The elevator is rising on the mobile launch platform, and the three people are getting farther and farther away from the ground. Zhang Heng looks up at the distant sky, where a red sunrise is rising from the coastline.
Light and dark are perfectly interwoven at this moment, just like a frozen film.
"I hope we can still see such a beautiful scene." Collins whispered.
Although the amazing height of Saturn 5 gave people the illusion that they would never reach the top, the elevator finally stopped in front of the corridor bridge.
NASA staff opened the elevator door for them and nodded to them. At the same time, the engineers also completed the final inspection before launch. The three people walked through the bridge between the rocket and the launch platform and got into the narrow command module.
Zhang Heng tried to keep his spacesuit away from the complicated instruments and pipelines around him. At the same time, he found his seat, and the door of the command module slowly closed behind him.
So far, there are only three of them left in the spacecraft.
Armstrong and Collins are old people of NASA. They have carried out space missions before, so they are very calm. However, compared with Armstrong's unchanged look, we can see that Collins is a little nervous.
After all, NASA has just had a series of events before, including mysterious infectious diseases and crazy downsizing of training camp All this seems to be due to the widely spread rumor that "God does not want man to go to the moon".
Even with Collins' psychological quality, it is difficult to completely ignore these external interference.
However, when the mission began, he soon picked up his mood and devoted himself to the space flight.
Like Apollo 11 in history, NASA arranged Armstrong as commander, Collins as command and service module pilot, while Zhang Heng replaced Buzz Aldrin as lunar module pilot.
Collins is also the only one who didn't land on the moon in the Apollo 11 mission, because he needs to stay in the command and service module when the lunar module and command and service module are separated. Once Armstrong and Zhang Heng can't come back from the moon, Collins has to drive the command and service module back to the earth by himself.
In terms of safety, he is the highest of the three, but the price is that he can't go up to the moon when he has arrived at the "gate" of the moon. However, in the order of mission, he is still higher than Zhang Heng, the lunar module pilot.
After the contact during the isolation period, Zhang Heng, Armstrong and Collins also became familiar with each other. Because Armstrong and Collins returned to the team late, the three did not have the opportunity to train together, which once made NASA officials worried about the tacit understanding between the three.
However, up to now, they have no better solution. They can only create an environment for the three people to be familiar with each other during the isolation period. Zhang Heng has also determined one thing.
That is, what happened in the parallel copy will not be brought into the normal copy. Armstrong has no impression of the time they spent together in the Lewis Flight Dynamics Laboratory 14 years ago.
This can be seen from the expression on Armstrong's face when they met again. Armstrong looked at him as if he were looking at a stranger.
Zhang Heng is still a little bit sorry, although he also knows that this situation is the most likely, because 14 years later, his appearance has not changed, and there is no sign of aging. This is not a normal thing in anyone's eyes, and it is difficult to find a convincing explanation.
For the things after their separation, Zhang Heng has more or less learned from later generations' Internet and books.
Armstrong married Janet Elizabeth heelen in 1956, who he met when he was in college. They had three children. His daughter, Karen, was diagnosed with malignant tumor and lost the ability to speak and walk. Finally, Karen died on Armstrong's and Jeanette's wedding anniversary.
It was a big blow to him, and that's why Zhang Heng felt that he became more silent when he saw him for the second time, even though Armstrong never showed his grief in front of anyone.
However, he later applied for a NASA astronaut, in addition to his love of flying, he did not have a sense of escape. Maybe only in the high-intensity training and work can he temporarily forget the pain of losing his daughter. In addition, Armstrong's marriage road is not smooth.
In 1989, Janet left a note to Armstrong at the dinner table, asking for the end of their 38 year marriage. In Armstrong's own words, "our marriage is like a failed flight, silent collapse If possible, I would also like to say that I love my wife and I'm sorry... "
But at the moment, Armstrong in the command and service module did not think about these things. He has focused all his energy on this mission, which is why NASA evaluates Armstrong as a stable and reliable leader.
In a sense, although Armstrong and Zhang Heng live in different times, they have many similarities. They can see each other's shadow from each other.At the beginning, there was a tacit understanding between the two at Lewis Flight Dynamics Laboratory. In the copy of Apollo training camp 14 years later, although Armstrong did not remember what happened before, the subtle tacit understanding between the two did not completely disappear.
Armstrong can also perceive that he and Zhang hengming only met for the first time, but they have the feeling of seeing each other for a long time. Moreover, Zhang Heng seems to know his family situation and early experience very well.
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The ground control center in Houston issued the last two minutes of the fire countdown command, and the ground staff had all evacuated to safety.
Just today, more than a million people came to the scene to watch Apollo 11 take off. In addition, dozens of cameras were broadcasting the whole process. Zhang Heng used the last time to check his seat belt again to make sure there was no mistake.
At this time, the countdown also came to the last 15 seconds, starting internal guidance Then, with 9 seconds left, the engine started to ignite, and the five F1 rocket engines of the first stage rocket ran at full capacity, burning about 12000kg of aviation fuel per second, equivalent to the total consumption of afterburner combustion of 1500 jet fighters.
The red flame ejected from the base brought a huge dust around, which generated a strong thrust to push the spacecraft off the ground.
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