Kwanan nan, wasu 'yan sama jannatin NASA guda biyu Kate Rubins da Victor Glover Jr., sun yi tafiya a wajen tashar sararin samaniya ta kasa da kasa na kimanin sa'o'i 7, kuma sun kammala maye gurbin na'urorin hasken rana.
An ba da rahoton cewa, an shigar da batirin da ake amfani da shi a tashar sararin samaniya a cikin watan Disamba na shekara ta 2000 kuma yana da tsawon rayuwar shekaru 15.Lokaci ya yi don sauyawa, amma ba a maye gurbinsa ba sai kwanan nan.Bayan wannan maye gurbin, za a ƙara yawan wutar lantarkin tashar sararin samaniya daga kilowatt 160 zuwa kilowatts 215.
A matsayin abin da ake mayar da hankali a yanzu na ci gaban makamashi mai sabuntawa, ƙwayoyin hasken rana haƙiƙan fasaha ne da aka gina don sararin samaniya.Bayan da jirgin ya shiga sararin samaniya, har yanzu yana bukatar makamashi don yin aiki na dogon lokaci, amma babu iskar oxygen a sararin samaniya, don haka makamashin burbushin halittu ba shi da amfani, don haka dole ne a yi amfani da makamashi mai sabuntawa.
A cikin makamashi mai sabuntawa, wutar lantarki da wutar lantarki ba su da abubuwan da ake buƙata.Hasken rana ne kawai a sararin samaniya, don haka batura masu iya samar da wutar lantarki daga hasken rana suka samu.Sun zama daya daga cikin hanyoyin samar da makamashi na tauraron dan adam da tashoshin sararin samaniya, kuma suna ba da gudummawa sosai ga masana'antar sararin samaniya.
Bayan shekaru da yawa na ci gaba, photovoltaics ya tafi daga unreachable Aerospace fasahar zuwa ci gaba da fasaha bidi'a, farawa da upstream silicon kayan, tsakiyar backplanes da photovoltaic gilashin, downstream inverters da brackets, da dai sauransu Mahimmanci rage halin kaka, shiga gidajen talakawa mutane, da kumazama wani muhimmin karfi don sabunta makamashi.