus)°¡ 9ÀÏ(ÇöÁö½Ã°£) ¹Ì±¹ Ç÷θ®´Ù ÁÖ(ñ¶) ÁߺΠÄÉÀÌÇÁÄ¿³»¹ö·² Äɳ׵ð ¿ìÁÖ±âÁö¿¡¼ Ãß¶ôÇØ È¿°¿¡ È۽ο´´Ù. ½ÇÇèºñÇàüÀÎ ¸ð¸£Æä¿ì½º´Â ÇâÈÄ Áö±¸ ±Ëµµ ¹Û¿¡¼ ¹Ì±¹ÀÇ ¿ìÁÖ ºñÇà ÀÓ¹« ¼öÇàÀ» ½ÃÇèÇϱâ À§ÇØ °³¹ßµÆ´Ù.
During a so-called autonomous free-flight test, NASA said the vehicle lifted off the ground successfully but "then experienced a hardware component failure, which prevented it from maintaining stable flight." NASA´Â À̸¥¹Ù ÀÚÀ²ÀûÀÎ ÀÚÀ¯ºñÇà ½ÇÇèÀ» ½Ç½ÃÇÏ´Â µ¿¾È Âø·ú¼±ÀÌ ¼º°øÀûÀ¸·Î Áö»ó¿¡¼ ÀÌ·úÇßÀ¸³ª, Çϵå¿þ¾î Áß ÀϺο¡ ¹®Á¦°¡ »ý°Ü ¾ÈÁ¤ÀûÀÎ ºñÇàÀ» À¯ÁöÇÒ ¼ö ¾ø¾ú´Ù°í ¹àÇû´Ù.
No one was injured in the accident, which followed nearly a year of testing on Morpheus at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. ÀÌ »ç°í·Î ´ÙÄ£ »ç¶÷Àº ¾ø´Ù. ¸ð¸£Æä¿ì½º´Â °ÅÀÇ 1³â µ¿¾È ¹Ì±¹ ÅØ»ç½º ÁÖ ÈÞ½ºÅÏÀÇ Á¸½¼ ¿ìÁÖ±âÁö¿¡¼ ½ÃÇè ºñÇàÀ» Çß¾ú´Ù.
But NASA TV footage showed the space capsule engulfed almost totally in flames after the crash, with little left to salvage. NASA°¡ °ø°³ÇÑ TV ¿µ»óÀ» º¸¸é, ÀÌ ¿ìÁÖ Ä¸½¶Àº Ãß¶ô µÚ È¿°¿¡ ¿ÏÀüÈ÷ È۽ο© °ÇÁú ¸¸ÇÑ ºÎǰÀÌ °ÅÀÇ ³²¾ÆÀÖÁö ¾ÊÀº ¸ð½ÀÀÌ´Ù.
The U.S. space agency said engineers were looking into test data to determine the exact cause of Thursday's accident. NASA´Â ±â¼úÁøµéÀÌ ¸ñ¿äÀÏ ¹ß»ýÇÑ »ç°íÀÇ Á¤È®ÇÑ ¿øÀÎ ÆÄ¾ÇÀ» À§ÇØ ½ÇÇè ÀÚ·áµéÀ» Á¶»ç ÁßÀ̶ó°í ¹àÇû´Ù.
The field where Morpheus had been scheduled to undergo about three months of increasingly rigorous tests was located at the north end of Kennedy's former space shuttle landing facility. It was designed to mimic the surface of the moon, with an array of boulders, rocks, slopes and craters. ¸ð¸£Æä¿ì½º°¡ 3°³¿ù °£ ´õ¿í´õ ¾ö°ÝÇÑ Å×½ºÆ®¸¦ ¹ÞÀ» ¿¹Á¤ÀÎ ±¸¿ªÀº Äɳ׵ð ¿ìÁÖ±âÁöÀÇ °ú°Å ¿ìÁÖ¿Õº¹¼± Âø·ú½Ã¼³ÀÇ ºÏÂÊ ³¡¿¡ À§Ä¡ÇÑ´Ù. ÀÌ ±¸¿ªÀº ´Þ Ç¥¸é°ú ȯ°æÀÌ ºñ½ÁÇϵµ·Ï ¼³°èµÅ ÁöÇ¥¸é¿¡ ¹ÙÀ§, ¾Ï¼®, °æ»ç¸é, ºÐȱ¸ µîÀÌ ÀÖ´Ù.
The accident came as NASA scientists were still hailing the Mars rover Curiosity's decent and landing on the "Red Planet" earlier this week as a "miracle of engineering." À̹ø »ç°í´Â NASA °úÇÐÀÚµéÀÌ Å½»ç·Îº¿ Å¥¸®¿À½ÃƼÀÇ È¼º Âø·ú ¼º°øÀ» ±â»µÇϰí ÀÖ´Â °¡¿îµ¥ ¹ß»ýÇß´Ù. °úÇÐÀÚµéÀº ÀÌÁÖ ÃÊ Å¥¸®¿À½ÃƼ°¡ ¡®ºÓÀº Ç༺¡¯ ȼº¿¡ ¹«»çÈ÷ Âø·úÇÑ °ÍÀ» µÎ°í ¡®°øÇÐ ±â¼úÀÌ ÀÌ·ï³½ ±âÀû¡¯À̶ó¸ç ȯȣÇß´Ù.
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