E-WASHINGTON, DC - I-NASA ibiza bonke abathanda indawo ukuba bathumele iinzame zabo zobugcisa kuhambo kwi-Origins ye-NASA, i-Spectral Interpretation, i-Resource Identification, i-Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) yesiphekepheke. Oku kuya kuba ngumsebenzi wokuqala wase-US ukuqokelela isampuli ye-asteroid kwaye uyibuyisele eMhlabeni ukuze ifundwe.
I-OSIRIS-REx icwangciselwe ukuqaliswa ngoSeptemba kwaye ihambe kwi-asteroid Bennu. Iphulo i#WeTheExplorers limema uluntu ukuba luthathe inxaxheba kulo msebenzi ngokuvakalisa, ngobugcisa, ukuba umoya wobuthunywa wokuhlola ubonakala njani kubomi babo. Imisebenzi yobugcisa engenisiweyo iya kugcinwa kwitshiphu kwisiphekepheke. I-spacecraft sele iphethe i-chip enamagama angaphezu kwama-442,000 angeniswe ngephulo le-2014 elithi "Imiyalezo eya kuBennu".
"Uphuhliso lwesiphekepheke kunye nezixhobo kube yinkqubo enkulu yokuyila, apho ekugqibeleni i-canvas iyintsimbi eyenziwe ngoomatshini kunye nezixhobo ezilungiselela ukuqaliswa ngoSeptemba," utshilo uJason Dworkin, usosayensi weprojekthi ye-OSIRIS-REx kwi-NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre eGreenbelt. Maryland. "Kufanelekile ukuba lo mzamo unokukhuthaza uluntu ukuba lubonise ubuchule babo ukuba buthwalwe yi-OSIRIS-REx emkhathini."
Ungeniso lusenokuthatha uhlobo lomzobo, ifoto, umzobo, umbongo, ingoma, ividiyo emfutshane okanye enye imbonakalo yoyilo okanye yobugcisa ebonisa ukuba kuthetha ukuthini ukuba ngumkhenkethi. Iziphakamiso ziya kwamkelwa nge-Twitter kunye ne-Instagram kude kube yi-20 kaMatshi.
"Ukuhlola indawo ngumsebenzi owenziwe ngokwemvelo," utshilo uDante Lauretta, umphandi oyintloko we-OSIRIS-REx kwiYunivesithi yaseArizona, eTucson. "Simema umhlaba ukuba uhlanganyele nathi kolu hambo luhle ngokubeka umsebenzi wabo wobugcisa kwisiphekepheke se-OSIRIS-REx, apho siya kuhlala esithubeni kangangewaka leminyaka."
Isiphekepheke sizakuhamba ngenqanawa siye kufutshane ne-Earth asteroid iBennu ukuya kuqokelela isampulu yeegram ezingama-60 ubuncinane (2.1 ounces) kwaye iyibuyisele eMhlabeni ukuze ifundwe. Izazinzulu zilindele ukuba uBennu abambe imikhondo kwimvelaphi yesixokelelwano selanga kunye nomthombo wamanzi kunye neemolekyuli zezinto eziphilayo ezinokuthi zenze indlela yazo eya eMhlabeni.
I-Goddard inikezela ngolawulo lobuthunywa jikelele, ubunjineli beenkqubo kunye nokhuseleko kunye nesiqinisekiso sobuthunywa se-OSIRIS-REx. IYunivesithi yaseArizona, eTucson ikhokela iqela lesayensi kunye nokucwangciswa koqwalaselo kunye nokusebenza. I-Lockheed Martin Space Systems e-Denver yakha isiphekepheke. I-OSIRIS-REx yimishini yesithathu kwiNkqubo yeNew Frontiers yeNASA. Iziko leNqwelomoya le-NASA le-Marshall e-Huntsville, e-Alabama, lilawula i-New Frontiers kwi-arhente yoLawulo lweMishini yeNzululwazi eWashington.
