I-Blue Origin ifinyelela ukufika kokuqala kwe-New Glenn futhi yethula umkhankaso we-ESCAPADE

I-Blue Origin iqedele i-a ukuphuma ngempumelelo yerokhethi yakhe IGlenn entsha besuka eCape Canaveral, bethumela imikhumbi emibili BALEKA Imishini ye-NASA eya eMars futhi, ngokokuqala ngqa, ukubuyisela amandla ayo olwandle.

Indiza, eyesibili emlandweni wemoto kanye okokuqala kwemvelo yezohweboIfike ngemuva kokuhlehliswa kaningi okudalwe ngu izimo zezulu ezimbi kanye nomsebenzi welanga ongavamile; ngalesi senzakalo esiyingqopha-mlando, inkampani kaJeff Bezos iyathuthuka ku sebenzisa kabusha futhi isivala isimbangi sayo esikhulu kunazo zonke, i-SpaceX.

Okwenzeka ngesikhathi kwethulwa

New Glenn, umgadli we Amamitha ayi-98 ukuphakama, yasuka ngefasitela eliqinile kusukela ku-Space Force Station Cape CanaveralNgemva kokuhlukana kwesiteji, isiteji esiphezulu sabeka umkhumbi-mkhathi endleleni ehleliwe ngenkathi isigaba sokuqala senza buyisela indlela maqondana nenkundla yolwandle etholakala cishe Amakhilomitha angu-600 kusukela ogwini.

Isigaba sokuqala sithintekile inkundla eqondile - isikebhe esibizwa ngokuthi Jacklyn—, okumaka ukululama kokuqala okuyimpumelelo kwe-Blue Origin ngale moto. Ukufika, okwakuhlulekile ekuqaleni kwayo ngoJanuwari, kuqinisekisa indlela yokubhekana nayo i-propellant engasetshenziswa kabusha ngerokhethi enkulu.

Ngokusho kwethimba, kwethulwa izinguquko kulo mzamo ku uhlelo lokuphathwa kwe-propellant kanye nokulungiswa okuncane kwezingxenyekazi zekhompuyutha ngenjongo yokuqinisekisa ukwenziwa kusebenze futhi nokulawulwa kahle kwesiteji ngesikhathi sokwehla, isigaba esibucayi wokusebenza.

I-thrust inikezwa ngu izinjini eziyisikhombisa ze-BE-4 ezinikezwa amandla yi-methane nomoya-mpilo owuketshezingakho le mpumelelo iphinde isho ukuthi ukufika kokuqala kwesigaba sokuqala esikhulu sohlobo lwe-methalox ngemva kwendiza ephelele ye-orbital.

Lolu hambo lwe-ESCAPADE probe luzoba njalo.

Imikhumbi emibili engamawele, ingxenye yemishini BALEKA (Izihloli ze-Escape ne-Plasma Acceleration Dynamics), Bazophenya ukuthi umoya welanga uhlangana kanjani nendawo kazibuthe ye-Mars. nokuthi leyo nqubo ivune kanjani i ukulahlekelwa umoya yeplanethi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.

Iphrojekthi, exhaswe ngu Ibhodwe futhi eholwa yiNyuvesi yaseCalifornia, eBerkeley ngokwesekwa yi Isikhala Esithuthukile y Rocket LabIzosebenzisa ama-orbiter amabili ukuthola umbono we-stereoscopic ngendawo ye-Martian futhi ithuthukise amamodeli we Isimo sezulu sasemkhathini.

Ngemva kokuthunyelwa, umkhumbi-mkhathi uzohlala ku-orbit yokubamba eduze kweyodwa Iphuzu le-Lagrange yohlelo lwe-Earth-Sun. Ukusuka lapho bazosuka lapho ukuqondanisa kuvuma, nge ukufika okulindeleke ngo-2027, kulandela enye iphrofayela yokudluliswa kwe-Hohmann yakudala.

Le datha izoba usizo ekuhleleni ukuvikelwa kosomkhathi namasathelayithi ebusweni bemicimbi yelanga. Umphakathi wesayensi waseYurophu, okuhlanganisa nowaseSpain, uzokwazi ukusebenzisa izilinganiso ukuthuthukisa ukuqonda imvelo Martian nokuziphendukela kwemvelo kwayo.

Sebenzisa kabusha nokuncintisana emkhakheni

Kuze kube manje, I-SpaceX kuphela eyayikwazile ukubuyisela izigaba zokuqala ngemva kohambo lwe-orbitalNgalokhu kwehla, I-Blue Origin ifakazela ukuthi ukwakheka kwayo okukhulu, okusebenziseka kabusha nakho kuyasebenza, isinyathelo esibalulekile sokunciphisa izindleko nokwandisa izinga lokukhululwa.

Indiza iphinde yafaka nokukhonjiswa kokudluliselwa kwedatha ye-Viasat esigabeni sesibili, okuyingxenye yokuhlolwa kwamakhono amasha e-Viasat. ukuxhumana endizeni i-NASA efuna ukuyiqinisekisa emisebenzini yangempela.

Ukusebenza kwe-New Glenn ivula indlela yezinkontileka zesikhathi esizayo zesikhungo nezohwebo zempahla, kuyilapho iBlue Origin ithuthuka emgqeni wayo—okuhlanganisa, phakathi kwezinye izinto ezibalulekile, a inyanga lander demonstrator kusukela ochungechungeni lwe-Blue Moon-futhi ihlanganisa indima yayo emisebenzini yenyanga kanye ngokwesayensi.

Ingqikithi yokusebenza nezinyathelo ezilandelayo

Ukuhamba kwenzeka ngemva kwezinsuku ezimbalwa kuhlehliswa ngenxa yamafu isebenza ngogesi futhi ngenxa yeziqephu zeziphepho zelanga elakwazi ngisho nokudweba ama-aurora angajwayelekile eFlorida, izimo izimiso zokuphepha ezeluleka ngazo ngokumelene nokuwela.

Ngemva kokuphothula umgomo oyinhloko—ukuthunyelwa okunembile kwe-ESCAPADE—futhi sesibuyise isigaba sokuqala, manje sekugxilwe kokuthi phinda imisebenzi njalo, uzinzise uchungechunge lokukhiqiza izimoto y Gcina amawindi okuqalisa aqinile lapho ubhekene nesimo sezulu esishintshashintshayo.

Lokhu kuthuthukiswa kuqinisa ukuncintisana kokufinyelela esikhaleni futhi kunikeza ama-ejensi nezimboni eYurophu enye enye indlela eyengeziwe yomthwalo okhokhelwayo wesayensi nokuhweba, kuyilapho kudidiyelwa amashejuli nemisebenzi ye-ESA kanye nabaqhubi kulo lonke izwekazi.

Njengoba ama-probe atshalwe ku-Mars futhi isigaba sokuqala sesivele siqinisekisiwe ekululameni, Umsuka Oluhlaza Okwesibhakabhaka usuku olubalulekile luphetha ngokuthi: Ihlanganisa ukusebenziseka kabusha kusiqalisi sayo esisindayo futhi inikeza umgomo wesayensi ongashintsha esikwaziyo ngomkhathi we-Martian..