The hatch closes.

Walked to the driver's seat and sat down.

Attaching the environmental control health protection system and the fixed seat belt to the spacesuit in the cabin, Nie Yun took a deep breath, and then slowly turned the weight of his whole body back and handed it to the seat behind him.

The electronic clock on the dial walks quietly, but the beating numbers seem to be audible.

"It's almost starting."

"Hmm."

Stretched out his fist and touched Nie Han who was sitting in the passenger seat, Nie Yun put his eyes back on the control console, and after hearing the sound of "the sound of all units being ready" from the headphones, he raised his right hand to open the safety lock of the fusion device switch, and then twisted the knob to start.

At the moment of the turn of the knob, a huge amount of energy continued to pour out of the fusion core, and the entire space plane was like a giant beast that had been ignited in the heart, awakening from its slumber.

Feeling the slight tremor on the soles of his feet, Liu Zhengwen, who was sitting in the passenger seat, swallowed and spat, and asked a little nervously.

"Is this a fire?"

The communication screen was not opened, and naturally no one heard him.

Looking at the rising energy of the dial, Nie Yun reached out and tapped lightly on the side of the helmet, and said in a clear voice.

"This is Xiangrui, the fusion device has been successfully ignited, all preparations are in place, and it is ready to take off! Approval requested! ”

Soon, the headset heard the sound of the ground command responding.

"Approve the request, and the ignition countdown will begin in one minute."

"Roger."

Clenching the joystick with both hands, Nie Yun closed his eyes, took a deep breath slowly, and pushed the switch to start the engine with his thumb.

The moment he opened his eyes again, the countdown, as clear and calm as the sound of a bell, rang in his ears at the same time......

“5”

“4”

“3”

“2”

“1”

“0”

"Ignition ——!"

The ignition countdown of the last Xiangrui's first flight was given to Hou Guang, and this time the ignition countdown of the manned lunar landing was given to Lu Zhou.

As the words fell, the five huge vents connected to the tail of the aerospace plane began to bloom with brilliant blue light, propelling the huge aerospace plane forward slowly.

And when the blue light bloomed, whether it was the ground crew standing near the runway, the army soldiers standing guard with guns, or the engineers standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the control tower, the eyes were completely taken away by it at this moment.

This shocking scene will never get tired of watching it no matter how many times you watch it.

Director Li, who was standing next to Lu Zhou, looked up at this scene on the big screen.

After a long time, he suddenly spoke in a somewhat emotional tone.

"I kind of understand why you want to go up."

Hearing this, Lu Zhou smiled and didn't answer.

"Then there's a chance to go up together another day?"

Director Li said without hesitation.

"Don't even think about it!"

As the two were talking, the planes on the runway were getting faster and faster.

Eventually, the blue arc light carried the silver spaceship from the end of the runway and slowly detached itself from the ground and flew towards the distant skyline, opening up a flame like an aurora in the dark night sky.

Seeing the flight carrying hope disappear at the end of the night, the ground crew on the ground broke out into enthusiastic cheers, and many of the aerospace experts standing in the control tower looking at the sky had tears on their faces.

Although the journey to the moon has only just begun, this difficult first step has already been successfully taken, and this moment will be remembered by history, whether it succeeds or fails.

As for whether the footprints can be successfully imprinted on the earth of the moon and successfully returned.

Then it depends on the creation of the astronauts......

"Xiangrui, this is the ground command center, report on your situation."

After a brief current tone, the co-pilot's voice came from the other end of the phone.

“…… This is Xiangrui, the current altitude is 5km, the speed is 1000 kilometers per hour, the acceleration is 1.25G, the temperature sensor feedback of each part is good, and the situation is normal! ”

"Very well, please stay in touch, the ground command center will continue to provide you with navigation."

"Roger."

There was no trace of the Xiangrui in the night sky.

Looking at the ground crew who began to clean the runway and organize equipment in the open space of the launch site, Director Li, who was standing next to Lu Zhou, suddenly asked.

"If it takes two hours to get to low-Earth orbit, how long does it take to get to the moon."

Although the estimated arrival time is written on the launch schedule, the launch schedule from the launch center is sent directly to the Space Agency, and the Science and Industry Bureau is not responsible for the specific launch project. Although Star Technology also sent a copy to the Bureau of Science and Industry, Director Li came to Jinling in a hurry this time, so he didn't get the plan.

Lu Zhou glanced at the green dot on the radar that was gradually moving away, and said with a smile.

"56 hours is probably enough."

"It only takes 56 hours?" Director Li glanced at Lu Zhou in surprise, "If I'm not mistaken, the Americans' Saturn V took more than seventy hours, right?" ”

"If we extend the distance scale, we can fly faster," after a pause, Lu Zhou smiled and continued, "The launch is over, I plan to catch up on sleep later, you can also go and rest early." The plane is all in the sky, I can't fly up on my own. ”

After speaking, Lu Zhou didn't wait for Director Li to answer, took off the headset on his head, looked at Hou Guang who was standing next to him, and said in a serious tone.

"I'm sorry for you."

Taking the headset from Lu Zhou's hand, Hou Guang nodded solemnly.

"Understood."

……

Above the blue sky.

The Xiangrui, which had reached an altitude of 20 kilometers, was controlled by a skilled pilot to smoothly switch the launch mode, began to switch to the engine directly against gravity, and galloped towards outer space in the direction of the tangent.

Feeling the center of gravity gradually move from his butt to his back, Liu Zhengwen took a deep breath, raised his index finger and knocked it on the side of the helmet, switching to the crew channel.

“…… Are we out of the atmosphere? ”

After a while, Nie Han's voice came from within the communication channel.

"It's still early, so if you're feeling nervous, consider sleeping with your eyes closed."

“…… I just woke up a few hours ago and can't sleep. ”

In such an environment, ghosts can sleep!

Nie Han smiled and said, "Be brave, the old man is also engaged in research, when Professor Lu slipped up, he was not like you." ”

Most of the young scholars in China regard Lu Zhou as a role model or even an idol.

Thinking that Lu Zhou had also sat on this thing, the panic in Liu Zhengwen's heart somewhat dissipated.

Professor Lu...... What was he like when he came up? ”

Nie Yun, who had already switched the Xiangrui to automatic flight mode, smiled and answered.

"He? It's awesome. We professional astronauts are still a little nervous, but he is good, not to mention that he did not panic during the whole process, and he took a selfie with the earth when he went to space. ”

Liu Zhengwen: "......"

It is worthy of the god of land.

He now doesn't know what to say except for wanting to brush the sentence "Lu Shen is awesome" on his neck.

Looking at Liu Zhengwen, who fell into silence, thinking that he hadn't come out yet, Nie Yun paused for a moment and continued in an encouraging tone.

"Actually, you can take it easy, think on the bright side, and when we come back from the moon, we will be the people's heroes, enough for you to be proud for a lifetime."

Liu Zhengwen raised his head and subconsciously asked, "What if you can't come back?" ”

Nie Yun smiled.

"That's a martyr, and it's not a loss."