Chapter 129, The Moon Landing (Part I)
In July 2019, the Huaxia Lunar Space Station "Moon Palace" space station completed the docking of the main space module, because it is far away from the earth, even with the most advanced communication technology, the distance between the Earth and the Moon is about 360,000 kilometers - 400,000 kilometers, and the average distance is about 380,000 kilometers.
Such a long distance, even at the speed of light, takes 1.3 seconds, and the distance between electromagnetic waves in space is also the speed of light, so the docking of the main space module of the lunar "Moon Palace" space station is also all docked in accordance with the automatic program, because there is a time difference of 1.3 seconds during the period, and if you count the round trip, it is a time difference of 2.6 seconds.
Don't underestimate these 2.6 seconds, in terms of docking of the space station, the time difference of 2.6 seconds is enough to cause a devastating catastrophic event and lead to the failure of the docking of the space station, so the automatic program is used to automatically and smoothly complete the docking of the main space module of the "Moon Palace" space station by the pre-set program.
The "Moon Palace" space station has successfully completed docking, which means that the time for manned landing on the moon is getting closer and closer, and every day there are aerospace planes from the ground in China to and from space, and every day from the "Tiangong" space station on the earth's side, there are unmanned spacecraft and unmanned space planes flying to the moon.
The "Moon Palace" space station on this side of the moon continues to grow, and the space capsule of various functions continues to dock up, and in less than half a month, the scale of the "Moon Palace" space station has surpassed that of the International Space Station, and dozens of functional space capsules have laid the foundation for the upcoming manned landing on the moon.
In addition to the construction of the "Moon Palace" space station, on the moon, every few days there are unmanned spacecraft launched to the moon, the robot on the moon to collect samples and then return to space again, and then take an unmanned space plane to return to the earth again.
Experiments like this, similar to simulating the moon landing and return home, have also been carried out many times, and every detail has been fully tested to ensure the smooth completion of the manned lunar landing.
October 1, 2019, this day is the National Day of China, and it is also the day of China's manned space landing on the moon, because according to the calculations of scientists, this period of time is the closest period of time for the moon to the earth, which is very conducive to the manned landing on the moon.
At the Jiuquan Space Center, the sky was clear, the wind was beautiful, the sky was cloudless, and the major media from all over the world were anxiously waiting in the area demarcated by the Jiuquan Space Center.
This huge aerospace plane, with a length of more than 50 meters, a height of 30 meters, and a wingspan of up to 40 meters, is full of sci-fi streamlined shapes, and the whole body is extremely black.
"Good morning, audience friends, I am Xu Ying, a reporter from CCTV in Jiuquan Space Center, you can see behind me, this huge aerospace plane named Houyi is the protagonist of this moon landing, it is now half past 9 in the morning, there are 30 minutes left, and our first manned lunar landing in China will officially begin."
"According to the relevant information we learned from the space center, the aerospace plane will depart directly from the ground and fly to the Tiangong space station, and fly directly to the lunar and lunar palace space station after the Tiangong space station completes the replenishment of energy, and it is expected to take 4 hours to arrive at the lunar and lunar palace space station."
"The final inspection will be carried out on the Moon Palace space station, and after the inspection is correct, it is expected that it will officially land on the moon at about 18 o'clock Huaxia time, and this station will broadcast the whole process for you."
From Tiananmen Square, the most solemn square in the center of the imperial capital, to the people's square, the largest in the magic capital, from every huge display on the streets of Hong Kong to every household in Macao, all television stations in the whole of China are now broadcasting the motherland's manned lunar landing without exception.
Because it happened to be the National Day holiday, the ratings were very high, and countless people who originally planned to travel also chose to watch this manned moon landing at home.
Even the 70-year-old man can roughly know that the moon is a satellite of the earth after half a year, and this manned moon landing is not to see Chang'e on the moon, but to achieve the great goal of the Chinese nation.
As for the primary school students with the strongest learning ability, they are arguing with each other that they can lift hundreds of pounds of objects on the moon, all of them are strong men, and they are all determined to become astronauts on the moon in the future to achieve their childhood goals, and some primary school students even write essays that they will be the first people to land on Mars in the future.
In South Africa, the Chinese have always been the targets of weakness and bullying, and they are also the targets of many people's robbery, but with the South African television station broadcasting the Chinese manned moon landing activities, the entire South African people know that the Chinese are very bullish, and they can actually carry people to the moon, and they have become more respectful when they see the Chinese, and the number of robberies of the Chinese has been greatly reduced.
At this moment, the eyes of the world are focused on China, and the news media around the world are carrying out reports on the manned moon landing in China, and many TV stations even broadcast the whole process.
When the descendants of Yan and Huang all over the world saw the envy of others, they all proudly raised their heads and proudly announced that I am a Chinese and that my motherland is carrying out a manned lunar landing activity.
The manned moon landing is such a huge event, this is not only China's own business, but also the whole human race is highly concerned and attaches great importance to it, since the last Apollo 17 moon landing on December 11, 1972, nearly half a century has passed.
It is not surprising that mankind is finally going to land on the moon again, and it is the first manned landing on the moon in the 21st century, which has attracted the attention of the whole world, and billions of people around the world are quietly waiting.
At 10 o'clock in the morning, all the leaders of major Chinese countries arrived, and the Jiuquan Space Center was here, on the huge square, and the final departure ceremony was underway.
Astronauts Nan Junpeng, Li Yang, Xiao Mingguang, Yu Haitian, Lan Yu, Ouyang Hao, Liu Qi, Wang Zhong, Yang Xing, nine astronauts appeared one by one, and the nine astronauts were all a new batch of astronauts who had not appeared in everyone's field of vision before, among which Lan Yu was a female astronaut.
Although the nine astronauts have not appeared in everyone's field of vision before, these nine astronauts are all experienced astronauts, each of whom has traveled back and forth to space at least 10 times, and many of them have even carried out spacewalks and rigorous training on the "Tiangong" space station in China.
The manned lunar landing ceremony is very simple, because this has just begun, if the manned lunar landing is successfully completed, then the celebration ceremony will be very grand, which is the practice of almost all countries in the field of space.
Accompanied by the loud sound of the national anthem, the Chinese sons and daughters present sang the "March of the Volunteers" together, silently watching the nine astronauts slowly enter the huge "Houyi" aerospace aircraft.
"Let's go!"
With an order, the "Houyi" aerospace aircraft slowly started, under the low-power operation, slowly came to a huge runway here, accompanied by gusts of visible fluctuations and strong winds, the speed of the "Houyi" aerospace aircraft quickly soared, only less than 3 seconds, the aerospace aircraft has taken off, like a huge giant bird flying in the blue sky.
Soon, the space plane was in everyone's field of vision at a speed exceeding Mach 5, and soon broke through the Earth's atmosphere and entered space.
"Yay!"
On the ground, here in the space center, I saw a huge aerospace plane soaring into the sky, and a huge display on the side had already shown that the aerospace plane had entered space, and was flying around the earth at this time, constantly adjusting its orbit and speed, and preparing to dock with the "Tiangong" space station.
The speed at which the aerospace plane entered space so quickly shows that Huaxia's strength in the field of space is definitely not comparable to that of other countries that are still using rockets to generate spacecraft.
In space, as the captain of the manned lunar landing group of nine, astronaut Nan Junpeng felt that he had lost gravity all of a sudden, and he was oppressed by huge pressure one moment, and the next moment he was extremely relaxed.
"Contact the Tiangong space station, adjust the orbit and prepare to dock with the Tiangong space station."
Nan Junpeng was as calm as ever, carefully checking the status of the aerospace aircraft to check the spatial coordinates of the aerospace aircraft at this time, like this to drive the aerospace aircraft to dock with the Tiangong space station, Nan Junpeng has very rich experience.
"Audience friends, hello everyone, it's 10:36 a.m. China time, and the picture you see now is the picture of the Houyi Aerospace Aircraft docking with the Tiangong Space Station, the Houyi Aerospace Plane will complete the energy replacement and engine overhaul here in the Tiangong Space Station, and if everything is correct, it will fly to the moon in 2 hours."
In space, the space plane slowly approached the Tiangong space station, judging from the picture broadcast by the TV station, behind the space plane is a blue earth, exuding the halo of life, the beauty is suffocating, intoxicating.
In space, here in the Tiangong space station, the battery compartment of the "Houyi" aerospace aircraft slowly opened, and the huge mechanical arm began to replace the battery.
At the same time, in space, many robotic arms began to install reverse deceleration plasma engines for the "Houyi" aerospace aircraft, of course, all of which have been trained and experimented many times, and the installation was completed very smoothly.