Kwiiyure ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, isiphekepheke se-Cygnus cargo, esenziwe ziinjineli zaseNorthrop Grumman, safikelela ngempumelelo kwiSikhululo saMajukujuku saMazwe ngaMazwe. Ngokutsho kwabameli be-NASA, abasebenzi baye bakwazi ukuyibamba ngempumelelo inqanawa.
Nge-12: 28 ngexesha laseMoscow, u-Anne McClain, esebenzisa i-robotic manipulator ekhethekileyo i-Canadarm2, wabamba uCygnus, kwaye uDavid Saint-Jacques wabhala ukufundwa okuvela kwisiphekepheke njengoko sisondela kwisikhululo. Inkqubo yokumisa iCygnus kunye nemodyuli yoBumbano lwaseMelika iya kulawulwa ukusuka eMhlabeni.
Isithuthi sokuphehlelela i-Antares, kunye nesiphekepheke saseCygnus, sandululwa kwiZiko leSikhathi saseWallops kuNxweme oluseMpuma eUnited States ngoLwesithathu, umhla we-17 kuEpreli. Uphehlelelo lwenzeke njengesiqhelo ngaphandle kwamakhwiniba. Inqanaba lokuqala, elixhaswe yi-injini ye-RD-181 yaseRashiya, yahlula ngempumelelo imizuzu emithathu emva kokuqala kwendiza.
Ubunzima bubonke bomthwalo osiwe yiCygnus kwiSikhululo saMajukujuku saMazwe ngaMazwe bumalunga neetoni ezi-3,5 Phakathi kwezinye izinto, inqanawa ithuthe izinto eziyimfuneko, izixhobo ezahlukeneyo, kwakunye neempuku zaselabhorethri eziza kusetyenziswa kuphando lwezenzululwazi. Kulindeleke ukuba inqanawa yomthwalo ihlale kweli lizwe kude kube phakathi kuJulayi walo nyaka, emva koko iya kuphuma kwi-ISS kwaye iqhubeke nokuhlala kwi-orbit kude kube nguDisemba ka-2019. Ngeli xesha, kucetywa ukuphehlelela iisathelayithi ezininzi ezihlangeneyo, kunye nokwenza iimvavanyo zesayensi.
umthombo: 3dnews.ru