Ukufika kweteleskophu yaseNkanyezi uNancy Grace Roman eCentro Espacial Kennedy eFlorida kuyisikhumbuzo esibalulekile emsebenzini wokugcina weNASA. Lesi sibonakude, esihlanganiswe futhi sahlolwa ngokugcwele, sizohanjiswa ngesikebhe i-Pegasus sisuka eGoddard Space Flight Centre eMaryland. I-NASA imeme izintatheli ukuthi zibambe iqhaza emcimbini ozokwenzeka emasontweni azayo. Ukubhaliswa, nokho, kuvaliwe ngoJuni 4, kuphela kubantu baseMelika.
Izindlela Zokufika Nemithetho Yabezindaba
I-telescope izofika echwebeni laseKennedy Space Center, lapho izintatheli ezibhalisiwe zingabona ukuthathwa kwemfucuza yokuthutha. Ochwepheshe beNASA bayobe bekhona ukuphendula imibuzo ngomsebenzi. Ngemuva kokufika, ochwepheshe bayohambisa lesi sibonakude ePayload Hazardous Servicing Facility, lapho kuqala khona amalungiselelo okugcina ngaphambi kokuqaliswa. Ithuba lokubika livalelwe ochwepheshe bezindaba baseMelika kuphela, ngokubhaliswa kuze kube nguJuni 4.
Ukubhaliswa Kuvaliwe Nezinyathelo Ezilandelayo
Imithombo yezindaba eyehlulekile ukuhlangabezana nesikhathi sangomhla ka-4 Juni ngo-23:59 ayikwazi ukubamba iqhaza emsebenzini wobuso. I-NASA ithe ngemuva kokugunyazwa, izintatheli ziyothola i-imeyili yokuqinisekisa enemininingwane eyengeziwe, kufaka phakathi usuku olunembile lwemisebenzi. Imibuzo ngokubhaliswa ingathunyelwa ku-imeyili [email protected]. Umthetho wokubhalisa we-NASA uyatholakala ku-inthanethi ukuze ubhekwe.
Amandla Esayensi Nezifiso Zeteleskophu
I-telescope ebizwe ngelika-Nancy Grace Roman, owesifazane wokuqala ukuba yisazi sezinkanyezi esiyinhloko se-NASA, izoba nombono obanzi nojulile we-cosmos. Izokwazi ukukhiqiza izithombe ezingakaze zibonwe okufanele ziguqule ukuqonda kwethu indawo yonke, zembule izinto eziyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezisemkhathini. Lesi sibonakude siphenya izimfihlakalo ezifana namandla amnyama namaplanethi angaphandle kwesimiso sonozungezilanga. Enye yezobuchwepheshe bayo athuthuke kakhulu izovumela ukutholwa kwezithombe eziqondile zamaplanethi azungeze izinkanyezi eziseduze, okuyisinyathelo esibalulekile ekufuneni ukuphila kwamanye amazwe.
Ukusebenzisana Namazwe Ngamazwe Nezimboni Ezihlanganyelwe
I-Roman telescope iphethwe yi-Goddard Space Flight Centre, ngokuhlanganyela ne-JPL, Caltech/IPAC, STScI nethimba lesayensi elihlukahlukene. Abahlinzeki abakhulu bezimboni bahlanganisa i-BAE Systems, i-L3Harris Technologies ne-Teledyne Scientific & Imaging. Ngaphezu kwalokho, iminikelo ebalulekile ivela kwa-ESA, JAXA, CNES kanye neMax Planck Institute for Astronomy. Lo msebenzi umele umzamo womhlaba wonke wokwandisa ulwazi nge-cosmos.
Uhlelo Lokuqaliswa Nezinyathelo Ezilandelayo
Uhlelo Lwezinsiza Zokuqaliswa Lwe-NASA, olusekelwe eKennedy Space Centre, lunomthwalo wokuphatha insiza yokuqaliswa kwe-Roman. Lesi sibonakude sizoqaliswa nge-rocket i-Falcon Heavy ye-SpaceX, isuka e-Complex of Launch 39A. Ithebhu lokuqaliswa lihlelelwe ekuqaleni kukaSepthemba 2026. Ukufika eKennedy Space Center ngumgomo omkhulu wokugcina ngaphambi kokuhlanganiswa nomqhubi wethrafikhi.
