Četiri astronauta uskoro će poleteti oko Meseca, a vi možete biti "međ njima" — barem simbolično. NASA poziva javnost da pošalje svoja imena na misiju Artemis 2, čije je lansiranje planirano u prozoru između februara i aprila sa Floride.
Kako da pošaljete ime
NASA je postavila zvaničnu veb-stranicu na kojoj možete uneti svoje ime i željeni PIN. Nakon toga sistem generiše virtuelnu ukrcajnicu koju možete sačuvati — ona prikazuje uneseno ime, osnovne informacije o misiji i QR kod koji vodi do NASA-inog virtuelnog gost programa za ažuriranja o Artemis 2.
Po NASA-inim informacijama, prikupljena imena biće digitalno upisana na SD karticu koja će biti smeštena unutar Orion kapsule tokom leta.
Šta misija testira i zašto je važna
Artemis 2 je drugi let u okviru NASA-inog Artemisa i predstavlja ključni test sistema i opreme pre planiranog sletanja na Mesec u okviru kasnijih misija (Artemis 3 i dalje). Misija će trajati oko 10 dana: posada neće sletati na površinu Meseca, već će obleteti Mesec i testirati svemirske sisteme u uslovima bliskim budućim ekspedicijama.
Orionov modul, koji je razvila kompanija Lockheed Martin, trebalo bi da se udalji približno 4.700 milja (~7.600 km) iza tamne strane Meseca — najdalje gde su ljudi ikada bili pre povratka na Zemlju.
Tehnički okvir
Početni impuls pri lansiranju obezbediće gigant Space Launch System (SLS), raketa koju je NASA nedavno predstavila. Space Launch System bi mogao da poleti već 6. februara iz Kennedy Space Centra na Floridi, u zavisnosti od operativnih provera i vremenskih uslova.
Posada
Posadu Artemis 2 čine: Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch (sredstva: prva žena dodeljena NASA-inom lunarnom letu) i Jeremy Hansen iz Kanadske svemirske agencije (koji bi postao prvi Kanađanin tako blizu Meseca).
Širi kontekst
Program Artemis je ambiciozna kampanja NASA-e da ponovo pošalje ljude na Mesec, uspostavi trajno prisustvo (posebno u regionu južnog pola Meseca) i koristi lunarne resurse kao odskočnu dasku za buduće posade na Mars. Led na južnom polu mogao bi se koristiti za proizvodnju pitke vode, kiseonika i goriva.
Artemis 1, besposadna proba Orion kapsule, lansirana je 16. novembra 2022. godine i postavila je osnovu za naredne posade misije.
Kako pratiti misiju
Ako želite da pratite ažuriranja, prijavite se putem NASA-inog virtuelnog gosta koristeći QR kod sa virtuelne ukrcajnice ili posetite zvaničnu NASA veb-stranicu za Artemis 2. Prema objavi na društvenoj mreži X, više od 1,5 miliona ljudi se već prijavilo.
Izvor: USA TODAY (izvještaj Erica Lagatta) — tekst je adaptiran i jezički obrađen za srpsko govorno područje.
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