Ndege inotakura ndege yakagadzirirwa kuve yekutanga nhanho yekutengeserana spaceline system yakaita rwendo rwayo rwekutanga nhasi paMojave Air uye Space Port muCalifornia.
Yakagadzirwa neScaled Composites, iyo hombe uye yakasarudzika yeWhiteKnightTwo humai yakakungurutsira pasi nzira uye yakazvisimbisa mumhepo ichishandisa ina Pratt naWhitney PW308A turbofan injini. WhiteKnightTwo yakabhururuka kweinenge awa, ichibva munzira ingangoita 8:17 am Pacific Standard Time, inobata zvakanaka pasi paMojave Air uye Space Port nguva dzinosvika 9:17 am PST.
"Izuva guru," akadaro Stuart Witt, maneja mukuru weMojave Air uye Space Port. “Ndinofunga kuti inguva chaiyo yekufungisisa. Kana munhu wese achitsvaga bailout, pachine vanhu vari kuita chimwe chinhu nechikonzero chakakura, "akaudza SPACE.com.
Mushure mekufamba nendege dzinoverengeka, iyo WhiteKnightTwo ichave yakashongedzwa neiyo-pasi-ichivakwa SpaceShipTwo. Iyo ndege yeroketi iri kuvakwa zvakare neScaled Composites yeMojave, California. Pakupedzisira WhiteKnightTwo ndeyekutakura ndege yemuchadenga ichienda kumusoro, kwainozosimuka yonanga kune suborbital space ndege.
Iyo WhiteKnightTwo/SpaceShipTwo combo ichashanda semusana we Sir Richard Branson's Mhandara Galactic suborbital spaceline mashandiro.
Mhandara Galactic ine ndege shanu dzeSpaceShipTwo rocket uye maviri eanotakura craft, ane sarudzo pane zvimwe.
Tichipihwa runyoro runofambira mberi rwekuongorora bvunzo paMojave Air uye Space Port, iyo spaceline system inofanirwa kushandiswa kutengeswa panzvimbo yazvino-ichiri kuvakwa Spaceport America muNew Mexico. Mutengo weti pachigaro pane vaviri mutyairi/vatanhatu mutyairi suborbital SpaceShipTwo imadhora mazana maviri.
Ruzivo rwendege
Kubhururuka kweawa-refu yekuyedza yeWhiteKnightTwo yakashandisa vashoma kuyedza vashandi vendege.
"Uye tiri pano mangwanani eSvondo ... mune imwe nzvimbo kunze uko pakati penzvimbo uye zvinhu zvakatsvinda zviri kuitika. Zvaingoratidzika zvakanaka,” Witt akadaro. “Chii chinoita kuti vanhu vauye kunzvimbo ine dongo iri mangwanani emusi weSvondo muna Zvita ndezvekuti chii chakavamanikidza kuno. Kuvandudzwa kwakaitwa nebazi rakazvimiririra ibasa riri kuzadzwa nekuti NASA yakasiya makumi mapfumbamwe muzana ebhokisi rejecha ndokusiya rakavhurika kuti isu tizadze. "
Chapupu pakubhururuka kwacho ndiDick Rutan uyo muna Zvita 1986 aityaira ndege yeVoyager pasi rose asingamire achibatsirwa naJeana Yeager. Iye ihama yaBurt Rutan, Chief Technology Officer uye Sachigaro Emeritus weScaled Composites.
"Zvese zvakafamba zvakanaka ... zvinhu zvikuru zvese zvakashanda zvakanaka," Rutan akaudza SPACE.com. "Pakazere, 99 muzana pane chinangwa uye munhu wese anofara chaizvo. Iwe unotora ndege inokatyamadza iyi woisimudza woidzika pasi… uye yakachengeteka padhishi. ”
Chirongwa chenzvimbo yekutengesa
Muna 2004, ndege diki yeWhiteKnight yakatakura SpaceShipOne - hurongwa hwekumisikidza hwakaita kuti ngarava yeroketi yekutanga isiri yehurumende ikwanise kubhururuka ichienda kumucheto kwechadenga. Ndege dzekudzokera kumashure dzeSpaceShipOne gore riya dzakawana Scaled Composites timu, madhora gumi emamiriyoni mumari yeAnsari X.
Musi waZvita 15, New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) yakazivisa kuti Spaceport America yatambira Rekodhi yeChisarudzo uye rezinesi rekutanga uye rakachinjika mabasa kubva kuFederal Aviation Administration's Hofisi yeCommercial Space Transportation.
Munhau dzine hukama, mazuva mashoma gare gare, iyo NMSA yakazivisa kusarudzwa kwaGerald Martin Construction Management yeAlbuquerque, New Mexico, kuti atarisire kuvakwa kweSpaceport America.
Mvumo yehurumende uye kusarudzwa kwefemu yekuvaka ndiwo nhanho dzinotevera munzira yekuenda kunzvimbo yekutengeserana inoshanda zvizere, akadaro Executive Director weNMSA Steven Landeene. "Tiri munzira yekutanga kuvaka mukota yekutanga ya2009, uye chivako chedu chipedzwe nekukurumidza," Landeene akadaro mukutaura kwenhau.
NMSA inotarisirwa kuve nechibvumirano chekurenda chakasainwa neMhandara Galactic gare gare mwedzi uno.
Iyo NMSA parizvino inoronga chiitiko chekutanga kuSpaceport America kuti chiwedzere muna 2009 uye kuvaka kunotanga zvakare gore rinouya pane terminal uye hangar nzvimbo ichashandiswa kumabasa eVirgin Galactic. Zvivako izvozvo zvaizopedzwa pakupera kwa2010.
