Usomajukujuku weNASA uPeggy Whitson.I-Bill Ingalls / NASA / imifanekiso kaFetty NgoSeptemba 2, usomajukujuku weNASA uPeggy Whitson uyakwenza njalo buyela uMhlaba usuka kwiSitishi saMazwe ngaMazwe sasemaJukujukwini, simzisela ixesha lakhe lilonke elichithwe esithubeni ukuya kwiintsuku ezingama-665-eliqokelelwe ngaphezulu kwemishini emithathu eyahlukeneyo. Emva kokufika, uWhitson uyophula irekhodi laseMelika ixesha elininzi alichithe esithubeni. Irekhodi lehlabathi lelika-Russian Astronaut u-Gennady Padalka, ochithe iintsuku ezingama-879 eziqokelelweyo esithubeni. Waphule irekhodi ngo-2013, egqitha usomajukujuku waseRussia uSergei Krikalev, onaye echithiwe ngaphezulu nje kweentsuku ezingama-803 kwisithuba esingaphezulu kwesithuba semishini emithandathu.
NgoNovemba 17, 2016, uWhiston waseka iSitishi saMajukujuku saMazwe ngaMazwe esuka kwiBaikonur Cosmodrome eseKazakhstan. Uya kubuyela eKazakhstan ngo-9: 22 ebusuku. I-EST (ngo-7: 22 kusasa ngexesha laseKazakhstan ngo-Septemba 3).
U-Whitson sele ephethe irekhodi njengowasetyhini ochithe elona xesha lide e-orbit ngexesha lendiza enye. Olo thumo luvalwe ngeentsuku ezingama-288. Ukwangumnini werekhodi kwezona ndawo zininzi zihamba emajukujukwini kwaye elona xesha lininzi lifumene indawo yokuhamba usomajukujuku wasetyhini. Wayengumfazi wesibini ukuyalela i-International Space Station, kwaye owokuqala wayiyalela kwimishini emibini eyahlukeneyo. Kwezi zinto zibalulekileyo, nangona kunjalo uxelelwe I-CBS ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, iya kuba luphawu lokwenyani xa kungafuneki ukuba sithethe ngayo.
Into enomdla wexesha elibanzi likaWhitson emajukujukwini kukuba kananjalo unexesha lokuhamba ngokufutshane, ngenxa yento ebizwa ngokuba kukunciphisa ixesha. Ngo-2013, uMhlaba namhlanje ingxelo: Siyabulela ekunciphiseni ixesha kunye ne-Einstein's theory of relativity, we know that time travel can and actually do happens, albeit only in most extremely increments in the pace and distances we can walk in space. Ukuba udibanisa isantya oziqokeleleleyo usosomajukujuku uSergei Krivalev uhambe esikhaleni-uninzi lomntu nawuphi na umntu uchithe ixesha elichithwe kumjikelezo weentsuku ezingama-803 iiyure ezili-9 kunye nemizuzu engama-39-eneneni uye walihambela ikamva lakhe ngemizuzwana eyi-0.02. Xa kuthelekiswa noKrivalev, ukuhamba kwexesha likaWhitson yimizuzwana eyi-0.018 kwikamva lakhe.
Umsebenzi kaWhitson ubandakanya iphupha laseMelika. Uzalelwe kwifama esemaphandleni e-Iowa edolophini enabantu abangama-20, wakhulisa kwaye wathengisa iinkukhu ukuze akwazi ukufumana ilayisensi yakhe yangasese, ekugqibeleni waphumelela ukusuka kwiYunivesithi yaseRice eTexas eneMasters kwiBiochemistry. Waqhubeka e-Rice njengomntu ogqirha emva kokuba enikwe indawo yokuhlala yophando kwi-NASA's Johnson Space Centre e-Houston ngo-1989. Ngo-1996 wonyulwa njengomgqatswa we-astronaut. Ixesha lakhe kwiSitishi saMazwe ngaMazwe sasemaJukujukwini selisetyenziselwe ukulinganisa ukusikelwa umda komzimba ebantwini esibhakabhakeni, ngolindelo lokuya kwi-Mars ngelinye ixesha kwixa elizayo.
U-Whitson uthe akaqinisekanga nokuba le mishini yakutshanje iyakuba yeyokugqibela, okanye uya kunikwa ithuba lokophula irekhodi lehlabathi ixesha elininzi elichithwe emajukujukwini. I-NASA ekuqaleni yayicwangcise inkomfa yemithombo yeendaba ngo-Agasti 30 kunye noWhitson, ngaphambi kokubuyela kwakhe eMhlabeni, kodwa kuya kufuneka iphinde imiselwe omnye umhla, emva kokuba ebuyile, ngenxa yeempembelelo zeNkanyamba uHarvey eHouston, apho iNASA Mission Control is ibekwe.
