Rahoton NASA na ranar 9 Oktoba ya bayyana shirin amfani da jirgin kaya mai barin tashar sararin samaniya wajen ɗaukar ƙananan gwaje-gwajen shiga iska goma sha biyu. KREPE-3 capsules suna cikin Cygnus XL-24. Rushewar jirgin lokacin zubar da shi tana samar da yanayi mai tsanani don gwada garkuwar zafi.
An tsara capsules su rabu lokacin da jirgin kaya ya fara tarwatsewa a dawowarsa cikin iska. Na'urorinsu za su auna zafi, matsin lamba, motsi da sauran abubuwa, su aika bayanai ta hanyar tauraron ɗan Adam. Manufar ita ce samun ma'aunai, ba dawo da samfurori lafiyayyu ba.
Kowane rukuni yana ɗauke da tsarin kariya dabam. Wani abu mai suna MERINO yana amfani da tsarin carbon-phenolic da aka gina da felt da aka ɗinka. Wata garkuwa tana amfani da bugu mai girma uku daga aikin NASA Johnson Space Center da Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Gwajin yana kuma binciken siffa da daidaiton motsi. Akwai capsule mai cones biyu da bakin tungsten, da siffar da ta yi kama da aeroshell na Dragonfly. Waɗannan suna taimaka wajen fahimtar halin ƙaramin jirgi lokacin da yanayin iska ke sauyawa da sauri yayin sauka.
Wata dabara, ADEPT, tana buɗe tsari mai kama da laima domin ƙara faɗin wajen da zai rage gudu. Haɗa ra'ayoyi da dama a tafiya guda zai iya ba da damar kwatantawa. Duk da haka, dole masana su kula da bambancin ƙira da hanyar kowane capsule.
Majiyar Oktoba ta bayyana abin da aka shirya gwajin ya yi; ba ta bayar da rahoton ƙarshe na aikin capsules goma sha biyun ba. Wannan bambanci yana da muhimmanci. Amfanin KREPE-3 zai dogara da bayanan da aka samu da kuma nazarin da zai biyo bayan saukar.