Inqwelo-moya yokuqala ye-United Arab Emirates (UAE) ephuma kwisikhululo seenqwelo-moya saseCape Canaveral eFlorida iphumelele namhlanje. Inqwelo-moya ye-UAE ikhutshwe kwirokethi ye-SpaceX Falcon 9 ngentsimbi ye-02:38 ngexesha lendawo njengenxalenye yomsebenzi we-UAE neJapan ukuya enyangeni. Ukuba iphumelele, olu phando luza kwenza i-UAE ibe lilizwe lesine elisebenzisa isiphekepheke enyangeni, emva kweTshayina, iRashiya ne-United States.

Iphulo le-UAE neJapan liquka inqwelo moya ebizwa ngokuba yiHakuto-R (okuthetha "uMvundla Omhlophe") eyakhiwe yinkampani yaseJapan i-ispace. Inqwelomoya iza kuthatha phantse iinyanga ezine ukufika eNyangeni ngaphambi kokuba ifike kwi-Atlas Crater ecaleni elikufutshane neNyanga. Emva koko ikhulula kancinci i-rover ene-10kg enamavili amane (okuthetha "i-right steered") ukuze ihlole umphezulu wenyanga.

I-rover, eyakhiwe yiMohammed bin Rashid Space Center, inekhamera enesisombululo esiphezulu kunye nekhamera yomfanekiso oshushu, zombini eziya kufunda ukwakheka kwe-lunar regolith. Ziya kufota nokuhamba kothuli kumphezulu wenyanga, zenze uhlolo olusisiseko lwamatye enyanga, kwaye zifunde iimeko zeplasma yomphezulu.

Inkalo enomdla ngale rover kukuba iza kuvavanya iintlobo ngeentlobo zezinto ezahlukeneyo ezinokusetyenziselwa ukwenza amavili enyanga. Ezi zinto zisetyenziswe ngendlela yemicu yokuncamathelisa kumavili kaRashid ukuze kuchongwe ukuba zeziphi eziza kukhusela ngcono uthuli lwenyanga nezinye iimeko ezinzima. Enye yezinto ezinjalo yi-composite esekelwe kwi-graphene eyilwe yiYunivesithi yaseCambridge e-UK kunye neYunivesithi yaseFree yaseBrussels eBelgium.

“Isiqalo seSayensi yeePlanethi”

Uhambo lwe-UAE neJapan lolunye nje kuthotho lweetyelelo zenyanga oluqhubekayo okanye olucwangcisiweyo okwangoku. Ngo-Agasti, uMzantsi Korea wakhupha i-orbiter ebizwa ngokuba yiDanuri (oko kuthetha "yonwabela inyanga"). NgoNovemba, i-NASA yakhupha irokhethi i-Artemis ephethe i-Orion capsule eya kuthi ekugqibeleni ibuyisele oosomajukujuku eNyangeni. Okwangoku, i-India, iRashiya neJapan ziceba ukukhupha i-unmanned landers kwikota yokuqala ka-2023.

Abakhuthazi bophando lweeplanethi babona iNyanga njengendawo yendalo yokuqalisa imisebenzi yabasebenzi ukuya kwiMars nangaphaya. Kuthenjwa ukuba uphando lwezenzululwazi luya kubonisa ukuba amakoloni enyanga anokuzimela na kwaye ukuba izixhobo zenyanga zinokuxhasa le misebenzi. Enye into enokwenzeka kukuba inomtsalane apha eMhlabeni. Iingcali zejografi zeplanethi zikholelwa ukuba umhlaba wenyanga unesixa esikhulu se-helium-3, i-isotope ekulindeleke ukuba isetyenziswe ekuhlanganiseni inyukliya.

“INyanga yindawo yokuqala yesayensi yeeplanethi,” utshilo isazinzulu sejoloji yeeplanethi uDavid Blewett weJohns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. “Singafunda izinto ezisenyangeni ezatshatyalaliswa eMhlabeni ngenxa yomphezulu wayo osebenzayo.” Umsebenzi wamva nje ubonisa nokuba iinkampani zorhwebo ziqala ukuqalisa imisebenzi yazo, endaweni yokusebenza njengabakhi bakarhulumente. “Iinkampani, kuquka ezininzi ezingekho kwi-aerospace, ziqala ukubonisa umdla wazo,” wongezelela.