Although the six people had spoken a lot before entering the manned function chamber, they still relaxed through this form of talking.

After all, this is a moon landing operation, and even the oldest George. Anthony couldn't help but feel excited and nervous, let alone a few others. But now they can't move except for their arms and mouth, so they can only decompress themselves in this way.

This is obviously a good way to decompress, because through the radio every five minutes, several of them also know that they are in very good shape.

Tang Feng and the six of them are connected to monitors to monitor their physical condition in real time, and if something goes wrong with their bodies, all six of them have the right to terminate the operation. But now it seems that the six people are doing very well.

Just when a few people were talking enthusiastically, the voice of the ground control center suddenly sounded in the headset: "Attention explorer team, the ten-minute countdown begins, please double-check all the situation again"

The code name of this operation was named "Explorer" by Tang Feng, so their team of six people is also known as the Explorer Team. The reason for this code name is mainly because Tang Feng is too lazy, so he directly took the company name of the leader.

After hearing the prompt from the ground control center, several people immediately checked the various readings of the equipment around them and reported the detection to the control center.

After the electronic sound of the ten-minute countdown sounded from outside, both the staff of the control center and the spectators who were ten kilometers away couldn't help but get nervous, and all eyes were focused on the huge rocket painted in colorful colors.

That's right, the rocket body of the Starry Sky 1 launch vehicle is no longer white, and the rocket body of the Star 1 launch vehicle has been occupied by a huge pattern - that is a famous mark. It was just over a month ago that Tang Feng promised Mateschitz the Red Bull drink mark.

At first, both the staff and the visitors who were viewing the feat of the moon landing with telescopes from the outside were amused by the Red Bull drink mark on the rocket body. This Red Bull is still really awesome, and the advertisements have all hit the moon landing operation.

That is, because this operation was funded by Tang Feng, otherwise, it would be absolutely impossible for a commercial to appear on the rocket body of the launch vehicle. And if you let other businessmen know. Mateschitz's advertisement only cost $1, and it is estimated that he has to scold Mateschitz for being a profiteer and Tang Feng for not understanding the market!

This is an excellent publicity opportunity, and it is no exaggeration to say that the number of people watching the live broadcast of this moon landing operation is at least one billion people around the world, and this kind of advertising effect is undoubtedly extremely powerful.

The 70.8-meter-tall Starry Sky 1 heavy-lift launch vehicle stands next to the launch stand, and the Red Bull drink markings on the body of the rocket are 50 meters long. Extremely eye-catching

"Five minutes to prepare!" After the cold electronic prompt sounds, the gas connector and filling connector on the rocket are automatically disconnected, and the connecting plugs of the telemetry system and external test system are automatically taken off.

"Ready in a minute!"

At this time, the system on the rocket is changed from ground power supply to battery power supply on the arrow, and after 10 seconds of self-test normal, the cable connector will automatically fall off, and the cable pendulum will leave the launch vehicle and swing to the predetermined position. At this time, except for the cable at the bottom of the launch vehicle that is connected by a detachable plug, which is still connected to the ground, all other plugs connected to the ground have been completely disconnected.

"Thirty seconds ready!"

The TT&C system at the launch site and the TT&C tracking stations in various localities were activated.

"A ten-second countdown. 10、9、8、7”

Seven seconds before launch, high-speed cameras around the launch pad started shooting. Began to record the live ignition and take-off of the rocket.

"6, 5, 4, main engine start 2, 1, ignition!"

When the last second came, in an instant, the engine nozzle that had begun to shoot flames outwards suddenly spewed out a large number of blazing flames, and under the surging power erupted by a total of twelve space engines, the Xingkong-1 heavy carrier rocket with a total weight of 2,700 tons began to slowly leave the ground. And at the same moment, the six people in the manned function compartment only felt a sinking on their bodies, and the huge overload immediately made all six people shut up.

Amid the roar of a rocket engine with a total thrust of up to 29,000 N, hundreds of meters of flames erupted from the bottom of the massive Starry Sky One, propelling the big guy to begin to rise at a breakneck speed. And Tang Feng, who was half-lying in the seat, immediately felt the strong overload generated after speeding up in the violent vibration.

1 G, 2 G, 3 Gs until more than a minute later, the instrument in front of them showed that the speed of the Starry Sky No. 1 launch vehicle at this time had reached Mach 7, that is to say, at this time, the overload on Tang Feng and them had reached 8 G!

When Tang Feng heard the prompt sound of "the first-stage rocket engine is turned off, the first-stage rocket is successfully separated, and the second-stage rocket is successfully ignited" in the wireless headset, and felt a greater vibration in the rocket body, Tang Feng knew that this was the vibration caused by the first-stage rocket leaving the rocket body, and at this time, it means that Starry Sky 1 has crossed the Kármán line and come to real outer space.

At this time, the altitude of the second-stage rocket when it is ignited is already 100 kilometers away from the surface, and the flight in the densest atmosphere in front of it has ended, but the speed of the rocket at this time is far from reaching the speed that can get rid of the earth's gravity, so the second-stage rocket needs to continue to accelerate for the rocket.

The two-stage rocket did not work for long, only more than eighty seconds. However, with the strong thrust of the second-stage rocket, when the second-stage rocket detached, it had already pushed the rocket body to an altitude of 200 kilometers above the ground. At this time, the speed of the rocket has reached the predetermined speed, and at this time, the rocket has basically flown out of the atmosphere, so according to the preset program, the first thing to abandon is the rocket arrow fairing, and then the two-stage rocket engine is closed and separated.

Without the fairing, the six astronauts in the manned functional compartment can clearly see outer space and the true face of Mother Earth through the glass windows of the functional compartment.

Except for the dazzling sun, the rest of outer space is pitch black. Underneath you, there is a blue planet covered in clouds and mist, which looks extremely spectacular and beautiful.

At this time, the remaining tripolar rockets and payloads actually have the speed to escape from the earth's gravity, because the rocket at this time has quite strong kinetic energy, so under the action of the earth's gravity, the rocket body begins to enter the inertial flight segment, until it is tangent to the intended orbit of the lunar spacecraft staying in the geosynchronous transfer orbit, the third pole rocket engine begins to ignite, and enters the final acceleration stage of flight.

This stage takes a few minutes, and when the acceleration reaches a predetermined speed, the third pole rocket engine is turned off, and the manned function module is ejected from the rocket launch vehicle, enters the predetermined orbit, and finally docks with the lunar spacecraft!

In fact, when Tang Feng and the silver-white moon spacecraft appeared in their sight, the launch operation had been a complete success. All that's left is the journey from the Earth to the Moon and the all-important moon landing. (To be continued.) )