Kumdyarho wokufumana abantu bemihla ngemihla emajukujukwini, iMvelaphi eBlue isondele kumgca wokugqibela. Inkampani yabucala yokubhabha esibhakabhakeni imisele ngokusesikweni umhla wama-20 kweyeKhala njengomhla wokuqaliswa kwayo okokuqala ngenqanawa kwisithuthi sayo iNew Shepard- kwaye uluntu lunethuba lokuthenga isihlalo.
Yenzelwe ngokukodwa ukhenketho engqondweni, iNew Shepard izakuthatha abakhweli abathandathu ukuya kwinqwelomoya emfutshane emajukujukwini. Emva kokuphehlelela ngokuthe nkqo phezu kwerokethi enokuphinda isebenze evela kwiBlue Origin & apos; s spaceport eTexas, icapsule iya kubhabha iye phezulu ngaphezu kweenyawo ezingama-340,000, apho abakhweli bonwabele imizuzu embalwa ye-zero gravity ngaphambi kokuhla babuyele eMhlabeni phantsi kweparashute.
Irokethi ephezulu kwintshona esibhakabhakeni saseTexas isungula isithuba. Ityala: UDaniel A. Leifheit / Getty Izithombe
Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, iNew Shepard yenze uvavanyo lweenqwelomoya ezili-15 ngempumelelo, nangona kungekho namnye kubo ohamba noosomajukujuku. Ukuba inqwelomoya ihleli kwishedyuli, isithuthi siya kuba sisijukujuku sokuqala saseMelika ukuthatha abakhweli bezorhwebo emajukujukwini. (I-Russia kunye ne-apos; i-Soyuz spacecraftcraft yathatha abakhenkethi abasixhenxe ukuya kwiSitishi saMazwe ngaMazwe kwi-2000s.)
Ngelixa iBlue Origin ayibanga namagama abakhweli ababhabha ngenqwelomoya yokuqala yaseNew Shepard, ibhengeze ukuba izakuthengisa isitulo esinye kwilungu loluntu. Ingeniso iyakuxhamla iklabhu yayo yeFuture foundation, ekhuthaza isizukulwana esilandelayo kunye nokusukelwa kwemisebenzi ye-STEM.
I-CEO yeAmazon.com kunye noMsunguli weBlue Origin uJeff Bezos, ngasekhohlo, wenza isithuthi sokuqalisa ngoLwesibini, nge-15 kaSeptemba 2015 Ityala: I-Red Huber / i-Orlando Sentinel / Inkonzo yeendaba kwi-Tribune nge-Getty Izithombe
Ukuba & apos; unomdla wokwenza isithembiso, yiya ku blueorigin.com , apho ungabeka khona ibhidi etywiniweyo kwi-intanethi phakathi kwangoku kunye noMeyi 19. Iibhidi ziya kuthi emva koko zibonakale, kwaye ungaqhubeka nokufaka izibonelelo kwi-intanethi ngoJuni 12. Imfazwe yokubhida iya kugqiba ngefandesi ebukhoma ngoJuni 12.
Iindaba zokuhamba ngenqwelomoya okokuqala (kunye nefandesi yesihlalo ngaphakathi) ziza ngosuku olukhethekileyo: Kwiminyaka engamashumi amathandathu eyadlulayo namhlanje, isithuthi kunye neapos, u-Alan Shepard, waba ngowokuqala waseMelika ukubhabha emajukujukwini. Kwaye inqwelomoya yokuqala ngokwayo, ukuba ihleli kwishedyuli, isetelwe omnye umhla wembali kwimbali yenqwelomoya - uApollo 11 wafika enyangeni ngoJulayi 20, 1969.
UStefanie Waldek yindawo yokuzimela, ukuhamba, kunye nentatheli yoyilo okwangoku indlela eya eUnited States. Mlandele phambili I-Instagram kwaye Twitter kwi @stefaniewaldek.