Riaan Unjiniyela Omkhulu uJim Stein ugqoke isudu yasemkhathini entsha ngesikhathi somcimbi we-Axiom Space Artemis III Lunar Spacesuit e-Space Center Houston e-Houston, e-Texas, ngoMashi 15, 2023. “Njengoba isudi yasemkhathini egqokwa eNyangeni kufanele ibe mhlophe ukuze ibonise ukushisa futhi ivikele osomkhathi amazinga okushisa aphakeme ngokwedlulele, isendlalelo sekhava njengamanje sisetshenziselwa izinjongo zokubonisa kuphela ukufihla ukwakheka kwamasudi,” kusho u-Axion esitatimendeni sabezindaba.
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NgoLwesithathu, i-Axiom Space iveze i-prototype ye-lunar spacesuit i-NASA ehlela ukuyisebenzisela osonkanyezi bayo ngesikhathi semishini ka-Artemis, okuzokwethulwa kamuva kule minyaka eyishumi.
“Lokhu kuyinto enkulu kithina” kusho umongameli kanye ne-CEO ye-Axiom uMichael Suffredini ngesikhathi kunomcimbi eJohnson Space Center yeNASA eHouston, eTexas.
“Siyajabula ukuthi izinyathelo ezilandelayo zobuntu enyangeni zizoba ngesudu yasemkhathini ye-Axiom,” kwengeza uSuffredini.
Le nkampani yazuza inkontileka yokuqala ebiza amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-228.5 ngonyaka odlule yokuklama nokwakha amasudi asemkhathini, ahlelelwe ukusetshenziswa kumishini ka-Artemis III kuye phambili. Uhlelo lwe-NASA luka-Artemis lumele uchungechunge lwemishini enemigomo ekhulayo. I-ejensi iqedele ngempumelelo i- okokuqala, indiza engasebenzi ngoDisemba.
Ngaphezu kwe-Axiom, i-NASA iphinde yanikeza inkontileka ku-Collins Aerospace, inkampani engaphansi kwe Raytheon, ukwakha amasudi omkhathi esizukulwane esilandelayo. Ngaphansi kohlelo lwe-Exploration Extravehicular Activity Services, i-NASA ilindele ukuhlinzeka ngamadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-3.5 zamasudi omkhathi kuze kube ngu-2034.
