I-SN15 ngumboniso wokuqala weStarship wokuncamathelisa ukufika.@ BocaChicaGal / Twitter Kube ziiveki ezimbalwa ezizolileyo ukusukela kuvavanyo lwendawo yokugqibela ye-Spaceship ephezulu ye-Starship ekuqaleni kuka-Meyi, xa iprototype yeSN15 inyuke yaya kubude be-10 km (33,000 ft), yatyibilika kwisisu sayo phakathi kwesibhakabhaka, kwaye yafika ngempumelelo kwisiqwenga esinye.
Eli rokethi elikhulu lesinyithi lalimi i-150 leemitha ubude, kodwa yayilinqanaba eliphezulu lenkqubo yokugqibela yeStarship eyilelwe ukuthwala imithwalo nabantu ukuya eNyangeni naseMars. Kwezi veki zimbalwa zidlulileyo, i-SpaceX ibihlanganisa iprototype yesigaba esilandelayo, i-SN20, kunye nesona sikhulu sayo, iSuper Heavy, kwinkampani Indawo yovavanyo yeBoca Chica .
U-Elon Musk uthe ufuna ukubona iStarship ifikelela kwi-orbit ekupheleni kwalo nyaka. La maxesha amabhongo abonakala enokwenzeka ngoku ukuba iSpaceX iceba ukumilisela uvavanyo lokuqala lwe-Starship orbital kwinyanga ezayo.
Sidubula ngoJulayi, uMongameli we-SpaceX uGwynne Shotwell uthe kwiNkomfa yaMazwe ngaMazwe yoPhuculo lwendawo (ISDC) ngolwe-Sihlanu. Ndiyathemba ukuba siza kuyenza, kodwa sonke siyazi ukuba kunzima. Ngokwenyani sikwi-cusp yokubhabha le nkqubo, okanye ubuncinci ukuzama ukubhabha okokuqala kwe-orbital yale nkqubo, kwikota ekufutshane kakhulu.
I-SpaceX ichaze ikhosi yayo ecwangcisiweyo yenqwelomoya ehamba ngenqwelomoya kwiifayile kunye neKhomishini yoNxibelelwano yeFederal ngoMeyi. Ngokwesi sicwangciso, i-Starship izokuphakama isuke eBoca Chica nje ngovavanyo lwangaphambili lwendawo ephezulu. Emva kokufikelela kubude obujikelezayo, iSuper Heavy booster yayiza kuthi gxada kwiGulf of Mexico kude nonxweme isuka eBoca Chica, ngelixa inqanaba eliphezulu liza kujikeleza okwethutyana ngaphambi kokuhla kulwandlekazi lwePasifiki kufutshane neHawaii.
Uvavanyo lokuqala aluyi kugxila kumhlaba olawulwayo, nangona eyona njongo iphambili iya kuba kukulawula umhlaba zombini isiXhobo esiShushu esinamandla kunye nenqanaba eliphezulu kwaye ubenze baphinde basebenze ngokupheleleyo.
ISpaceX kusafuneka ifumane iphepha-mvume kuLawulo lwezoPhapho (i-FAA) ngenqwelomoya.
Inkqubo ye- #Starship / #SuperHeavy I-Orbital Launch tower iyaqhubeka nokuba nde! Icandelo # 6 lifakwe kule ntsasa e #IsithubaX Indawo yokuqalisa ye Starbase.
2 ngaphezulu ukuya! @NASASpaceflight pic.twitter.com/F3GKzESglW
-Tyler Grey (@ TylerG1998) NgoJuni 27, 2021
