Iminyaka engama-45 eyadlulayo, iNASA yathatha uMfanekiso wokuqala woMhlaba kwiNyanga

Ngo-Agasti 23, 1966, I-NASA uthathe umfanekiso wokuqala woMhlaba kwiNyanga. Ngelixa imifanekiso yoMhlaba evela emajukujukwini yayibhalwe ukususela kwiminyaka yoo-1940, eli yayilixesha lokuqala ukuba umhlaba wethu uboniswe kumxholo welinye ilizwe. Konke oku kwakungumanduleli oshukumayo wenqwelomoya u-Apollo 11 owathi kwiminyaka emithathu kamva waya nabantu kumphezulu weNyanga.

Umfanekiso uthathwe kwi-NASA I-Orbiter yeLunar 1 Isathelayithi iarhente yasemajukujukwini yayisebenzisa ukujonga umphezulu wenyanga. Konke oku bekumzamo wokufumana indawo efanelekileyo yokufika kwindawo ezayo UApollo iintlanganiso, kwaye yayilixesha lokuqala ummelwane wethu ojikelezayo ebhalwe ngemephu ngokupheleleyo. Ngexesha lovavanyo, i-NASA igqibe kwelokuba ithathe ithuba ize yalathe ikhamera ye-orbiter ibuyele emhlabeni kwaye yafaka umfanekiso omangalisayo owubonayo ngasentla. Le yayiyindlela enobungozi enikwe ubunzima bokubhabha esibhakabhakeni, kwaye yazama kuphela emva kokuphakama okuphezulu kwiarhente yavuma ukungabeki tyala kuye nabani na ukuba ihambe kakubi.

Ngombulelo, i-photo-op yomzuzu wokugqibela yahamba ngaphandle kwengxaki, kwaye umfanekiso wasetyenziswa yi-NASA njengepowusta yokunceda ukukhuthaza le projekthi. Ngelixa ukuthatha umfanekiso kungangakhange kubonakale ngathi yinto enkulu, gcinani engqondweni ukuba le yayingu-1966 kwaye ubugcisa babhenca, baphuhlisa, baskena, bahambisa le mifanekiso ngelixa baboniswa kwindawo engqwabalala yendawo. Ngayo yonke loo nto engqondweni, kunye nempumelelo kunye novavanyo lwenkqubo yendawo yase-US eza kuthi emva kwayo, ibali elisemva komfanekiso linokuba nzulu njengomfanekiso ngokwawo.

Ukubona uguqulelo olupheleleyo lwefoto yokuqala yoMhlaba ukusuka enyangeni, kunye nokubona ividiyo malunga neLunar Orbiter, funda ngezantsi.

Lo yayingumfanekiso njengoko wawuqala ukubonakala ngo-1966. Umfanekiso ophezulu eposini, kunye nomnye omkhulu ezantsi, uvela emva kokuba umfanekiso wenziwe kwakhona ngexesha Iprojekthi yokuLungiswa kwakhona kweMifanekiso yeLunar .

( Ngaphakathi kwiNzululwazi nge @NASAGoddard )