NASA imayitanitsa anthu kuti atumize zojambulajambula ku asteroid

WASHINGTON, DC - NASA ikuyitanitsa onse okonda zakuthambo kuti atumize zoyesayesa zawo zaluso paulendo wokwera chombo cha NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx). Uwu ukhala ntchito yoyamba yaku US kusonkhanitsa chitsanzo cha asteroid ndikubwezeretsa ku Earth kuti iphunzire.

OSIRIS-REx ikuyenera kukhazikitsidwa mu Seputembala ndikupita ku asteroid Bennu. Kampeni ya #WeTheExplorers ikuyitanira anthu kuti atenge nawo gawo pa ntchitoyi pofotokoza, kudzera mu luso, momwe mzimu wofufuza wa ntchitoyo umawonekera m'miyoyo yawo. Zojambula zomwe zatumizidwa zidzasungidwa pa chip pachombo. Chombocho chanyamula kale chip chokhala ndi mayina oposa 442,000 omwe adatumizidwa kudzera mu kampeni ya 2014 ya "Mauthenga kwa Bennu".

"Kupanga zida za m'mlengalenga ndi zida zakhala ntchito yolenga kwambiri, pomwe chinsalucho ndi chitsulo chopangidwa ndi makina okonzekera kukhazikitsidwa mu Seputembala," atero a Jason Dworkin, wasayansi wa polojekiti ya OSIRIS-REx ku NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center ku Greenbelt. Maryland. "Ndikoyenera kuti izi zitha kulimbikitsa anthu kuti afotokoze zaluso zawo kuti zinyamulidwe ndi OSIRIS-REx mumlengalenga."

Kupereka kungatenge mawonekedwe a sketch, chithunzi, zithunzi, ndakatulo, nyimbo, kanema wachidule kapena mawu ena opanga kapena ukadaulo omwe amawonetsa tanthauzo la kukhala wofufuza. Zopereka zidzalandiridwa kudzera pa Twitter ndi Instagram mpaka pa Marichi 20.

"Kufufuza malo ndi ntchito yopangidwa mwachibadwa," adatero Dante Lauretta, wofufuza wamkulu wa OSIRIS-REx ku yunivesite ya Arizona, Tucson. "Tikuyitanitsa dziko lonse lapansi kuti ligwirizane nafe paulendo waukuluwu poyika ntchito yawo yojambula pa ndege ya OSIRIS-REx, komwe ikhala mumlengalenga kwa zaka zambiri."

Chombocho chidzapita kufupi ndi Earth asteroid Bennu kukatenga chitsanzo cha osachepera 60 magalamu (2.1 ounces) ndikuchibwezera ku Earth kuti chiphunzire. Asayansi akuyembekeza kuti Bennu atha kukhala ndi zidziwitso zakuchokera kwa solar system komanso komwe kumachokera madzi ndi mamolekyu achilengedwe omwe mwina adapita ku Dziko Lapansi.

Goddard imapereka kasamalidwe ka mishoni yonse, uinjiniya wamakina ndi chitetezo ndi chitsimikizo cha ntchito kwa OSIRIS-REx. Yunivesite ya Arizona, Tucson imatsogolera gulu la sayansi ndikukonzekera ndi kukonza. Lockheed Martin Space Systems ku Denver akupanga chombocho. OSIRIS-REx ndi ntchito yachitatu mu New Frontiers Program ya NASA. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center ku Huntsville, Alabama, imayang'anira New Frontiers ku bungwe la Science Mission Directorate ku Washington.