ʻO nā mea hoʻokele moku NASA ʻo Stephen Bowen lāua ʻo Woody Hoburg e lawelawe ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi mokulele a me ka hoʻokele, no ka misionari. E hoʻonoho nā hoa hui honua o ke keʻena i nā poʻe holokai hou aʻe ma ke ʻano he loea misionari i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
Manaʻo ʻia e hoʻomaka ka misionari ma 2023 ma kahi papa Falcon 9 mai Launch Complex 39A ma NASA's Kennedy Space Center ma Florida. E hui pū ʻo Bowen, Hoburg, a me nā hui o ka honua i kahi hui huakaʻi ma luna o ke kahua mokulele.
ʻO kēia ka hā o ka huakaʻi a Bowen i ka lewa ma ke ʻano he kanaka koa o ʻekolu mau huakaʻi holo moku: STS-126 i ka makahiki 2008, STS-132 i ka makahiki 2010, a me STS-133 i ka makahiki 2011. Ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻo Bowen ma mua o 40 mau lā ma ka lewa, me 47 mau hola. 18 minuke i ʻehiku kaʻa kaʻaahi. Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma Cohasset, Massachusetts. Loaʻa iā ia ke kēkelē laepua ma ka ʻenekinia uila mai ka United States Naval Academy ma Annapolis, Maryland, a he kēkelē laepua ma ka ʻenekinia moana mai ka Joint Program in Applied Ocean Science and Engineering i hāʻawi ʻia e Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) ma Cambridge, Massachusetts, a me Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ma Falmouth, Massachusetts. I Iulai 2000, ua lilo ʻo Bowen i luna moku moana mua i koho ʻia e NASA ma ke ʻano he astronaut.
Ua koho ʻia ʻo Hoburg e NASA ma ke ʻano he astronaut ma 2017 a ʻo ia kāna huakaʻi mua i ka lewa. No Pittsburgh ʻo ia a loaʻa ke kēkelē laepua ma ka aeronautics a me ka astronautics mai MIT a me ke kākelē laepua ma ka ʻenekinia uila a me ka ʻepekema kamepiula mai ke Kulanui o Kaleponi, Berkeley. I ka manawa i koho ʻia ai ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he astronaut, ʻo Hoburg he loea kōkua o ka aeronautics a me ka astronautics ma MIT. ʻO ka noiʻi a Hoburg i kālele i nā ala kūpono no ka hoʻolālā ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana ʻenekinia. He mea hoʻokele waiwai hoʻi ʻo ia me nā mea kani, hoʻokahi-engine, a me nā helu ʻenekini lehulehu.
Hana pū ʻo NASA's Commercial Crew Program me ka ʻoihana aerospace ʻAmelika e hoʻolako i ka halihali palekana, hilinaʻi, a me ke kumukūʻai maikaʻi loa i ka International Space Station ma luna o nā rockets i hana ʻia e ʻAmelika a me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana mai ka ʻāina ʻAmelika.
No nā makahiki he 21, ua noho a hana mau nā kānaka ma luna o ka International Space Station, e holomua ana i ka ʻike ʻepekema a me ka hōʻike ʻana i nā ʻenehana hou, i hiki ʻole ai i nā holomua noiʻi ma ka Honua. Ma ke ʻano he hana honua, ua kipa aku ka poʻe 244 mai nā ʻāina he 19 i ke keʻena microgravity kūikawā i hoʻokipa ʻoi aku ma mua o 3,000 mau noiʻi a me nā noiʻi hoʻonaʻauao mai nā mea noiʻi ma 108 mau ʻāina a me nā wahi.
He kahua hoʻāʻo koʻikoʻi ke kahua no NASA e hoʻomaopopo a lanakila i nā pilikia o ka lele mokulele lōʻihi a hoʻonui i nā manawa pāʻoihana ma ka orbit honua haʻahaʻa. Ke nānā nei nā ʻoihana kalepa i ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā lawelawe kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa kanaka a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi ʻoihana orbit haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, ua manuahi ʻo NASA e kālele ana i ke kūkulu ʻana i nā mokulele a me nā rockets no nā misionari hohonu i ka Moon a me Mars.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Loaʻa iā ia ke kēkelē laepua ma ka ʻenekinia uila mai ka United States Naval Academy ma Annapolis, Maryland, a he kēkelē laepua ma ka ʻenekinia moana mai ka Joint Program in Applied Ocean Science and Engineering i hāʻawi ʻia e Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) ma Cambridge, Massachusetts, a me Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ma Falmouth, Massachusetts.
- No Pittsburgh ʻo ia a loaʻa ke kēkelē laepua ma ka aeronautics a me ka astronautics mai MIT a me ke kākelē lapaʻau ma ka ʻenekinia uila a me ka ʻepekema kamepiula mai ke Kulanui o Kaleponi, Berkeley.
- Ke nānā nei nā ʻoihana kalepa i ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā lawelawe kaʻa kaʻa kanaka a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi ʻoihana orbit haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, ua noa ʻo NASA i ka nānā ʻana i ke kūkulu ʻana i nā mokulele a me nā pōhaku no nā mikiona hohonu i ka Moon a me Mars.
