Oosomajukujuku beNASA uStephen Bowen kunye noWoody Hoburg baya kusebenza njengomphathi wesiphekepheke kunye nomqhubi wenqwelomoya, ngokulandelelanayo, kwimishini. Amaqabane ale arhente kumazwe ngamazwe aya kwabela amalungu eqela elongezelelweyo njengeengcali zobuthunywa kwixesha elizayo.
Imishini kulindeleke ukuba iqalise ngo-2023 kwi-rocket ye-Falcon 9 ukusuka kwi-Launch Complex 39A kwi-NASA's Kennedy Space Centre eFlorida. Bowen, Hoburg, kunye namalungu eqela lamazwe ngamazwe baya kujoyina i-expedition crew kwisikhululo sasejuleni.
Olu iya kuba luhambo lwesine lukaBowen esibhakabhakeni njengegqala lemishini emithathu yesiphekepheke: i-STS-126 ngo-2008, i-STS-132 ngo-2010, kunye ne-STS-133 ngo-2011. Imizuzu eli-40 ngexesha lokuhamba emajukujukwini okusixhenxe. Wazalelwa eCohasset, Massachusetts. Ubambe isidanga se-bachelor kubunjineli bombane ukusuka kwi-United States Naval Academy e-Annapolis, eMaryland, kunye nesidanga se-master kubunjineli bolwandle ukusuka kwiNkqubo eHlangeneyo kwi-Applied Ocean Science kunye nobuNjineli enikezelwa yiMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) eCambridge, Massachusetts, kunye neWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution eFalmouth, Massachusetts. NgoJulayi 47, uBowen waba ligosa lokuqala lenkwili elikhethwe njengosomajukujuku yiNASA.
IHoburg ikhethwe yiNASA njengosomajukujuku ngo-2017 kwaye olu iya kuba luhambo lwakhe lokuqala ukuya esikhaleni. Uvela ePittsburgh kwaye wafumana isidanga se-bachelor kwi-aeronautics kunye ne-astronautics evela kwi-MIT kunye nesigqirha sobunjineli bombane kunye nesayensi yekhompyutha kwiYunivesithi yaseCalifornia, eBerkeley. Ngexesha lokunyulwa kwakhe njengosomajukujuku, uHoburg wayengunjingalwazi oncedisayo kwi-aeronautics kunye ne-astronautics e-MIT. Uphando lukaHoburg lugxile kwiindlela ezisebenzayo zoyilo lweenkqubo zobunjineli. Ukwangumqhubi worhwebo onesixhobo, i-injini enye, kunye neereyithingi zeenjini ezininzi.
Inkqubo ye-NASA ye-Commercial Crew Programme isebenza noshishino lwe-aerospace yaseMelika ukubonelela ngezothutho ezikhuselekileyo, ezithembekileyo, nezineendleko zothutho eziya nokubuya kwiSikhululo saMajukujuku saMazwe ngaMazwe ngeerokhethi ezenziwe eMelika kunye neziphekepheke eziphuma kumhlaba waseMelika.
Ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-21, abantu bebehleli kwaye besebenza ngokuqhubekayo kwiSikhululo saMajukujuku saMazwe ngaMazwe, beqhubela phambili ulwazi lwezenzululwazi kwaye bebonisa itekhnoloji entsha, benza ukuba ukuphumelela kophando kungenzeki eMhlabeni. Njengomzamo wehlabathi jikelele, abantu be-244 abavela kumazwe e-19 baye batyelela i-laboratory ye-microgravity ekhethekileyo eye yabamba ngaphezu kwe-3,000 yophando kunye nophando lwezemfundo oluvela kubaphandi kumazwe angama-108 nakwiindawo.
Isikhululo siluvavanyo olubalulekileyo lweNASA ukuqonda kwaye yoyise imiceli mngeni yokubhabha kwesithuba eside kunye nokwandisa amathuba okurhweba kwi-orbit ephantsi yoMhlaba. Njengoko iinkampani zorhwebo zijolise ekuboneleleni ngeenkonzo zothutho lwendawo yoluntu kunye nokuphuhlisa uqoqosho oluluqilima lwe-orbit ye-Earth ephantsi, i-NASA ikhululekile ukugxila ekwakhiweni kwe-spacecraft kunye neerokethi zemishini yesithuba esinzulu kwiNyanga kunye ne-Mars.
