Usonkanyezi waseMelika uJessica Meir, ozoya eSiteshini Somkhathi Samazwe Ngamazwe ngasekupheleni kwale nyanga, uthe yena noChristina Cook bangenza uhambo lokuqala lwasemkhathini ngasikhathi sinye lwabesifazane ababili emlandweni wesintu.
Ngesikhathi kunesithangami sabezindaba esikhungweni sokuqeqesha i-Cosmonaut, ukuqinisekisile ukuthi umsebenzi wokulungiselela wenzelwe imisebenzi engaphandle kwe-ISS. Wathi ngesikhathi ehlala ku-ISS wayekwazi ukwenza i-spacewalk eyodwa noma ezimbili noma ezintathu, angalibali ukuthi ngaphezu kwakhe, uChristina Cook noma omunye wamalungu eqembu uzodlulela ngale kwe-ISS.
Masikhumbule ukuthi owesifazane wokuqala owangena emkhathini kwakungu-cosmonaut wase-USSR uSvetlana Savitskaya ngo-1984. Uhambo lwasemkhathini lwabesifazane ababili lungenzeka ngoMashi nonyaka ngokubamba iqhaza kosomkhathi baseMelika u-Anne McClain noChristina Cook. Kodwa-ke, kwadingeka ukuthi ikhanselwe ngenxa yokuthi i-spacesuit efanelekile ayitholakalanga uMcClain.
Ngokusho kwesikhungo saseMelika iNASA, ukwethulwa kwemoto yokwethulwa kweSoyuz-FG enomkhumbi-mkhathi ophethwe umuntu i-Soyuz MS-15 ovela e-Baikonur Cosmodrome kuzokwenzeka ngoSepthemba 25. Iqembu elilungiselela ukuya emkhathini lihlanganisa i-cosmonaut yaseRussia u-Oleg Skripochka, usomkhathi waseMelika u-Jessica Meir, kanye nosomkhathi wokuqala we-UAE, u-Hazzaa al-Mansouri. Ngokohlelo oluhleliwe, u-Oleg Skripochka noJessica Meir kufanele babuyele emhlabeni ngoMashi 30, 2020. Usonkanyezi waseMelika u-Andrew Morgan uzoshiya i-ISS nabo.
Source: 3dnews.ru