出生于土耳其南部阿达纳省的美国宇航局宇航员德尼兹·伯纳姆承诺，明年前往国际空间站时，一定会向家人以及家乡的父老乡亲挥手致意。
NASA astronaut Deniz Burnham, who was born in Türkiye’s southern province of Adana, has promised to wave to her family and the people of her birthplace when she travels to the International Space Station next year.
伯纳姆在由美国驻阿达纳领事馆发布的视频中表示，她目前正在为第76次远征任务接受训练，这是一项将在国际空间站上执行的长期任务。
Burnham said in a video shared by the US Consulate in Adana that she was training for Expedition 76, a long-duration mission aboard the orbiting laboratory.
“我出生在阿达纳的因吉尔利克空军基地，我的祖父母现居土耳其，”她说，“当我进入太空后，一定会向我的祖父母、阿达纳的乡亲们以及全世界挥手致意。”
“I was born at Incirlik Air Base in Adana, and my grandmother and grandfather live in Türkiye,” she said. “When I go into space, I will wave to my grandmother, my grandfather, my fellow Adana residents and the entire world.”
今年7月，美国宇航局宣布，伯纳姆将与俄罗斯宇航员德米特里·佩特林、康斯坦丁·鲍里索夫一同搭乘俄罗斯“联盟MS-30”飞船执行首次太空飞行任务。此次发射计划于2027年3月在哈萨克斯坦的拜科努尔航天发射场进行，三名宇航员预计将在空间站上停留约7个月。
NASA announced in July that Burnham would make her first spaceflight aboard Russia’s Soyuz MS-30 spacecraft with cosmonauts Dmitri Petelin and Konstantin Borisov. The mission is scheduled to lift off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in March 2027. The three crew members are expected to spend approximately seven months aboard the space station.
作为第76次远征任务的飞行工程师，伯纳姆将参与多项科学实验与技术验证工作，这些工作旨在为未来人类登陆月球与火星的任务奠定基础，同时也有助于地球上的相关研究。
Burnham will serve as an Expedition 76 flight engineer and participate in scientific investigations and technology demonstrations intended to support future missions to the Moon and Mars, while also contributing to research on Earth.
伯纳姆透露，她的祖母来自土耳其西北部恰纳卡莱省的埃杰阿巴特，祖父则来自西部省份阿菲永卡拉希萨尔。她表示自己从小吃着土耳其美食长大，而正是祖父激发了她对太空的兴趣。
Burnham said her grandmother was from Eceabat in the northwestern Turkish province of Canakkale, while her grandfather came from Afyonkarahisar in western Türkiye. She said she grew up eating Turkish food and credited her grandfather with encouraging her interest in space.
“祖父对太空的好奇心深深影响了我们全家人，”她说，“我记得他曾亲手制作望远镜，我们常常在后院花好几个小时观测星星与行星。”
“My grandfather’s curiosity about space influenced our entire family,” she said. “I remember that he built his own telescopes. We would spend hours in our backyard watching the stars and planets.”
从钻井工程师到宇航员：2021年，伯纳姆入选美国宇航局宇航员候选人班，并于2022年1月开始接受训练。2024年，她顺利从该局第23期宇航员培训班毕业，获得了执行空间站、月球乃至火星任务的资格。
From drilling engineer to astronaut Burnham was selected for NASA’s astronaut candidate class in 2021 and began training in January 2022. She graduated as a member of the agency’s 23rd astronaut class in 2024, becoming eligible for missions to the space station, the Moon and potentially Mars.
她拥有加州大学圣地亚哥分校的化学工程学士学位，以及南加州大学的机械工程硕士学位。
She holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of California, San Diego and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Southern California.
在成为宇航员之前，伯纳姆在能源行业工作了十余年，负责管理位于阿拉斯加、加拿大、俄亥俄州和德克萨斯州的石油钻井平台运营工作。她还曾在美国海军预备役部队中担任工程勤务军官。
Before becoming an astronaut, Burnham spent more than a decade in the energy industry, managing drilling operations on oil rigs in Alaska, Canada, Ohio and Texas. She also served as an engineering duty officer in the US Navy Reserve.
伯纳姆此前曾在NASA艾姆斯研究中心的可部署自主技术小组实习，并持有固定翼飞机、水上飞机、直升机以及仪表飞行方面的私人飞行员执照。
Burnham previously interned with the Deployable Autonomy Technologies group at NASA’s Ames Research Center and holds private pilot qualifications covering fixed-wing aircraft, seaplanes, helicopters and instrument flying.
对土耳其太空计划的赞誉 伯纳姆还对土耳其加入《阿耳忒弥斯协定》表示欢迎。该协定是一个旨在促进和平、透明且可持续的太空探索的国际框架。土耳其于8月31日签署了该协定，成为第71个成员国。
Praise for Türkiye’s space program Burnham also welcomed Türkiye’s accession to the Artemis Accords, an international framework promoting peaceful, transparent and sustainable space exploration. Türkiye signed the accords on Aug. 31, becoming the 71st member.
她特别提到了土耳其计划开展的两次宇航员任务，以及该国首个登月计划“AYAP-1”的进展。伯纳姆还指出，土耳其通过举办TEKNOFEST航空航天与技术节以及国际宇航大会，在凝聚国际太空界力量方面发挥了积极作用。
She highlighted Türkiye’s two astronaut missions and its progress on AYAP-1, the country’s planned first lunar mission. Burnham also noted Türkiye’s role in bringing together the international space community through the TEKNOFEST aerospace and technology festival and the International Astronautical Congress.
“NASA很荣幸欢迎土耳其加入《阿耳忒弥斯协定》大家庭，”她说，并表示自己对两国未来几年的合作前景充满期待。
“It is an honor for NASA to welcome Türkiye into the Artemis Accords community,” she said, adding that she was excited about what the two countries could accomplish together in the coming years.