I kekahi mau hola i hala aku nei, ua hōʻea maikaʻi ka mokulele mokulele ʻo Cygnus, i hana ʻia e Northrop Grumman engineers, i ka International Space Station. Wahi a nā ʻelele NASA, ua hiki i ka poʻe holo moku ke hopu maikaʻi i ka moku.
Ma 12:28 Moscow manawa, Anne McClain, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi robotic manipulator Canadarm2, hopu iā Cygnus, a ua kākau ʻo David Saint-Jacques i nā heluhelu e hele mai ana mai ka mokulele i kona hoʻokokoke ʻana i ke kahua. E mālama ʻia ke kaʻina hana o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana iā Cygnus me ka module American Unity mai ka Honua.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ke kaʻa hoʻokuʻu ʻo Antares, me ka mokulele mokulele Cygnus, mai Wallops Space Center ma ke kahakai Hikina o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka Pōʻakolu, ʻApelila 17. Ua mālama ʻia ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana e like me ka mea maʻamau me ka ʻole o nā pilikia. ʻO ka pae mua, i hoʻohana ʻia e ka mīkini RD-181 Lūkini, ua hoʻokaʻawale maikaʻi ʻia ʻekolu mau minuke ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka lele.
ʻO ka nui o ke kaumaha o ka ukana i hāʻawi ʻia e Cygnus i ka International Space Station ma kahi o 3,5 tons. Ma waena o nā mea ʻē aʻe, ua lawe ka moku i nā lako pono, nā lako like ʻole, a me nā ʻiole laboratory e hoʻohana ʻia i ke kaʻina noiʻi ʻepekema. Manaʻo ʻia e noho ka moku ukana ma kēia mokuʻāina a hiki i ka waena o Iulai o kēia makahiki, a laila e haʻalele ʻo ia mai ka ISS a hoʻomau i ka orbit a hiki i Dekemaba 2019. I loko o kēia manawa, ua hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻolauna i kekahi mau satellite compact, a me ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā hoʻokolohua ʻepekema.
Source: 3dnews.ru