I-SpaceX iqinisekise izinsolo zochwepheshe zokuthi ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa komhlabathi kwe-Crew Dragon capsule, okwenzeka ngo-April 20, kwaqhuma ukuqhuma, okwaholela ekubhujisweni komkhumbi-mkhathi.
"Yilokhu esingakuqinisekisa ... ngaphambi nje kokuthi sethule iSuperDraco, kwenzeke okungaqondakali kwase kwacekelwa phansi umkhumbi-mkhathi," kusho uHans Koenigsmann, iphini likamongameli we-SpaceX wezokuphepha endizeni, esithangamini naso ngoLwesine.
U-Koenigsmann ugcizelele ukuthi ukuhlolwa ngokuvamile kube yimpumelelo. I-Crew Dragon spacecraft yethulwe "njengoba bekulindelekile" izinjini ze-Draco zidubula imizuzwana emi-5 iyinye. Ngokusho kuka-Koenigsmann, lokhu kuphazamiseka kwenzeke ngaphambi nje kokuba injini yeSuperDraco iqale. Kokubili i-SpaceX kanye ne-NASA babuyekeza idatha ye-telemetry nolunye ulwazi oluqoqwe ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa ukuze kutholwe ukuthi yini ngempela engahambanga kahle.
βAsinasizathu sokukholelwa ukuthi kunenkinga ngeSuperDraco uqobo,β kusho uKoenigsmann. Izinjini zeSuperDraco sezihlolwe kakhulu, okuhlanganisa nezivivinyo zefekthri ezingaphezu kuka-600 esikhungweni se-SpaceX eTexas, esho. "Sihlala siqiniseka ngale njini," kusho iphini likamongameli wale nkampani yezindiza.
Ku-SpaceX, ukulahleka komkhumbi-mkhathi kuncane kodwa kubalulekile. I-Crew Dragon eyacekelwa phansi ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa yiyona efanayo eyama ngempumelelo ku-International Space Station ngoMashi njengengxenye yomkhankaso we-SpaceX's Demo-1. Ngesikhathi sendiza yokubonisa, babengekho osomkhathi esikebheni inguqulo yokuhlola yomkhumbi-mkhathi. Ngemva kwezinsuku ezinhlanu ku-orbit, i-Crew Dragon yasakazeka phansi olwandle i-Atlantic Ocean.
Source: 3dnews.ru