La NASA ufuna ukuqhubekisela phambili ukuphuma kwe U-Arthemisi II efasiteleni elalizovuleka ekuqaleni kuka-February, ne usuku 5 njengethuba lokuqala. Idethi ayiqinisekile futhi izoncika emiphumeleni yokuhlolwa kokugcina kanye nesisekelo esingenakushintshwa: ukuphepha umyalo.
Lokhu kuzoba yi umsebenzi wokuqala womuntu yohlelo luka-Arthemisi: uhambo cishe izinsuku eziyishumi ezozungeza iNyanga ngaphandle kokuhlala. Ebhodini Umkhumbi we-Orion UReid Wiseman, uVictor Glover, uChristina Koch noJeremy Hansen bazondizela begqoke izingubo zokuziqeqeshela ukusebenza okuzovumela ukubuyela emuva i-lunar south pole.
Khipha ishejuli newindi
Lesi sikhungo besithembise ukwethula kungakedluli u-April, kodwa manje usebenzela ukulungela ngokushesha. ULakiesha Hawkins, inhloko yesikhashana yezinhlelo zokuhlola, uchaze ukuthi iqembu liyasheshisa ukulungiselela umzamo wokuvula. iwindi likaFebhuwari, inqobo nje uma isitifiketi sendiza enomuntu siyivumela.
Izinyathelo ezibalulekile ezifana ne- Ukuhlanganiswa kwe-SLS + Orion esikhungweni se-Kennedy Space, ukuzilolonga ngokulayishwa kukaphethiloli kanye ne-Flight Readiness Review (FRR). Noma yikuphi ukuchezuka kulezi zinyathelo kuzophusha umzamo woku March noma April.
Ngokusho kwethimba lokwethula, i SLS isilungile, ngenkathi ingaphakathi Orion Umsebenzi wokugcina wokuvala nokuhlolwa komhlaba kuyaqedwa. Imiyalo icacile: uma wonke amasistimu ehlangabezana nezindinganiso zawo, iwindi lokuqala lizokhethwa; uma kungenjalo, iwindi lokuqala lizolinda.
Lolu hlelo luphinde lucele abasebenzi ukuthi baprakthize izinqubo eziphuthumayo kanye nokuhlolwa kwe-cockpit ngaphambi kosuku lokubala. Izilawuli zendiza zigcizelela ukuthi iphrofayela egunyaziwe izovumela i-mission ukuthi indize. kude kunanoma yiliphi ithimba langaphambilini, elinendiza okungenani 5.000 miles nautical (cishe amakhilomitha ayizi-9.200) ngale kweNyanga.
Iphrofayili yendiza nezinjongo zobuchwepheshe

Ukusuka erempini 39B kuzokwenziwa nge Irokhethi le-SLS kanye nama-booster amabili aqinile azohlukana imizuzu emibiliCishe ngo imizuzu eyisishiyagalombili, isiteji esiyinhloko sizohlukana, sihambe Orion enamathiselwe kumojula ye-cryogenic ephakathi (ICPS), ngaleso sikhathi ama-solar panel azosetshenziswa ukuze anikeze amandla kulo msebenzi.
Imizuzu engamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye ngemva kokwethulwa, i ICPS izophakamisa i-orbit ukuze iqedele ukuphuma cishe amahora angama-25. Izobe seyenza a ukuboniswa kwemisebenzi eseduze: Ithimba lizohlola i-Orion mathupha ukuze lithole izindlela zokubhekana nazo kanye nokuhlukanisa, uvivinyo olubalulekile lwamadokodo esikhathi esizayo nge- umhlali wenyanga.
Uma lesi sigaba sesiqediwe, imojula yesevisi izokwenza umjovo we-translunar ukumisa umzila wesathelayithi ohambweni lwe- about izinsuku ezineI-flyby izothatha i-Orion ngaphezu kwe-9.200 km ngaphesheya kweNyanga ngaphambi kokusungula indlela yokubuyela eMhlabeni, nezinye izinhlelo eziphumayo endleleni.
Ukubuya kuzofinyelela umvuthwandaba ngokuhlukaniswa kwe module yesevisi, ukungena kabusha emithwalweni eshisayo ephezulu kanye ne i-splashdown empumalanga yePacific, eduze San Diego, lapho ithimba elihlangene le-NASA kanye nethimba loMnyango Wezokuvikela lizokwenza ukutakula.
Ngemuva kuka-Artemis I, owandiza ngaphandle kwe-2022 futhi wabonisa ukuguguleka okungalindelekile kusivikelo sokushisa ngesikhathi sokungena kabusha, onjiniyela balungise i- buyisela iphrofayili kanye nokuthuthukiswa okuqinisekisiwe kwezinqubo kanye nokumodela. Isu lika-Artemis II ukugcina izakhiwo ezivikelayo ze-Orion nokusebenza ngamamajini aqinile.
Ngesikhathi sendiza kuzokwenziwa okulandelayo: ucwaningo lwe-biomedical ukufunda imiphumela ye-microgravity kanye nemisebe. Lezi zihlanganisa ama-organoid enziwe kusuka amasampula egazi abasebenzi, izinzwa zesitayela sokulala, umsebenzi kanye nesitayela sokulala okugqokekayo kanye nokuqoqwa kwamathe ukuze kuqhathaniswe imingcele ngaphambi nangemuva kwemishini.
Iqembu lizokwakhiwa reid wiseman (umphathi), UVictor Glover (umshayeli wendiza), Christina Koch (uchwepheshe wemishini) kanye UJeremy Hansen (Ingcweti Yezithunywa, CSA). Le ndiza izophawula okokuqala eminyakeni engaphezu kwamashumi amahlanu ukuthi umkhumbi-mkhathi onabantu abagibele ushiye ukuzungeza komhlaba okuphansi.
Impumelelo ka-Arthemisi II izonquma ijubane lentuthuko U-Arthemisi III, ukufika kwenyanga yokuqala yohlelo, i-NASA elinganisela ukuthi izokwenzeka "kungakapheli maphakathi no-2027." Lesi senzakalo esibalulekile sincike, phakathi kwezinye izici, ekutholakaleni kwe Human Landing System ye-SpaceX nokuthi ukusekelwa kwesabelomali okudingekayo kuyagcinwa.
Ezingeni lamasu, umgomo uyingxenye yomncintiswano omusha wamazwe ngamazwe we ukuhlola kwenyanga, lapho iShayina ibheke ekufikeni kwenyanga ngaphambi kuka-2030. E-United States, ukuhlanganisa isimiso sika-Artemis nokubonisa ukwethembeka kwezobuchwepheshe kuqinisa imifelandawonye ESA, I-CSA y JAXA, kanye nokuvula indlela yokuba khona okusimeme endaweni yenyanga.
Uma ukuqinisekiswa kokugcina kuqinisekisa ukuthi konke sekumi ngomumo, Februwari Lona kuzoba umzamo wokuqala wangempela wokundiza u-Arthemisi II; uma kungenjalo, i-NASA izohambisa usuku ngaphandle kokungabaza. Umgomo uhlala ufana: ukwenza a uhambo oluphephile, nwebisa ulwazi lokusebenza endaweni yenyanga futhi ulungiselele ingqalasizinda yesinyathelo esilandelayo sohlelo.
