NASA, Boeing inozivisa Starliner crew shanduko

Veteran NASA muzivi wemuchadenga Barry “Butch” Wilmore achabatana nevanoona nezvemuchadenga Mike Fincke naNicole Mann paNASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test, ndege yekutanga yeCST-100 Starliner ichiparura kuInternational Space Station muna 2021.

Wilmore achatora nzvimbo ye Boeing astronaut Chris Ferguson pamuedzo wendege sechikamu cheNASA's Commerce Crew Chirongwa. Ferguson akasarudza kusakwira ndege zvikonzero zvemunhu.

Wilmore anga achidzidzira padivi-ne-parutivi nevashandi kubva pakunzi ndiyo yega backup yekufamba kwese zvinzvimbo muna Chikunguru 2018. Iye zvino achachinja pfungwa dzake kunyanya kumabasa emukuru wezvitundumuseremusere mukugadzirira kubhururuka kuchiteshi chemuchadenga. Iyo ndege yakagadzirirwa kuyedza magumo-kumagumo kugona kweiyo itsva Starliner system.

“Butch achagona pinda zvisina musono, uye ruzivo rwake rwekare pane zvese zviri zviviri chivharo chechadenga uye muchadenga mishoni dzechiteshi dzinoita kuti awedzere kukosha mundege iyi, "akadaro Kathy Lueders, mubatsiri maneja weNASA's Human. Kuongorora uye Operations Mission Directorate. “Chris anga ane tarenda nhengo yevashandi vebasa iri. Zvikwata zveNASA neBoeing Commercial Crew kuonga nomwoyo wose basa rinokosha raakapedza uye achapfuurira kutungamira mukuvandudzwa kweStarliner, izvo zvichabatsira kuona kuti iyo Starliner Crew Flight Test ichabudirira. "

Wilmore apedza mari yese Mazuva 178 ari muchadenga mukati menguva yemamishini maviri. Muna 2009, akashanda semutungamiriri mutyairi wechitundumuseremusere weAtlantis paSTS-129, achibatsira kuendesa matani gumi nemana ezvasara. zvikamu zvechiteshi chemuchadenga. Muna 14, akadzokera kuchiteshi chemuchadenga kuburikidza nea Russian Soyuz spacecraft yemazuva 2014 mishoni, panguva iyo akaita mana spacewalks.

Mumwe wekuMt. Juliet, Tennessee, Wilmore akawana bachelor's uye masters madhigirii emagetsi engineering kubva kuTennessee Technological University muCookeville, uye dhigirii raTenzi mune zvendege masisitimu kubva kuYunivhesiti yeTennessee muKnoxville. Ndiye kaputeni akasiya basa muU.S. Navy, neanopfuura 7,800 maawa ekubhururuka uye 663 mutakuri kumhara mune tactical jet ndege. Akasarudzwa seastronaut muna 2000.

"Ndinokutendai Chris hutungamiriri hwake hunoshamisa uye kunzwisisa mune izvi zvakaoma zvikuru uye zvinonyanya kugona motokari,” akadaro Wilmore. "Tave nemukana wekudzidzira padivi uye tarisa boka iri rakatanhamara sezvo backup yakabatsira mukugadzirira kwangu tora chinzvimbo ichi. Kusiya basa raive sarudzo yakaoma kuna Chris, asi nehutungamiriri hwake uye rubatsiro kusvika panguva ino, boka iri rakagadzirirwa kubudirira. Tichaenderera mberi nenzira imwechete yehunyanzvi uye yakazvipira kuti Chris akazviita."

Ferguson achatora basa wemutungamiriri weMission Integration uye Operations, pamwe nemutungamiriri weCrew Masisitimu eBoeing's Commerce Crew Chirongwa, kwaanozotarisa pakuona iyo Starliner spacecraft inosangana nezvinodiwa nevazivi venyeredzi veNASA. Mubasa iri, iye achava mumwe wevanhu vekupedzisira vashandi vanoona vasati vabva Pasi uye mumwe wavo yekutanga vanoiona pakudzoka kwavo, pamwe nekuvatsigira kwese kudzidziswa kwavo nebasa.

“Ndinovimba zvizere iyo Starliner mota, varume nevakadzi vanovaka nekuiedza, uye NASA vazivi vemuchadenga vanozoibhururuka,” akadaro Ferguson. "Boeing timu yakatora zvidzidzo zvese kubva kune yedu yekutanga isina kugadzirwa Orbital Flight Test kuenda mwoyo, uye iri kuita kuti Starliner ive imwe yezvikepe zvitsva zvakachengetedzeka fielded. Ndichange ndiri pano pasi ndichitsigira Butch, Nicole, uye Mike apo vanozviratidza.”

Ferguson ave akakosha chikamu cheStarliner chirongwa kubvira 2011, mushure mekusiya basa kubva kuNASA sea matatu-time space shuttle veteran, kusanganisira semukuru weSTS-135, yekupedzisira kubhururuka kwechadenga kuenda kuchiteshi chemuchadenga.

“Ndinokutendai zvangu Chris nekuda kwehutungamiriri hwake. Ari kuisa mhuri yake pakutanga, izvo Boeing zvizere inotsigira, "akadaro Leanne Caret, mutungamiri uye CEO, Boeing Defense, Space &. Chengetedzo. “Tine rombo rakanaka kuti acharamba achiita basa guru pamutambo uyu Starliner chirongwa uye kuunza kudzika kwake uye hupamhi hweruzivo mumunhu spaceflight kuchirongwa."

Kugadzirwa kwe safe, yakavimbika uye inodhura mhinduro yevashandi vekufambisa mabasa kuenda uye kubva kuInternational Space Station inoramba iri pamberi peNASA neBoeing, kubvumira nzvimbo yekutsvagisa yepa-orbit kuti irambe ichizadzisa vimbiso yayo se murabhoritari wepasi rose.

NASA's Commerce Crew Chirongwa ndeye kushanda neAmerican aerospace indasitiri sezvo makambani anovandudza nekushanda a chizvarwa chitsva chezvikepe zvemuchadenga nekutanga masisitimu anokwanisa kutakura vashandi kuenda low-Earth orbit uye kuchiteshi chemuchadenga. Zvekufambisa zvekutengesa kuenda nekudzoka iyo chiteshi ichapa yakawedzera kushandiswa, yekuwedzera nguva yekutsvagisa uye yakakura mikana yekuwanikwa pane orbital outpost.