Chapter 802

The Xiaguang, sailing in the deep sky, slowly approached the silver "port".

Then, a pair of long strip shaped "landing gears" slowly extended from under the nose of the starlight, pointing to the cabin with the interface at the end of the space station, and then slowly approached the past.

Sitting in the cabin, watching the approaching space station outside the side window, Johnson's heart almost mentioned his voice, and sweat seeped from his nervous palm.

The docking of space spacecraft is always a difficulty in space technology.

This not only tests the "hardware strength" of a country's industrial camera accuracy, spacecraft material strength, engine and its control technology, but also tests a series of software strength such as computer vision measurement technology.

In particular, the requirements for the orbit height and speed accuracy of spacecraft are even more severe to an appalling degree. The engine ignition window will be compressed to within one second, and the docking will fail one second earlier and one second later.

At the beginning, it took nearly a year for Gemini 6 and 7 to meet when the US Gemini manned space program came out. However, after flying at a distance of 30 cm for 20 minutes, the two spacecraft did not realize docking at last. Until the next year's Gemini 8 successfully docked with the unmanned target spacecraft, the United States was able to truly master this technology.

The docking of manned spacecraft, however, was not until the mid-1970s, when the United States and the Soviet Union "shook hands" in the field of aerospace and finally realized under the joint efforts of the two superpowers.

One of the main reasons why Apollo didn't choose to launch the modules of landing on the moon in different times was that the docking was too difficult. Compared with the high thrust rocket, it is more acceptable in terms of risk and cost.

Johnson has been in NASA's astronaut corps for a long time, compared with TAE and Jones, and he knows how difficult it is.

However, before he could react, the landing gears of Xiaguang had been inserted under the multi-functional docking module of the Moon Palace.

With a slight and almost imperceptible shake, the Xiaguang successfully connected the "landing gear" to the space station, and slowly pulled itself to the space station with the contraction of the "landing gear".

Finally, the docking devices of one large and one small spacecraft are closely combined.

Then

There's no more.

The docking process of the whole spacecraft does not give a sense of tension, or even is too simple to accept.

“…… WTF？”

Staring at everything out of the window, Johnson seemed to have never seen the world, and was completely stunned there.

After being trained in this field by NASA crew, he knew that docking of spacecraft was not the case at all! The correct posture for the docking of

spacecraft in outer space should be to fly the spacecraft to the front of the space station first, then make a slow down in the direction, and wait for the space station to catch up.

It's unheard of for him to launch the landing gear directly and fly up to the space station!

Just then, the signal light of the hatch came on.

With the unlocking of the cabin door, Tavi, who was holding the door frame and floating out of his room, moved his lower limbs. Then he saw Johnson, who was still there, and asked doubtfully.

"What's the matter with you, man?"

Johnson said, looking at him strangely.

“…… Didn't you see it just now? The operation of those Chinese people docking the spacecraft. "

In the face of the captain's strange sight, Tavi grabbed his head and shook his head.

"I don't quite understand what you're talking about."

Johnson sighed When I didn't ask. "

It must be crazy to ask a fool such a complicated question.

According to the indicator light, three colonists returned from Mars came to the cabin to gather. Then the alloy door in the middle of the cabin opened slowly, and Liu Biao in the spacesuit came in.

"Xiaguang has successfully docked at the moon space station of the Moon Palace. We will check your physical condition in half an hour and disinfect the space inside the spacecraft at the same time..."

At this time, Liu Biao suddenly noticed that the white male astronaut had a ghost like expression on his face, so he smiled and said hello to him, "are you ok?"

"I Good, "Johnson's Adam's Apple moved a little when he came back to himself, and finally he couldn't help but ask," how did you do it? "

Liu Biao looked at him in fog and water: "what did you do?"

Johnson opened his mouth. He didn't know where to start or how to start.

Do you directly ask "how do you docking spacecraft"?

Maybe for them, it's just a matter of course to pass through the access station directly, just like his understanding of spacecraft docking technology.But he still can't accept this reality. China's space technology has progressed to any detail, which will make him feel astonished.

Looking at the Chinese astronaut with a friendly smile, Johnson gave a stiff dry smile twice.

"Nothing When I didn't ask. "

Although it is the same sentence, at this moment his mind is totally different

After connecting the multi-functional docking module of Xiaguang and Yuegong, three Martian colonists, led by Liu Biao, passed through the connection port and entered the airlock of the multi-functional docking module.

When there is no docking, this is the buffer zone for the astronauts to enter and exit the space station. Astronauts working outside the capsule will change their spacesuits, check their equipment and adapt to the air pressure

But now, because there is a ship connected, the airlock is regarded as a zero hour checkpoint.

“…… You are waiting here. In a moment, a professional doctor will check your body. After confirming your health, I will consider taking you to the Moon Palace for a walk. "

Looking at Liu Biao standing at the door of the cabin, Johnson, who just took off the spacesuit in the cabin, asked, "what do we need to do now?"

Liu Biao smiled and said, "eat something, drink something, and The medical team from the United Nations may need you to provide some feces, stool and urine. "

"Here?" Jones asked, blushing

"Of course, it can't be here," Liu Biao coughed, pointing to the metal door inlaid on the wall. "There is a separate toilet nearby."

The colonists didn't have to wait too long.

With the help of two lunar Palace Station staff, Johnson and others quickly completed the physical examination. At the same time, the samples of metabolites collected from the three people were sent to a special experimental cabin.

The samples were tested by Leslie, a professor from the Institute of Microbiology, Lehman medical center, Switzerland, and Zhao Shuxuan, a researcher from the Institute of biomedicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Both scholars are the big cattle in the field of biology, and have published many articles in the field of astrobiology, a popular branch. Although it is not the most authoritative bull, it is also a scholar at the top.

What's more, they are both under the age of 45, relatively young and in good physical condition. Although many authoritative big bulls want to seize this opportunity, they are too old to look at the weightlessness simulation device of star technology.

Time passes by minute by second.

Both outside and inside the experimental cabin, everyone is anxiously waiting for the test results.

At this time, Professor Leslie, sitting in front of the electron microscope, suddenly whispered a sentence, with a trace of surprise and ecstasy in his eyes.

"Oh, Shetter..."

"What did you find?" Quickly walked to the side of the electron microscope, Zhao Shuxuan pushed the glasses on the lower bridge of his nose, approached the computer screen and frowned Is this

"A strange anaerobic bacterium with a thick cell wall and membrane Wait, let me correct it. It's a spore! No wonder it can survive on Mars, "said Professor Leslie, who kept adjusting the magnification of the electron microscope and staring at the screen." God It's unbelievable. "

Staring at the image on the screen, Zhao Shuxuan's eyes also flashed a trace of excitement, but soon gradually regained their composure.

"We may be in trouble."

Leslie smiled and looked back at Zhao Shuxuan and pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose.

"In theory, that's right, but it's exciting? Isn't it? "

I sat in the compartment and waited quietly, but after a long time there was no movement.

Just as Johnson and others began to fidget, the hatch suddenly opened. It wasn't just the Chinese who had brought them here before that came in, but there was a slightly dignified looking man beside him.

Johnson vaguely remembered that when he was on the Xiaguang, he seemed to have seen this side. If he had not guessed wrong, he would have been the captain of the Xiaguang.

Before he had time to ask what was going on, Tavi, who was sitting next to him, got up and asked.

"What happened? What kind of physical examination takes so long? When can we go home -- "

" sorry, guys. "

Raising the volume interrupted the black brother's questions, Xu Zhenghong said in a heavy voice with a dignified expression on his face.

"I'm afraid we'll have to postpone our time home."