Masu tafiyar sararin samaniya sun kammala ƙarin wutar ISS da rukunin na takwas

Tashar Sararin Samaniya ta Duniya ta kammala ƙara ƙarfin samar da wutar hasken rana da aka fara fiye da shekaru biyar da suka gabata. A 5 ga Nuwamba, ɗan sararin samaniya Anil Menon na NASA da Joshua Kutryk na Hukumar Sararin Samaniya ta Kanada sun girka tare da buɗe rukunin hasken rana mai warwarewa na takwas kuma na ƙarshe. Hukumomin biyu sun tabbatar da kammala aikin bayan tafiyar wajen tashar.

Masu aikin biyu sun shafe awa shida da minti 59 a wajen tashar, suna kammalawa da ƙarfe 3:35 na yamma bisa lokacin Eastern Standard Time na Amurka. An girka rukunin na ƙarshe a tashar wuta ta 3B a tsarin ƙarfe na gefen dama na tashar. NASA ta ce aikin da aka fara a Fabrairu 2021 ya buƙaci tafiya wajen tashar sau 18 don shirya kayan aiki da girka rukuni takwas.

NASA ta bayyana cewa rukunan gaba ɗaya sun ƙara ƙarfin samar da wutar tashar daga kilowatt 160 zuwa kusan kilowatt 215. Wannan ƙari ne na kusan kilowatt 55. Waɗannan alkaluma suna nuna ƙarfin samar da wutar lantarki, ba adadin makamashin da aka bayar a yini ɗaya ba. Girka na ƙarshe ya kammala wannan ƙarin ne; ba yana nufin an gama duk gyaran tashar ba.

Aikin ya kuma dogara da abokan aiki a cikin tashar da kuma a duniya. Hukumar Kanada ta ce Luke Delaney da Jessica Watkins na NASA sun sarrafa Canadarm2 domin taimakawa masu aikin a waje. Jenni Gibbons ta Kanada ta kula da sadarwa a matsayin capcom a Johnson Space Center, yayin da ƙungiyoyin sarrafa robots a Houston da Longueuil suka lura da lafiyar hannun na’ura da motsinsa.

Hukumar Kanada ta danganta ƙarin wutar da ƙarin binciken kimiyya da faɗaɗa ayyukan tashar. Ta kuma ce ƙwarewar wannan fasaha za ta iya taimakawa wajen tsara tsarin hasken rana don ayyukan gaba. Wannan yiwuwar amfani da ilimin injiniya a nan gaba ta bambanta da girka kayan da aka tabbatar ranar Alhamis. Kutryk ya yi tafiyarsa ta baya tare da Menon a 29 ga Oktoba.

Abin da yake nufi gare ku. Ga masu karatu a Najeriya masu sha’awar fasahar hasken rana, wannan ya nuna bambancin alƙawarin inganta tsarin da aikin injiniya da aka kammala. Ƙarin wutar na hidimar tashar bincike da ke zagaya duniya ne; ba wutar da ake kaiwa gidajen Najeriya ba ce. Darasin shi ne ƙarfin samarwa, girka kayan aiki da ayyukan da wutar za ta tallafa suna da alaƙa, amma hanyoyi ne daban na auna ci gaba.