Amaya Toman Ingxenye yanamuhla yochungechunge lwethu "lomlando" mayelana nezenzakalo ezibalulekile emkhakheni wezobuchwepheshe kuyoba "isikhala" ngokoqobo - kuyo sikhumbula ukundiza kweLaika ku-orbit ngo-1957 kanye nokwethulwa kwe-shuttle space Atlantis ngo-1994.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
I-Laika emkhathini (1957)
NgoNovemba 3, 1957, ngaleso sikhathi iSoviet Union yethula isathelayithi yokwenziwa ebizwa ngokuthi i-Sputnik 2 emzileni womhlaba. Ngaleyondlela waba yisidalwa esiphilayo sokuqala ukuba semzileni woMhlaba (uma singayibali i-octomilka kusukela ngoFebhuwari 7). U-Laika wayengowesifazane ongenakhaya ozulazulayo, obanjwe komunye wemigwaqo yaseMoscow, futhi igama lakhe langempela kwakunguKudryavka. Waqeqeshelwa ukuhlala ebhodini le-satellite ye-Sputnik 1947, kodwa akekho owayelindele ukuthi abuye. Ekuqaleni uLajka bekulindeleke ukuthi ahlale ku-orbit isikhathi esingangesonto, kodwa ekugcineni washona ngemva kwamahora ambalwa ngenxa yengcindezi nokushisa ngokweqile.
I-Atlantis 13 (1994)
Ngo-November 3, 1994, kwaqaliswa umkhankaso wama-66 wesithuthuthu sasemkhathini i-Atlantis, oqokwe i-STS-66. Kwakuwumsebenzi weshumi nantathu wesithuthuthu sasemkhathini i-Atlantis, inhloso yawo kwakuwukwethula amasathelayithi okuthiwa i-Atlas-3a CRIST-SPAS ku-orbit. I-shuttle yasuka e-Kennedy Space Center eFlorida, yehlela ngempumelelo e-Edward Air Force Base ngolunye usuku kamuva.
