ukuphila emzileni. Imojula ye-ISS emisha isivele inamandla

Nakuba umzamo wokuqala ungazange uphumelele, i-NASA yakwazi ukufutha i-BEAM ye-International Space Station (Bigelow Expandable Activity Module) ngomoya. Inqubo “yokumpompa” ithathe amahora ambalwa futhi yenzeka ngoMeyi 28. Umoya wawumpontshwa ngezikhawu zemizuzwana embalwa. Ngenxa yalokho, cishe i-23.10: Isikhathi se-1,7 sasePoland, ubude be-BEAM babuyimitha eyi-XNUMX.

Usonkanyezi uJeff Williams ungena kumojuli ye-BEAM.

Esikhathini esingaphezu kwesonto ngemva kokukhuphuka kwamandla emali, u-Jeff Williams no-Oleg Skripochka baba osomkhathi bokuqala ukusebenzela i-International Space Station ngaphakathi kwemojuli ephephethekayo. UWilliams ubelapho isikhathi eside ngokwanele ukuqoqa amasampula omoya nedatha yenzwa yesakhiwo. Ngokushesha ngemva kokuba engaphakathi, i-Russian Skripochka yamjoyina. Emva kwemizuzu bahambe bobabili. RAYwabe esevala isichanyuselwa.

Imojula yakhiwe yi-Bigelow Aerospace ngaphansi kwenkontileka ye-NASA eyizigidi ezingu-17,8. Ukulethwa kwento eqediwe ku-orbit kwenzeke ngo-April kulo nyaka. - yenziwe kusetshenziswa i-Dragon spacecraft, eyakhiwe i-SpaceX. Osomkhathi bazovakashela imojuli ngezikhathi ezithile, kuze kufike izikhathi ezingama-67 ngonyaka, ngokusho kweNASA. Kuya ngokuthi lokhu kusebenza kanjani, i-ejensi izonquma ukuthi izophinde ihlole imojula ye-inflatable enkulu kakhulu, i-B330, ku-ISS. Abadali bayo banethemba lokuthi isinqumo seNASA sizoba sihle, kodwa kufanelekile ukunezela ukuthi i-Bigelow Aerospace isivele isivalile isivumelwano nenkampani yaseMelika eyethula imithwalo emkhathini, i-United Launch Alience. Ngokwesivumelwano, i-B330 kufanele ithunyelwe ku-orbit ngo-2020.