Chapter 763

NASA。

Satellite control center.

In front of the horseshoe shaped console stood a dark figure. Among them are NASA engineers, officials from the White House and Congress, and professionals from space-x, blue space and other famous space companies in North America.

The atmosphere at the scene was quite depressing. A pair of eyes converged on the large screen on the console.

Everyone looks at the same place, as if waiting for a result.

Three days ago, carrying the core module of the Moon Palace space station, the Huaguo Xiangrui lifted off again, successfully breaking through the atmosphere and entering low earth orbit.

Almost all the space agencies around the world are focused on this space shuttle orbiting to the moon.

If the launch is successful, China will become the first country in the world to launch a space station in lunar orbit, and the only country in the world to be confirmed to have the capability of lunar orbit construction.

This is clearly not good news for the United States.

Not surprisingly, their "deep space gate" lunar orbiting space station won't be launched until next year. Although the success of Ares program has put them ahead of the Mars colonization program, it seems that if they lose the moon in this way, it's not worth it.

From three days ago, the lens of NASA's lunar observation satellite was locked at the exit of the Earth Moon transfer orbit, waiting for the spacecraft that had left the synchronous orbit for a long time to appear in the lens again.

If there is no accident, today should be the time for Xiangrui to reach the orbit of the moon

He stared at the big screen on the console in a haze. After standing there for a long time, director Carson, with his hands behind his back, suddenly looked at his watch impatiently and said.

"Not yet?"

Standing next to director Carson, bill, director of the satellite control center, opened the folder in his hand and quickly reported to him.

"According to our calculation and analysis, they have about ten minutes to reach the moon orbit Of course, it does not rule out that they did not use the traditional sense of the Earth Moon transfer orbit possibility, through other ways to cut into the moon orbit

Bill, looking at director Carson, continued with a subtle expression.

“…… If that's the case, we need to have more accurate data on the surface height of the moon in order to accurately observe their spacecraft. "

Director Carson turned his mouth.

“…… You can make a phone call and ask the Chinese space agency. Maybe they will tell you. "

Bill, the director of the satellite control center, had a slight voice and a slightly awkward smile on his face. Standing not far from director Carson, the president looked at his watch impatiently and said.

“…… We can't wait here forever. Maybe next time you can give me a more accurate time. "

Director Carson: "please don't worry, Mr. President, no matter whether the situation is optimistic or not, we can see the result in two hours at most..."

If he could, of course, he hoped that the goddamn sky plane would never be the best. It's better to be like a runaway comet, disappearing at the end of the Earth Moon system forever

NASA needs an opponent who can keep up with them, not a player who is half a step ahead of them. No matter where they are, they must do their best. This is not only a kind of glory, but also a kind of damned governance.

However, Carson also knows that his expectations are not even extravagant.

Xiangrui, which has already made a success in manned landing on the moon, can't even do such simple things as sending satellites.

Sure enough, it seemed to confirm his guess. At that time, when the needle pointed to the right point, there was a sudden commotion in front of the console.

A NASA engineer at the bottom of the screen suddenly pointed to somewhere on the screen and shouted uncontrollably.

"It's auspicious! I see it! "

Looking in the direction that the engineer pointed, director Carson's pupil suddenly contracted into a point.

There it is!

It's auspicious!

……

Over the moon, a dark night, was a little bit of arc light cut through the cold silence.

A bright silver sky plane, like a silver shuttle coming from the deep sky, smoothly completed the orbit switching and slowly merged into the 127 minute orbit.

All operations are carried out in one go without any drag.

Gazing at the cratered moon, Nie Yun, who was sitting in the driver's seat, had a smile on his lips and was full of thoughts.

Back here

Remember the last time I came here, it was two or three months ago.

No matter how many times he saw such a beautiful scene, he was fascinated.

The only regret is that this time he can't stand on the gray land.But he believes that in the near future, there will be a day when a trip to the moon will be as common as a flight across the ocean.

At that time, the little wish in his heart may not be a wish at all.

He reached out his hand and pressed on his helmet. Nie Yun spoke in a clear voice.

“…… This is the auspicious ship. We have successfully entered the orbit. "

After a brief pause, with a little noise, came from the communication channel.

“…… This is the ground command center. I'm glad to hear that your flight mission has been half successful Now please go to the designated airspace immediately to prepare for the next stage. "

"Yes!"

Reach out and press on the control panel, Nie Yun changes the flight mode from orbit changing mode to automatic cruise mode, and skillfully opens the door pressure measurement system.

Sitting in the copilot's seat, Nie Han confirms the data between the plane on the rangefinder and the moon, and at the same time, he says in a small chat.

"Orbit height is normal, approaching target area Maybe we can hurry up. If the situation is optimistic, maybe we can catch up with the test flight of Xiaguang. "

Hearing her words, Nie Yun smiled and said, "don't think about it. The test pilot has decided that he is a young man from the two spaceflight teams."

Nie Han's expression sighed with regret: "is that right? That's a pity. "

It is said that Xiaguang has a two wing design, four of the five engines can control the direction of jet at a large angle. The new aircraft will be able to complete the flight from the surface to the orbit section in a safer way with lower working fluid loss.

Such an aircraft must be more interesting to fly than the auspicious one.

Nie Yun: "there's nothing to regret. We have other test flights. I promise you'll be interested."

Nie Han: "what test flight mission?"

Nie Yun said with a smile: "your old line, open a transport plane Shuttle back and forth between the Earth Moon orbit and the geosynchronous orbit. "

Some time ago, he heard that star technology is considering using the propulsion system of Xiangrui to develop a kind of interplanetary electric propulsion spacecraft that can be transferred to and from the earth and the moon quickly.

If this research is successful, it may not be long before the auspicious ship will be out of the stage of history.

At a minimum, withdraw from civilian launch missions.

Nie Han turned his eyes. "I would rather drive the auspicious ship. I applied for this task because I was tired of driving the transport plane."

"Nie Yun tone easily joked:" not because can fly higher

Nie Han: "both of them Here we are! "

In the middle of the conversation, the two men have reached the target area.

The flight path is gradually deviating from the 127 minute orbit and entering an elliptical orbit.

This is the best place to launch the moon satellite. Under the joint action of the earth, the sun and the moon's gravity, the core cabin running in this orbit can maintain a stable operation for 36 months without using the propulsion system.

With the help of propulsion system, only a small amount of working medium and energy is needed to maintain the space station in this peaceful orbit for decades

Having confirmed the orbit parameters and restrained the excitement in his heart, Nie Yun took a deep breath, reached out and pressed on the side of the helmet, and said in a steady and firm voice.

"This is the auspicious. We have arrived at the space station's delivery track."

Soon, the command from the ground command came.

“…… Start cargo hold! "

"Yes," Nie Han in the copilot's seat exchanged a firm look. He reached out to release the safety gate of the cargo hold, and then pressed the red button that popped up.

"Opening cargo hold!"

A slight muffled sound floated up along the bottom of the feet, accompanied by a slow shake. The silver white cylindrical spacecraft was thrown into the deep space behind by the auspicious

Looking at the four green words on the screen, Nie Yun said loudly in an excited voice.

"Cargo hold started successfully!"

"The Moon Palace successfully entered the scheduled orbit!"

"We made it!"

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(the new January starts again, asking for a monthly pass ~ ~ ~ ah, I'm so excited. I'm going to skydive tomorrow. It's said that it's 13000 feet. I just don't know if I can fly this high. All in all, this is to get the material! Insurance has been bought. Good luck