Kutholwe ikhebula ngaphandle komkhumbi wezimpahla wase-US i-Dragon, ngokwemibiko yabezindaba. Yabonwa ngesikhathi umkhumbi-mkhathi usondela eSiteshini Somkhathi Samazwe Ngamazwe. Ochwepheshe bathi ikhebula akufanele liphazamise ukuthunjwa ngempumelelo kwe-Dragon usebenzisa i-manipulator ekhethekile.
I-Dragon spacecraft yethulwa ngempumelelo ku-orbit ngoMeyi 4, futhi namuhla ihlelelwe ukuma ne-ISS. Ungabuka inqubo yokusondela emkhunjini wezimpahla, othwala impahla yabasebenzi be-ISS, kusizindalwazi sesikhungo sasemkhathini saseMelika iNASA.
Ulwazi mayelana nekhebula elilengayo lwaziswe osomkhathi ngochwepheshe abavela ku-Mission Control Center e-Houston. Ngokulandelayo, osomkhathi baphinde baqinisekisa ukuthi bayayibona ikhebula. Nakuba ikhebuli mancane amathuba okuthi iphazamise ukuthunjwa komqili we-Dragon, osomkhathi baye belulekwa ukuthi bayale umkhumbi wezimpahla ukuthi usuke esiteshini uma ikhebuli ibambeka ekubambeni komkhohlisi. Ochwepheshe be-MCC baphinde babika ukuthi ikhebula alizange lihlukaniswe nomzimba we-Dragon ngisho nangesikhathi kwethulwa imoto enzima yokwethulwa kwe-Falcon-9.
Ake sikukhumbuze ukuthi okwamanje ku-International Space Station kukhona abaseRussia u-Oleg Kononenko no-Alexey Ovchinin, osomkhathi baseMelika u-Nick Hague, u-Anne McClain, u-Christina Cook no-Canadian David Saint-Jacques. Ngemuva kokumiswa kwemikhumbi, inani lemikhumbi ku-ISS lizokhuphuka libe yisithupha. Okwamanje, iloli laseMelika i-Cygnus selivele βlipakileβ lapho, kanye nemikhumbi-mkhathi emibili ye-Russian Progress kanye nemikhumbi-mkhathi emibili ye-Soyuz. Ngokohlelo olumisiwe, u-Dragon uzochitha isikhathi esingangenyanga emkhathini bese ebuyela eMhlabeni nempahla etholwe ngenxa yochungechunge lokuhlola.
Source: 3dnews.ru