Emahoreni ambalwa edlule, umkhumbi-mkhathi we-Cygnus cargo, owakhiwe onjiniyela base-Northrop Grumman, wafinyelela ngempumelelo e-International Space Station. Ngokusho kwabamele i-NASA, izisebenzi zakwazi ukuthumba umkhumbi ngempumelelo.
Ngo-12:28 ngesikhathi saseMoscow, u-Anne McClain, esebenzisa i-robotic manipulator i-Canadarm2, wabamba uCygnus, futhi uDavid Saint-Jacques waqopha ukufundwa okuvela emkhathini njengoba usondela esiteshini. Inqubo yokudokha i-Cygnus ngemojuli ye-American Unity izolawulwa kusukela eMhlabeni.
Imoto yokwethula i-Antares, kanye nomkhumbi-mkhathi i-Cygnus, yethulwe isuka e-Wallops Space Center oGwini Olusempumalanga ye-United States ngoLwesithathu, ngo-April 17. Ukwethulwa kwenzeke njengokujwayelekile ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka. Isiteji sokuqala, esinikwa amandla yinjini yaseRussia i-RD-181, sihlukanise ngempumelelo imizuzu emithathu ngemva kokuqala kwendiza.
Isisindo esiphelele somthwalo olethwe nguCygnus eSiteshini Somkhathi Samazwe Ngamazwe singamathani angu-3,5 Phakathi kwezinye izinto, umkhumbi uthuthe izinto ezibalulekile, amathuluzi ahlukahlukene, kanye namagundane aselabhorethri azosetshenziswa ocwaningweni lwesayensi. Kulindeleke ukuthi umkhumbi othwala impahla uhlale kulesi sifundazwe kuze kube maphakathi noJulayi walo nyaka, emva kwalokho uzosuka ku-ISS uqhubeke uhlale ku-orbit kuze kube nguZibandlela wezi-2019. Ngalesi sikhathi, kuhlelwe ukwethula amasathelayithi amaningana ahlangene, kanye nokwenza izivivinyo zesayensi.
Source: 3dnews.ru