Inhlangano yombuso i-Roscosmos, ngokwe-RIA Novosti, ikhulume ngohlelo lwendiza ye-Soyuz MS-16 esebenza emkhathini eya e-International Space Station (ISS).
Umshini oshiwo ulethwe e-Baikonur Cosmodrome ukuze uqeqeshelwe ngaphambi kokundiza ngoNovemba ngonyaka odlule. Umkhumbi uzoletha abahlanganyeli bohambo lwesikhathi eside lwama-63 kanye nama-64 esiteshini se-orbital. Ithimba eliyinhloko lihlanganisa i-Roscosmos cosmonauts u-Nikolai Tikhonov no-Andrei Babkin, kanye nosonkanyezi we-NASA uChris Cassidy.
Phambilini kwakuthiwe iSoyuz MS-16 ingaba imoto yokuqala enomuntu ezoya kwa-ISS isebenzisa uhlelo olushesha kakhulu, oluhlinzeka ngendiza yamahora amathathu. Kuze kube manje, uhlelo olunjalo lusetshenziswe kuphela ngesikhathi sokwethulwa kwemikhumbi eminingi ye-Progress cargo.
Futhi manje kubikwa ukuthi uhlelo lwendiza olushesha kakhulu ngeke lusetshenziswe ngesikhathi kwethulwa i-Soyuz MS-16. Kunalokho, umkhumbi uzongena emzileni ngephethini emisiwe yamahora ayisithupha.
Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi okokuqala ngqa umkhumbi-mkhathi onabasebenzi uzothunyelwa ku-ISS kusetshenziswa imoto yokuqalisa i-Soyuz-2.1a, ehlanganisa ngokuphelele izingxenye zesiRashiya. Ngaphambilini, i-rocket ye-Soyuz-FG enesistimu yokulawula yase-Ukraine yayisetshenziswa.
Ukwethulwa komkhumbi kuhlelelwe u-Ephreli 9.
Source: 3dnews.ru