I-Kennedy Space Centre, eFlorida (eTN) - Nge-7: 43 pm (ET), i-STS-119 (i-Space Transportation System flight 119) I-Discovery yaqala, ilawulwa ngoosomajukujuku abasixhenxe kwiphulo lokufakela amaphiko amatsha elanga, kunye nokuwa. ucime iprosesa entsha yomchamo kwisitishi sasemajukujukwini inkqubo yokurisayikilisha kwamanzi, kunye nomhlali omtsha wesikhululo, usomajukujuku waseJapan uKoichi Wakata. Nangona ngeCawe ebusuku uphehlelelo lweDiscovery lulandele ulibaziseko oluhlanu oluye lwabangela ukuba ubuthunywa buncitshiswe ngemini kunye nokunqunyulwa kohambo lwasejukujukwini malunga neenkxalabo ezibandakanya iivalvu ze-hydrogen kunye nokuvuza kwe-hydrogen kutyhalele umva inqwelomoya ngesithuba esingaphezu kwenyanga, ukuqaliswa kwaqhubeka ngamawaka. ababukeli abavela kwihlabathi liphela bevuya.
Ukusuka kweyona ndawo ibalaseleyo, uhola wendlela weNASA, oyeyona ndawo ikufutshane yokubukela kawonke-wonke emalunga neekhilomitha ezintandathu ukusuka kwiipadi zokuqalisa ezikwi-shuttle ezibekwe ngqo elunxwemeni loMlambo iBanana, ukujongwa kwetikiti kuye kwavunyelwa. Kulo mtya, amakhulu abantu abasuka kusapho lwe-VIP NASA kunye neendwendwe kunye neendwendwe eziqhelekileyo zagcwala kwaye zalinda ngaphezulu kweeyure ezine de ukubala ukwehla kunye nokunyuka.
Ebhodini iDiscovery emva kwemini ngoMvulo, oosomajukujuku abasixhenxe benze uhlolo olunzulu lwamaphiko enqanawa kunye neempumlo zabo ngelaser-tipped boom. Le ibiyinkqubo nje eqhelekileyo kusuku olusemva kokuqaliswa ukujonga nawuphi na umonakalo onokuthi wenzeke ngexesha lokuphakanyiswa.
Elinye ibali, nangona kunjalo, libuyele emhlabeni - emhlabeni. Abantu abahambe besiya eCape Canaveral, bengenankathalo ngesekondi enye yeengxaki zokudodobala koqoqosho ezikhathaza iMelika kunye nengxaki yentengo yemboleko-ingxaki yezindlu eFlorida - enika i-engile elungileyo.
Nangona itrafikhi yayakhelwe kwi-beeline, i-SR 328 kunye ne-Interstate 95, okanye i-SR 3 esuka kwiSiqithi saseMerritt okanye eCocoa Beach, abantu abadiniweyo kukuqhuba kunye/okanye ukubhabha baye kubona iDiscovery. Umboniso, uphehlelelo oluye lwamiswa amatyeli aliqela, luye lwaqhubeka. Ibilixesha lombhiyozo phakathi kokudodobala koqoqosho okwangqina ukuba akunako ukunqanda abantu ekuyeni eCape Canaveral.
Kunye namaqela avela eJapan, abemi basePuerto Rican abamalunga nama-200 bakhwela inqwelo-moya baya eFlorida bencoma usosomajukujuku wabo uJoseph Acaba.
Ithamsanqa lam—ukudibana nosapho luka-Acaba kwimizuzu eli-9 phambi kokuba luhambe. UBlanca Lopez, umakazi ka-Acaba owangena ngenqwelo-moya evela eRiverside, CA, wahlala ecaleni kwam. Ngokutsho kwakhe, uJoe wakhethwa kwirejista yootitshala abasesithubeni. “UJoe, okhulele eAnaheim, ungumfundisi-ntsapho wenzululwazi onesidanga [sesidanga] kwijoloji. Uhambe kwinkqubo ekhetheke kakhulu kwaye sonke silapha sixhasa usomajukujuku wokuqala wasePuerto Rican ukuba aye emajukujukwini.” U-Lopez uthe ngekhe wahamba nangakumbi ukonyusa umoya womtshana wakhe osele uphezulu, egameni lePuerto Rico kunye neSenethi yase-US esanda kunika i-Acaba ingqalelo ephezulu.
Umzala kaJoe, uMarco Acaba wasePuerto Rico, uthe iqela labahlobo abasenyongweni kunye namalungu osapho abhabhe izihlandlo ezininzi, ngaphambi kwalo mhla wokugqibela wokuphehlelelwa. Uthe njengoko i-mission yokuqala yachithwa ngoFebruwari 12, ilandelwa nguMatshi 11 kunye neCawa yokugqibela ye-15 kaMatshi, waqhubeka ebuyela eFlorida esuka ePuerto Rico. “Iinqwelo-moya ezithe ngqo ezisuka kwidolophu yakowethu zimalunga ne-avareji ye-$119 ngenqwelomoya nganye, umphinda-phindene ngesi-4 (awahlawulele lonke uhambo). Andikhathali ukuyenzela uJoe,” utshilo, esongeza, “ndingathanda ukubona inkqubo yasesibhakabhakeni iqhubeleka nangona uqoqosho lwethu lubuthathaka. Yinzululwazi kwaye kufuneka siqonde indawo kunye nolwandle, ihlabathi elisingqongileyo / ngaphandle kwethu, kunye nokukhuthazwa koluntu. Ibalulekile,” utshilo uAcaba. Uye wathi ngelixa umzala wakhe, uJoe, ekuhambo lokugqibela lokuhamba njengoko i-NASA ilahla i-mission, usazosebenzela i-NASA ebambe umsebenzi wakhe wobumbano. Yiyo loo nto ngamaxesha anje, ishishini lendawo lifuna abasebenzi balo ukuze liqhubeke nokuhambisa uqoqosho olubalulekileyo kwizigidi eziqeshwe lilo, kubandakanya iNASA, iKennedy Space Centre, ukhenketho kunye namanye amashishini anxulumeneyo.
Kwangena omnye umzala ka Acaba esuka e CA. U-Edward Velasquez ovela eLos Angeles uthe kusenokwenzeka ukuba uchithe kufutshane ne-400 yeedola kwaye ngeentlawulo ezimiselweyo ezingama-300 zeerandi ungene kwiindleko ezingaphezulu kwe-1000 yeedola kubandakanya iinqwelomoya, iirenti zeemoto kabini ngokulandelelana. "Ewe, konke egameni lesiqithi sasePuerto Rico, ilizwe kunye nomzala wam," watsho esongeza ukuba unqwenela ukuba inkqubo yendawo iphile kwimeko yezoqoqosho. “Kuninzi okuphumileyo kwinkqubo yeNASA. Ukuhamba emajukujukwini akufanele kuphele; kubalulekile ukuba i-US iqhubeke neenkqubo. Sikwazile ukuxhamla koohola bendlela bethu, iteknoloji kunye nokhenketho ngemisebenzi yasemajukujukwini. Kwaye ukuba i-Space Centre ibinokuvalwa, kuya kubakho abantu abaninzi abangaphangeli, mhlawumbi malunga ne-30,000. Kuya kuba buhlungu ukuyibona iqhubeka, ”utshilo uVelasquez malunga nethemba lakhe lokutsiba okukhulu eluntwini ngokudodobalisa ukudodobala koqoqosho kunye nokugcina uhambo lwendawo luphila.
“Oku kungaphezu kwento yosapho apho sikwabona iShuttle inyuka,” watsho omnye umzala uArmand Acaba wasePuerto Rico. U-Acaba uthe umzala wakhe kunye nabanye oomatiloshe bazosebenza ingalo. Kwaye ngokwenene, oosomajukujuku baqalise ngokukhawuleza. I-NASA igcine i-tab ekufutshane kwisiqwenga esidala senkunkuma ngoMvulo emva kwemini. Ubutyobo besathelayithi yeSoviet bugrogrise ngokusondela kakhulu (malunga nesiqingatha semayile) kwisikhululo samazwe ngamazwe sasemajukujukwini njengoko isiphekepheke sasibaleka sisiya kwisikhululo esijikelezayo.
Umzi-mveliso wasemajukujukwini oseFlorida usenokuba ubone isiphekepheke sokugqibela sihamba kodwa oko kungqinisise ukuba iinkqubo zase-Cape Canaveral ziya kuqhubeka ukutsala izihlwele. I-Kennedy Space Centre inika ingxelo yokuba minyaka le, ngaphezu kwe-1.5 yesigidi seendwendwe ezivela kwihlabathi jikelele zifumana i-adventure yazo yasemajukujukwini ngaphandle koosomajukujuku abadumileyo be-turbo-boosted off emhlabeni. Indawo yeehektare ezingama-70 yeeNdwendwe zeNdwendwe ibonelela ngamava enkqubo anika umdla adlulileyo, angoku kunye nawexesha elizayo asuka kumava amatsha eShuttle Launch, ukudibana nosomajukujuku ukuya kwiifilimu ze-IMAX ezinkulu kunezobomi, imiboniso ephilayo, imisebenzi eyenziwayo, iinkqubo zemfundo yolutsha kunye nasemva kwe- ukhenketho lomboniso kwindawo yeZiko leSithuba. Iintlanganiso kunye nabacwangcisi beminyhadala banokuphinda babhukishe iidili kwi-100,000 sq. foot UGqr Kurt H. Debus Conference centre kunye ne-giant 363-ft, 6.2 yezigidi ze-rocket ye-Saturn V phakathi kwendawo yebhola.
