I-United Arab Emirates (UAE) ilunar rover yokuqala yenyuka ngempumelelo namhlanje kwisikhululo saseCape Canaveral Space eFlorida. I-rover ye-UAE yasungulwa kwi-rocket ye-SpaceX Falcon 9 ngo-02:38 ngexesha lasekhaya njengenxalenye ye-UAE-Japan mission ukuya enyangeni. Ukuba uphumelele, uphando luya kwenza i-UAE ibe lilizwe lesine lokusebenzisa isiphekepheke enyangeni, emva kweTshayina, iRussia kunye ne-United States.

Uthumo lwe-UAE-Japan luquka umnini-mhlaba obizwa ngokuba yi-Hakuto-R (igama elithetha "uMvundla oMhlophe") owakhiwe yi-ispace yenkampani yaseJapan. Isiphekepheke sizakuthatha phantse iinyanga ezine ukuze sifike eNyangeni phambi kokuba sifike eAtlas Crater kwicala elikufutshane leNyanga. Emva koko ikhupha ngobunono i-10kg enamavili amane eRashid (ethetha "i-right steered") i-rover ukuhlola indawo yenyanga.

I-rover, eyakhiwe yi-Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre, iqulethe ikhamera ephezulu kunye nekhamera ye-thermal imaging, zombini ezo ziya kufunda ukubunjwa kwe-regolith yenyanga. Baya kufota kwakhona intshukumo yothuli kumphezulu wenyanga, benze uhlolo olusisiseko lwamatye enyanga, kwaye bafunde iimeko zeplasma.

Umba onomdla we-rover kukuba iya kuvavanya izinto ezahlukeneyo ezahlukeneyo ezinokuthi zisetyenziswe ukwenza amavili enyanga. Ezi zixhobo zisetyenziswe ngendlela ye-adhesive strips kumavili ka-Rashid ukugqiba ukuba yeyiphi into eya kukhusela i-moondust kunye nezinye iimeko ezinzima. Enye yezinto ezinjalo yi-graphene-based composite eyilwe yiYunivesithi yaseCambridge e-UK kunye neYunivesithi yasimahla yaseBrussels eBelgium.

“I-Cradle of Planetary Science”

Imishini ye-UAE-Japan yenye nje kuthotho lotyelelo lwenyanga oluqhubekayo okanye olucwangcisiweyo. NgoAgasti, uMzantsi Korea uye wasungula i-orbiter ebizwa ngokuba yiDanuri (elithetha “ukonwaba nenyanga”). NgoNovemba, i-NASA yasungula i-rocket ye-Artemis ephethe i-capsule ye-Orion eya kuthi ekugqibeleni ibuyisele i-astronauts eNyangeni. Ngeli xesha, iIndiya, iRussia kunye neJapan ziceba ukuphehlelela abanini-mhlaba abangenabantu kwikota yokuqala ka-2023.

Abakhuthazi bophononongo lweplanethi babona iNyanga njengendawo yokuqalisa yendalo yokuya kuMars nangaphaya. Kuyathenjwa ukuba uphando lwezenzululwazi luya kubonisa ukuba ingaba ii-colonies zenyanga ziyakwazi na ukuzimela kunye nokuba izixhobo zenyanga zingaphembelela ezi mishini. Enye into enokwenzeka inokuba nomtsalane apha eMhlabeni. Iingcali zokuma komhlaba zikholelwa ukuba umhlaba wenyanga unezixa ezikhulu ze-helium-3, isotopu ekulindeleke ukuba isetyenziswe ekudibaneni kwenyukliya.

Isazi ngokuma komhlaba uDavid Blewett weYunivesithi yaseJohns Hopkins iApplied Physics Laboratory ithi: “Inyanga sisiqalo senzululwazi ngezijikelezi-langa. “Sinokufunda izinto enyangeni ezatshatyalaliswayo eMhlabeni ngenxa yomphezulu osebenzayo.” Uthumo lwamva nje lukwabonisa ukuba iinkampani zorhwebo ziqalisa ukusungula imisebenzi yazo, endaweni yokuba zisebenze njengeekontraki zikarhulumente. "Iinkampani, kubandakanywa ezininzi ezingekho kwi-aerospace, ziqala ukubonisa umdla wazo," wongeze watsho.