Maawa mashoma apfuura, Cygnus cargo spacecraft, yakagadzirwa neNorthrop Grumman mainjiniya, yakabudirira kusvika kuInternational Space Station. Maererano nevamiriri veNASA, vashandi vakakwanisa kubudirira kubata ngarava.
Na 12:28 nguva dzeMoscow, Anne McClain, achishandisa robhoti manipulator Canadarm2, akabata Cygnus, uye David Saint-Jacques akarekodha kuverenga kwaibva muchitundumuseremusere payakasvika pachiteshi. Maitiro ekumisa Cygnus neAmerican Unity module ichadzorwa kubva kuPasi.
Mota yekutangisa yeAntares, pamwe neCygnus spacecraft, yakavhurwa kubva kuWallops Space Center kuEast Coast yeUnited States neChitatu, Kubvumbi 17. Kuvhurwa kwacho kwakaitika semazuva ese pasina kana glitches. Danho rekutanga, rinofambiswa neRussian RD-181 injini, rakabudirira kuparadzanisa maminetsi matatu mushure mekutanga kwendege.
Huremu hwese hwemutoro wakaunzwa neCygnus kuInternational Space Station hunosvika matani 3,5. Pakati pezvimwe zvinhu, ngarava yakatakura zvinhu zvakakosha, midziyo yakasiyana-siyana, pamwe nembeva dzemurabhoritari dzichashandiswa mukutsvaga kwesainzi. Zvinotarisirwa kuti ngarava inotakura zvinhu icharamba iri munzvimbo iyi kusvika pakati paChikunguru wegore rino, mushure mezvo ichasimuka kubva kuISS uye icharamba ichitenderera kusvika Zvita 2019. Munguva ino, zvakarongwa kuvhura akati wandei compact satellite, pamwe nekuita ongororo dzesainzi.
Source: 3dnews.ru