I-NASA kunye ne-SpaceX Yazisa uMhla oMtsha wokuSungula oosomajukujuku kwiSitishi saMazwe ngaMazwe

Eyona Ukuhamba Kwendawo + Ngeenkwenkwezi I-NASA kunye ne-SpaceX Yazisa uMhla oMtsha wokuSungula oosomajukujuku kwiSitishi saMazwe ngaMazwe

I-NASA kunye ne-SpaceX Yazisa uMhla oMtsha wokuSungula oosomajukujuku kwiSitishi saMazwe ngaMazwe

I-NASA kunye ne-SpaceX ibhengeze kule veki ukuba i-mission kwi-International Space Station (ISS), eyayicwangciselwe le mpelaveki, iphinde yamiselwa umhla we-14 ku-Novemba.



Ukuphehlelelwa kwerokethi ye-Falcon 9, eya kuthi ithumele oosomajukujuku abali-4 be-SpaceX kwi-ISS, bekufanele ukuba iqale nge-31 ka-Okthobha, kodwa imibutho yatyhalela emva phakathi ku-Novemba ukuze iphinde ihlolwe emva komcimbi wokumiliselwa kwangaphambili.

Kwangoko kule nyanga, i-SpaceX ifumene umba nge-rocket & apos; s injini. Malunga nemizuzwana emibini ngaphambi kokuphakanyiswa, loo njineli yenkqubo yokuqhomfa ngokuzenzekelayo yasebenza emva kokufumanisa ukuba iinjini ezimbini zizamile ukuqala kwangoko.




'Sikubiza ngokuba sisiqalo esinzima,' utshilo uHans Koenigsmann, usekela-mongameli wezokwakha kunye nokuthembeka kwendiza e-SpaceX, kwinkomfa yemithombo yeendaba ngoLwesithathu. Ayisiyonto imbi leyo & ampos; Iyayiluma injini kwaye inokubangela umonakalo omncinci. Kodwa ngokubanzi, awuyifuni loo nto. '

Uphando luveze ukuba ingxaki ibangelwe sisixa esincinci se-lacquer ebomvu -eyinto 'yokuzifihla' esetyenziselwa ukukhusela ii-injini kukhukuliseko-ukuvimba ivalve yokunceda. Kodwa kumiliselo lwango-Okthobha 2, intwana ye-lacquer yagquma imingxunya emincinci yokunceda. Nangona imingxunya ilinganisa malunga ne-1/16 ye-intshi ububanzi, yayanele ukubangela ukuba isisu siphele.

Akukho mbuzo werokhethi onzima kwaye ufuna ingqwalaselo enkulu kwiinkcukacha, utshilo uKoenigsmann. Irokethi ziyandithoba yonke imihla endisebenza ngayo. Kuya kufuneka ukhuthele kakhulu kwaye kwiinzwane zakho ukuze ufumane eli lungelo.

Sebenzisa idatha kulwaziso oluphosakeleyo, i-SpaceX igqibe ekubeni iinjini ezimbini ezicwangciselwe ukumilisela u-Okthobha 31 zinemicimbi efanayo. Ke, ukuze utshintshe iinjinjini kwaye uqinisekise ukhuseleko, ukumiliselwa kwatyhalelwa emva iiveki ezimbini. I-SpaceX ikwinkqubo yokutshintsha kweinjini, okuza kuthatha iintsuku ezimbalwa.

Ukuphehlelelwa kwe-14 ngoNovemba kuya kuba ngumsebenzi wokuqala wokujikeleza kwabasebenzi kwinkqubo yeNASA yoRhwebo. Oosomajukujuku bazakuphuma kunye nabo bazise i-ISS ngoMeyi. Imishini izakubandakanya oosomajukujuku beNASA uMichael Hopkins, uVictor Glover, kunye noShannon Walker kunye noososomajukujuku baseJapan uSoichi Noguchi. Oosomajukujuku baya kujoyina i-Expedition 64 crew esele ikwi-ISS.

Oosomajukujuku kungokunje bahlaliswe bodwa ekhaya kunye neentsapho zabo. Iimeko zokuvalelwa okungqongqo ngakumbi ziya kuqala ngoMgqibelo, ngoosomajukujuku abacwangciselwe ukuya eKennedy Space Station eFlorida ngoNovemba 6.

Imishini eya kwi-ISS iyakuthatha malunga neeyure eziyi-8.5, elona xesha lifutshane kunokwenzeka kuhambo. Ukuba ukumiliselwa bekuza kwenzeka ngosuku olulandelayo, uhambo lunokuthatha ixesha elide njengeeyure ezingama-27.5.

Ukuphehlelelwa kucwangciselwe i-7: 49 pm EST NgoMgqibelo, nge-14 kaNovemba kwaye iya kufumaneka bukela kwi-intanethi .

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