Imithombo eku-inthanethi ibika ukuthi inkampani yaseMelika iBlue Origin yenze ngempumelelo ukuhlolwa okulandelayo kwemoto engaphansi kweNew Shepard. Irokhethi ikhuphuke ngokuphepha emngceleni ngesikhala, futhi ungabuka lokhu kuwebhusayithi esemthethweni yabathuthukisi. I-New Shepard yethulwe endaweni yokuhlola etholakala eNtshonalanga Texas izolo ngo-16:35 ngesikhathi saseMoscow. Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi inkampani yenze ukwethulwa kwe-11 okungahleliwe, futhi irokhethi elisebenziseka kabusha ngokwalo lathatha esibhakabhakeni okwesine.
Phakathi nendiza yokuhlola, imoto ye-suborbital yayifakwe injini ye-BE-3 ye-liquid, eyavumela i-New Shepard ukuba ikhuphukele endaweni eyi-106 km ngaphezu komhlaba. Ngemva kwalokhu, i-capsule ehlukanisiwe nenkampani yenethiwekhi, equkethe izivivinyo zesayensi ezingu-38 ze-NASA kanye nenani lezinkampani ezizimele. Leli capsule ngokuhamba kwesikhathi lizosetshenziselwa ukuthutha izivakashi zasemkhathini. Umthwali wabuyela ngempumelelo ebusweni bomhlaba imizuzu eyi-8 ngemuva kokwethulwa, kuyilapho i-capsule isemoyeni imizuzu eyi-10. Ukufika okuthambile kwe-capsule kwaqinisekiswa ngamapharashuthi amathathu.
Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi ekuqaleni konyaka, abameleli beBlue Origin babikezela ukuqala kwezindiza eziphethwe abantu engxenyeni yesibili ka-2019. Ukuthengiswa kwamathikithi omcimbi onjalo othakazelisayo akukakaqali. Usuku oluqondile lwendiza yokuqala enomuntu akwaziwa.
Source: 3dnews.ru