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Pa 1 Marichi, kampani yopanga ulusi wa kaboni ku US, Hexcel Corporation, idalengeza kuti zinthu zake zophatikizika zapamwamba zasankhidwa ndi Northrop Grumman kuti apange zowonjezera mphamvu ya Artemis 9 Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension (BOLE) booster ya NASA.

Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems ikulimbana ndi kutha kwa makina oyambitsa zinthu mumlengalenga popanga ndi kupanga zinthu zolimbikitsa. Chowonjezera chowonjezera chomwe chili ndi ulusi wopepuka wa kaboni wa Hexcel ndi prepreg chidzapereka magwiridwe antchito owonjezereka omwe adzapindulitse kufufuza kwa mwezi mtsogolo, ntchito zasayansi komanso pomaliza ntchito za Mars.

Kuyambira ndi ntchito ya Artemis 9, ma thruster atsopano a BOLE adzalowa m'malo mwa ma shells achitsulo ndi zitsulo omwe kale ankagwiritsidwa ntchito mumayendedwe a mlengalenga ndi ma shells opepuka a carbon fiber composite komanso zomangamanga zabwino komanso zokonzedwa bwino, makina owongolera ma vector amagetsi, ndi zipangizo zoyendera.

Kugwiritsa ntchito koyamba kwa BOLE ku fakitale ya Northrop Grumman ku Cape, Utah. Hexcel Advanced Composites idzagwiritsidwa ntchito popanga chipolopolo choyamba cha BOLE thruster, chomwe chidzagwiritsidwa ntchito mu Space Launch System pa ntchito yokonzekera ya Artemis 9 ya 2031.