An zaɓi Kwamandan Jirgin Sama don Ofishin Jakadancin SpaceX Crew-6

'Yan sama jannatin NASA Stephen Bowen da Woody Hoburg za su yi aiki a matsayin kwamandan kumbo da matukin jirgi, bi da bi, don aikin. Abokan hulda na hukumar na kasa da kasa za su nada karin ma'aikatan jirgin a matsayin kwararrun manufa a nan gaba.

Ana sa ran harba aikin a shekarar 2023 akan rokar Falcon 9 daga Kaddamar da Complex 39A a Cibiyar Sararin Samaniya ta NASA ta Kennedy a Florida. Bowen, Hoburg, da ma'aikatan jirgin na kasa da kasa za su shiga cikin ma'aikatan jirgin da ke cikin tashar sararin samaniya.

Wannan shine karo na hudu da Bowen zai yi balaguro zuwa sararin samaniya a matsayin tsohon sojan jiragen sama guda uku: STS-126 a 2008, STS-132 a 2010, da STS-133 a 2011. Bowen ya shiga sama da kwanaki 40 a sararin samaniya, gami da awanni 47. Minti 18 yayin tafiya sararin samaniya bakwai. An haife shi a Cohasset, Massachusetts. Ya yi digirin farko a fannin injiniyan lantarki daga Jami'ar Sojan Ruwa ta Amurka da ke Annapolis, Maryland, sannan ya yi digiri na biyu a fannin injiniyan teku daga shirin hadin gwiwa a fannin Kimiyya da Injiniya da Cibiyar Fasaha ta Massachusetts (MIT) da ke Cambridge, Massachusetts ta bayar. da Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution a Falmouth, Massachusetts. A cikin Yuli 2000, Bowen ya zama jami'in jirgin ruwa na farko da NASA ta zaba a matsayin dan sama jannati.

Hukumar NASA ta zabi Hoburg a matsayin dan sama jannati a shekarar 2017 kuma wannan ita ce ziyararsa ta farko zuwa sararin samaniya. Ya fito daga Pittsburgh kuma ya sami digiri na farko a fannin sararin samaniya da sararin samaniya daga MIT sannan ya yi digirin digirgir a fannin injiniyan lantarki da kimiyyar kwamfuta daga Jami'ar California, Berkeley. A lokacin da aka zaba shi a matsayin dan sama jannati, Hoburg ya kasance mataimakin farfesa a fannin sararin samaniya da sararin samaniya a MIT. Binciken Hoburg ya mayar da hankali kan ingantattun hanyoyi don tsara tsarin injiniya. Shi ma matukin jirgi ne na kasuwanci tare da kimar kayan aiki, injin guda ɗaya, da ƙima mai yawa.

Shirin NASA's Commercial Crew yana aiki tare da masana'antar sararin samaniyar Amurka don samar da lafiya, abin dogaro, da sufuri mai inganci zuwa kuma daga tashar sararin samaniya ta ƙasa da ƙasa kan rokoki da jiragen sama da Amurka ke harba daga ƙasan Amurka.

Sama da shekaru 21, mutane sun rayu kuma suna ci gaba da aiki a tashar sararin samaniya ta duniya, suna haɓaka ilimin kimiyya da kuma nuna sabbin fasahohi, wanda hakan ya sa ci gaban bincike ba zai yiwu ba a duniya. A matsayin wani yunƙuri na duniya, mutane 244 daga ƙasashe 19 sun ziyarci dakin gwaje-gwaje na musamman na microgravity wanda ya dauki nauyin bincike da bincike sama da 3,000 daga masu bincike a kasashe da yankuna 108.

Tashar tashar gwaji ce mai mahimmanci don NASA don fahimta da shawo kan ƙalubalen jirgin sama na dogon lokaci da kuma faɗaɗa damar kasuwanci a cikin ƙaramin ƙasa. Kamar yadda kamfanonin kasuwanci ke mayar da hankali kan samar da sabis na sufurin sararin samaniya na ɗan adam da haɓaka ƙaƙƙarfan tattalin arziƙin ƙasa mara ƙarfi, NASA tana da 'yanci ta mai da hankali kan kera jiragen sama da rokoki don ayyukan zurfafa sararin samaniya zuwa wata da Mars.