UMfanekiso wee-engile ezininzi zeAerosols (IMAIA) yimishini edibeneyo yeNASA kunye ne-Italian Space Agency Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI). Uthumo luya kufunda ukuba ungcoliseko oluphuma emoyeni luyichaphazela njani impilo yabantu. I-MAIA iphawula okokuqala ukuba iingcali ze-epidemiologists kunye neengcali zempilo yoluntu ziye zabandakanyeka kuphuhliso lwe-NASA ye-satellite mission yokuphucula impilo yoluntu.

Phambi kokuphela kuka-2024, i-MAIA observatory iya kuqaliswa. Ukuqulunqwa kuqulethwe sisixhobo senzululwazi esaphuhliswa yi-NASA yeJet Propulsion Laboratory eMzantsi California kunye nesathelayithi ye-ASI ebizwa ngokuba yiPLAtiNO-2. Idatha eqokelelwe kwii-sensors zomhlaba, i-observatory kunye neemodeli ze-atmospheric ziya kuhlalutywa ngumsebenzi. Iziphumo ziya kuthelekiswa nedatha yokuzalwa, ukulaliswa esibhedlele kunye nokufa phakathi kwabantu. Oku kuya kukhanyisela kwiziphumo zempilo ezinokubakho zezingcoliso eziqinileyo nezilulwelo kumoya esiwuphefumlayo.

Ii-aerosols, ezingamasuntswana omoya, ziye zadityaniswa neengxaki ezininzi zempilo. Oku kubandakanya umhlaza wemiphunga kunye nezifo zokuphefumla ezifana nokuhlaselwa yintliziyo, umbefu kunye nokubetha. Ukongeza, kukho iziphumo ezibi zokuzala kunye ne-perinatal, ngakumbi ukuzalwa kwangaphambi kwexesha kunye nokuzalwa kweentsana ezinobunzima obuphantsi. Ngokutsho kukaDavid Diner, osebenza njengomphandi oyintloko kwi-MAIA, ubutyhefu bemixube eyahlukeneyo yeengqungquthela abukhange buqondwe kakuhle. Ke ngoko, lo msebenzi uya kusinceda siqonde ukuba ungcoliseko oluphuma emoyeni lubeka njani isoyikiso kwimpilo yethu.

Ikhamera echongiweyo ye-spectropolarimetric sisixhobo senzululwazi se-observatory. I-spectrum ye-electromagnetic ikuvumela ukuba uthathe iifoto zedijithali kwii-engile ezahlukeneyo. Oku kubandakanya imimandla ekufutshane ne-infrared, ebonakalayo, i-ultraviolet, kunye nemimandla ye-infrared yamaza amafutshane. Ngokufunda iipateni kunye nokuxhaphaka kweengxaki zempilo ezinxulumene nomgangatho womoya ophantsi, iqela lesayensi ye-MAIA liya kufumana ukuqonda okungcono. Oku kuya kwenziwa ngokusebenzisa le datha ukuhlalutya ubungakanani kunye nokusabalalisa kwendawo yeengqungquthela zomoya. Ukongezelela, baya kuhlalutya ukubunjwa kunye nobuninzi beengqungquthela zomoya.

Kwimbali ende yentsebenziswano phakathi kwe-NASA kunye ne-ASI, i-MAIA imele incopho yento eyenziwa yi-NASA kunye nemibutho ye-ASI. Oku kubandakanya ukuqonda, ubuchule kunye neteknoloji yokujonga umhlaba. UFrancesco Longo, intloko ye-ASI's Earth Observation and Operations Division, wagxininisa ukuba inzululwazi yalo msebenzi odibeneyo uya kunceda abantu ixesha elide.

Isivumelwano, esasayinwa ngoJanuwari 2023, siqhubekile nobudlelwane obude phakathi kwe-ASI kunye ne-NASA. Oku kubandakanya ukuqaliswa kwemishini yeCassini kuSaturn kwi-1997. I-ASI's lightweight Italian CubeSat for Imaging Asteroids (LICIACube) yayilicandelo eliphambili le-NASA's 2022 DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission. Yathwalwa njengomthwalo owongezelelweyo kwisiphekepheke seOrion ngexesha lemishini ka-Artemis I.