维珍银河的新太空船亮相，经公众投票将其命名为“阿派朗”。阿派朗是该公司新型“德尔塔”级太空船中的第一艘，但预计还要近一年后才能发射。
Virgin Galactic's new spaceship is here, dubbed "Apeiron" by popular vote from a public poll. Apeiron is the first of the company's new Delta-class spacecraft, but it isn't slated to launch for nearly another year. Earlier this week, Virgin Galactic announced another delay in its launch timeline:
维珍银河本周早些时候宣布其发射时间表再次推迟：首艘太空船的商业太空飞行现在预计于2027年第二季度初进行，第二艘太空船预计于2027年第二季度末/第三季度初开始商业太空飞行。更新后的时间表反映了完成航空电子软件集成和验证所需的额外时间，该过程采用详尽的测试方法。该测试……
The lead Spaceship's first commercial spaceflight is now expected in early Q2 2027, and the second Spaceship is expected to begin commercial spaceflight operations in late Q2/early Q3 2027. The updated timeline reflects additional time for completing avionics software integration and validation, which uses an exhaustive testing process. That testi …