Airstream Astrovan II: loaʻa ka hoʻoilina o ka bus astronaut kaʻao

I kēia manawa e hoʻomaka ka huakaʻi o nā astronauts US i ka International Space Station me ka holo ʻana i ke kaʻa ʻōhua ʻo Airstream Astrovan II. 

ʻO ka Airstream Astrovan mua ke nānā aku e like me ka pōkā. He mea nui ia o nā shuttles ākea i ka wā o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā astronautics. Ua lawe ka kaʻa ʻōhua i nā mea komo o ka lele i ka pad launch. Lawe koke ʻo Lūkia i ka hana o ka lawe ʻana i ka poʻe i ka ISS, a poina nā mea āpau e pili ana i ke kaʻa ʻōhua nui.

I kēia manawa ua puka hou ka pono no kahi kaʻa kūikawā. Makemake ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e hāʻawi i nā astronauts i ke kikowaena me ke kōkua ʻole o Roscosmos. No kēia mau kumu, ua hoʻomohala ʻia kahi mana ʻelua o ka Airstream Astrovan. 

I Kēkēmapa o ka makahiki i hala, ua pau ka holo ʻana o ka hōʻike o ka capsule Starliner i ka holo pono ʻole: ʻaʻole ia i komo i ka orbit koi E hoʻopau koke ʻia nā hemahema, a e hele nā ​​astronauts i ka ISS. ʻO ka "kū" mua loa ka Airstream Astrovan II.

Loaʻa i loko o ke kaʻa kaʻa. Hoʻolālā ʻia e lawe i ʻeono mau astronauts i nā lole lewa. ʻO Cape Canaveral ka huakaʻi hele ma Florida. E uhi ana ka Airstream Astrovan II i kahi mamao o 14,5 km.

ʻIke, like ke kaʻa me kahi hoʻomoana. Hōʻike ia i kahi mokulele e hoʻouna i nā astronauts i loko o ka orbit: ka CST-100 Starliner.

Nui ka hakahaka i loko o ka bus no ka hōʻoluʻolu o nā astronauts. A no laila ʻaʻole lākou e luhi i ka wā o kahi huakaʻi pōkole, hoʻolako ʻia ka kaʻa me kahi pale nui a me nā awa USB.