Multi-Angle Imager yeAerosols (MAIA) ibasa rakabatana reNASA neItaly Space Agency Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) Mishoni ichadzidza kuti kusvibiswa kwemhepo kunokanganisa sei hutano hwevanhu. MAIA inocherekedza kekutanga kuti vaongorori vezvirwere uye vashandi vehutano hweveruzhinji vave nechekuita mukuvandudza kweNASA's satellite mission yekuvandudza hutano hweveruzhinji.

Pamberi pekupera kwa2024, iyo MAIA inocherekedza ichatangwa. Kuumbwa kwacho kunosanganisira chiridzwa chesainzi chakagadzirwa neNASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory muSouthern California uye neASI satellite inonzi PLATINO-2. Data yakaunganidzwa kubva pasi sensors, observatory uye mamiriro emuchadenga anozoongororwa nemishoni. Mhedzisiro yacho inofananidzwa nedata rekuzvarwa, kuchipatara uye kufa pakati pevanhu. Izvi zvinopa chiedza pane zvingangoitika zvehutano zvezvakaoma uye zvemvura zvinosvibisa mumhepo yatinofema.

Aerosols, ayo ari mhepo zvimedu, akabatanidzwa kune akati wandei matambudziko ehutano. Izvi zvinosanganisira gomarara remapapu uye zvirwere zvekufema zvakaita seheart attack, asthma uye sitiroko. Pamusoro pezvo, kune kubereka uye perinatal yakashata mhedzisiro, kunyanya kuberekwa kusati kwasvika pamwe nekudzikira kwekuzvarwa uremu vacheche. Sekureva kwaDavid Diner, anoshanda semuongorori mukuru kuMAIA, huturu hwemisanganiswa yakasiyana-siyana yezvimedu hauna kunyatsonzwisiswa. Naizvozvo, basa iri richatibatsira kunzwisisa kuti kusvibiswa kwemhepo kunokonzeresa sei njodzi kuhutano hwedu.

Iyo yakanongedza spectropolarimetric kamera ndiyo inocherekedza chishandiso chesainzi. Iyo electromagnetic spectrum inobvumidza iwe kutora mafoto edhijitari kubva kumakona akasiyana. Izvi zvinosanganisira pedyo-infrared, inooneka, ultraviolet, uye shortwave infrared nzvimbo. Nekudzidza mapatani uye kuwanda kwezvinetso zvehutano zvine chekuita nemhepo isina kunaka, timu yesainzi yeMAIA ichawana kunzwisisa kuri nani. Izvi zvichaitwa uchishandisa aya data kuongorora ukuru uye kugoverwa kwenzvimbo kwezvikamu zvemhepo. Mukuwedzera, ivo vanozoongorora kuumbwa uye kuwanda kwezvimedu zvemhepo.

Munhoroondo refu yekubatana pakati peNASA neASI, MAIA inomiririra nhanho yezvinopihwa neNASA nemasangano eASI. Izvi zvinosanganisira kunzwisisa, hunyanzvi uye tekinoroji yekutarisa pasi. Francesco Longo, mukuru weASI's Earth Observation and Operations Division, akasimbisa kuti sainzi yeiyi mishoni yakasanganiswa ichabatsira vanhu kwenguva yakareba.

Chibvumirano, icho chakasainwa muna Ndira 2023, chakaenderera mberi nekudyidzana kwenguva refu pakati peASI neNASA. Izvi zvinosanganisira kutangwa kweCassini mission kuSaturn muna 1997. ASI's lightweight Italian CubeSat yeImaging Asteroids (LICIACube) yaive chikamu chakakosha cheNASA's 2022 DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mishoni. Yakatakurwa semutoro wekuwedzera muchikepe cheOrion panguva yeAtemisi I mishoni.