INASA, iBoeing imemezele izinguquko zabasebenzi beStarliner

Veteran NASA usomkhathi uBarry “Butch” Wilmore uzojoyina osomkhathi oMike Fincke noNicole Mann kwiNASA iBoeing Crew Flight Test, indiza yokuqala yokugibela yeCST-100 Starliner eyethula kwi-International Space Station ngo-2021.

UWilmore uzothatha indawo kaBoeing astronaut uChris Ferguson esivivinyweni sendiza njengengxenye yohlelo lweNASA lweCommercial Crew Programme. UFerguson wanquma ukungahambi ngezindiza ngenxa yezizathu zomuntu siqu.

UWilmore ubelokhu eziqeqesha ngokubambisana nezisebenzi selokhu aqokwa njengendawo eyisipele kuphela kuzo zonke izikhundla zezindiza ngoJulayi 2018. Manje uzogxila ekugxileni kwakhe ikakhulukazi emisebenzini yomkhuzi wemikhumbi-mkhathi ukulungiselela indiza eya esikhumulweni sasemkhathini. Indiza yenzelwe ukuhlola amandla okuphela kokuphela kohlelo olusha lwe-Starliner.

"UButch uzokwazi ukungenela ngaphandle komthungo, futhi isipiliyoni sakhe sangaphambilini emisebenzini yomkhumbi-mkhathi nasesiteshini sasemkhathini simenza abe yingxenye ebalulekile kule ndiza," kusho uKathy Lueders, ongumqondisi ophathisiwe weHuman Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate yeNASA. “UChris ube yilungu elinethalente labasebenzi kulo msebenzi. Iqembu le-NASA neBoeing Commercial Crew bayawuthokozela kakhulu umsebenzi obaluleke kakhulu awuqedile futhi uzoqhubeka nokuhola ekwakhiweni kweStarliner, okuzosiza ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi iStartliner Crew Flight Test izoba yimpumelelo. ”

UWilmore uchithe izinsuku eziyi-178 emkhathini phakathi kwemishini emibili. Ngo-2009, wasebenza njengomshayeli womkhumbi-mkhathi i-Atlantis ku-STS-129, esiza ukuletha amathani ayi-14 ezinto zokungcebeleka esiteshini sasemkhathini. Ngo-2014, wabuyela esiteshini sasemkhathini ngomkhumbi-mkhathi waseRussia iSoyuz wemishini yezinsuku eziyi-167, lapho enza khona imigwaqo yezikhala emine.

Umdabu waseMt. UJuliet, Tennessee, uWilmore uthole iziqu ze-bachelor's and master's kwezobunjiniyela kagesi eTennessee Technological University eCookeville, kanye neziqu ze-master ezinhlelweni zezindiza ezivela e-University of Tennessee eKnoxville. Ungukaputeni osethathe umhlalaphansi ku-US Navy, enezikhathi ezingaphezu kwama-7,800 663 endiza nama-2000 carriers landings ezindizeni ze-jet. Wakhethwa njengosomkhathi ngo-XNUMX.

"Ngiyambonga uChris ngobuholi bakhe obuyingqayizivele nokuqonda kwakhe ngale moto eyinkimbinkimbi futhi enekhono," kusho uWilmore. “Ukuba nethuba lokuzilolonga eceleni nokubuka leli qembu elivelele njengesipele kube wusizo olukhulu ekulungiseleleni kwami ​​ukuthatha lesi sikhundla. Ukwehla esikhundleni bekuyisinqumo esinzima kuChris, kepha ngobuholi bakhe nangosizo kuze kube manje, leli qembu libekelwe impumelelo. Sizoqhubekela phambili ngendlela yobungcweti nokuzinikela okufanayo noChris asikhohlisile. ”

UFerguson uzothatha isikhundla sokuba ngumqondisi we-Mission Integration and Operations, kanye nomqondisi we-Crew Systems for Boeing's Commercial Crew Programme, lapho azogxila khona ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi umkhumbi-mkhathi we-Starliner uhlangabezana nezidingo zosomkhathi be-NASA. Kule ndima, uzoba ngomunye wabantu bokugcina abasebenzi abababona ngaphambi kokushiya uMhlaba futhi abe ngomunye wabokuqala ababonayo ekubuyeni kwabo, kanye nokubasekela kulo lonke uqeqesho lwabo nomsebenzi wabo.

"Ngiyethembile ngokuphelele imoto yakwaStarliner, abesilisa nabesifazane bayayakha futhi bayayihlola, nosomkhathi beNASA abazogcina beyindiza," kusho uFerguson. “Ithimba leBoeing selithathe konke okufundile enhlizweni yethu yokuqala engavulwa ye-Orbital Flight Test, futhi lenza iStarliner yaba ngomunye wemikhumbi-mkhathi entsha ephephe kunazo zonke esake yafakwa. Ngizoba lapha phansi ngisekela uButch, uNicole, noMike ngenkathi bekufakazela lokho. ”

UFerguson ube yingxenye ebalulekile yohlelo lweStarliner kusukela ngo-2011, ngemuva kokuthatha umhlalaphansi kwi-NASA njengomakadebona womkhumbi-mkhathi kathathu, kubandakanya nomkhuzi we-STS-135, indiza yokugcina yokuhamba emkhathini eya esiteshini sasemkhathini.

“Ngiyabonga kakhulu kuChris ngobuholi bakhe. Ubeka umndeni wakhe phambili, okuyinto uBoeing ayisekela ngokugcwele, ”kusho uLeanne Caret, umongameli kanye ne-CEO, iBoeing Defense, Space & Security. "Sinenhlanhla uzoqhubeka nokubamba iqhaza elibonakalayo ohlelweni lweStarliner futhi alethe ukujula nobubanzi besipiliyoni sakhe endizeni yabantu kulolu hlelo."

Ukwakhiwa kwesixazululo esiphephile, esithembekile futhi esingabizi kakhulu sezinsizakalo zokuthuthwa kwabasebenzi ukuya nokubuya e-International Space Station kuhlala kuyinto ephambili kuNASA naseBoeing, okuvumela indawo yokucwaninga e-orbit ukuthi iqhubeke nokufeza isithembiso sayo njengelebhu esezingeni lomhlaba .

Uhlelo lweNASA lweCommercial Crew lusebenza nemboni yezokundiza emkhathini yaseMelika njengoba izinkampani zakha futhi zisebenzisa isizukulwane esisha semikhumbi-mkhathi futhi sethula izinhlelo ezikwazi ukuthwala izisebenzi ziye kwi-Earth orbit ephansi kanye nasesiteshini sasemkhathini. Ukuthuthwa kwezentengiselwano ukuya nokubuya esiteshini kuzohlinzeka ngokusetshenziswa okunwetshiwe, isikhathi esingeziwe sokucwaninga kanye namathuba abanzi okutholakala kule ndawo esemkhathini.