June 2, 2020.

Peking time, 8:20 a.m.

Zhu Gang was woken up by the alarm clock, at this time, the space station was like daylight, and the rural pastoral environment simulated by the holographic projection made people feel as if they were back in Blue Star, if it weren't for his light body at this time, he really thought he was in Blue Star's own home.

After brushing his teeth and washing his face and tidying up his appearance, Zhu Gang began to eat.

In the general control compartment of the lunar space station, the shift was also completed, and Ma Wu took over the right to command and began to prepare for landing on the moon.

After eating, Zhu Gang looked at the bracelet time, it was only 9:11 at this time, he hurriedly checked the spacesuit and personal equipment, and after confirming that everything was fine, he came to the Qinglong-class spacecraft.

Chang An, correspondent Song Quansheng, and maintenance man Fang Haibo also entered the cockpit of the Qinglong-class spacecraft one after another.

At this time, there are still about 24 minutes before they land on the moon, and the network continues to broadcast this moon landing live.

Chang An and Zhu Gang are looking at the landing area this time, and the area where they landed on the moon this time is near the south pole of the moon.

The specific location is in the crater of Kravis on the front side of the moon, about 300~480 kilometers north of the South Pole.

The Kravis crater, located near the south pole on the front side of the moon, has a diameter of about 240 kilometers from east to west and 150 kilometers from north to south, with an elliptical shape and a total area of about 120,000 square kilometers.

It is bounded by the Schinel crater to the southwest, the Blancanas crater due south, the Grumberger crater to the southeast, the Marginus crater to the northeast, and the Longgo Montanus crater to the northwest.

The reason why I chose to land near the south pole is because there may be solid water resources near the south pole of the moon, and many resources in space seem to be very abundant, but in fact, due to the expansion of the distance scale, the relative abundance will be pulled down.

Water is very important for a permanent base on the lunar surface, and if they can mine water on the moon, they don't need to transport water from Blue Star.

On June 2, 2020, at 10 a.m. Peking time.

"Break away from the lunar space station."

"Detachment from success."

Chang An started the main engine and dived towards the lunar surface, while Zhu Gang operated the auxiliary engine, carefully correcting their orbit.

Since the gravitational pull of the moon is only about one-sixth of that of the blue star, it cannot retain a thick atmosphere at all, and its atmosphere is very thin, which has very little impact on the landing of the spacecraft.

After starting the main engine, Chang An turned off the main engine, because the spacecraft can then rely on inertia and lunar gravity to go to the ground, and only use the auxiliary engine to correct the direction from time to time.

［240…… 210…… 54…… This is the distance between the spacecraft and the lunar ground, Chang An saw that it had entered within 50 kilometers, and immediately activated the deceleration braking system.

If the landing speed is too fast, it could damage the ship, and he must slow it down, and he can only use auxiliary engines to slow it down, unlike the Blue Star's hydrogen air sac to slow down, because the moon's atmosphere is too thin to levitate the hydrogen air bag.

"Enter the landing phase, prepare for the landing."

Everyone was nervous, and the spacecraft was rapidly descending in altitude, getting closer and closer to the surface of the moon.

At a distance of 5 kilometers from the lunar surface, the auxiliary engine slowed down this time, suppressing the spacecraft's speed to only about 50 meters per second.

Drip! The altitude reached about 20 meters above the ground, the buffer airbag burst instantly, some moon dust was stirred up by the sudden landing, and the spacecraft landed smoothly on the surface of the moon.

Bang Bang Bang ...... Inside the lunar space station, Ma Wu, Qin Hailu and others applauded and congratulated the successful landing of the spacecraft on the moon.

Three seconds later.

Kaohsiung Space City and Bazhong Space City also burst into applause.

Then the whole world knew that the Space Development Commission had successfully landed on the moon.

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"Whew!" Chang An breathed a sigh of relief, the moment of landing was the most dangerous time, and now that he had successfully landed, he could finally let go of his hanging heart.

Zhu Gang activated the buffer airbag recovery system, took back the airbag that had just popped up, and then quickly checked each system: "Chang Team, everything is normal in each system." ”

"Alright, let's get ready to get out of the cabin!"

"The moon dust outside hasn't completely settled yet, so we'll get out of the cabin later." Zhu Gang reminded.

Chang An nodded.

Taking advantage of this free time, the four of them interacted with the audience of Blue Star.

Outside the spacecraft, there was silence at this time, this is the first time that humans have stepped on the moon after 48 years since the end of Apollo's sixth moon landing in December 1972.

And this time the Space Development Commission's moon landing was different from the Apollo moon landing, the Apollo moon landing program, due to technical problems, it was still difficult for humans to establish a permanent base on the moon at that time.

This time will be the landing of humanity to officially conquer the moon, and it will also be time to develop the moon.

At 12:13, Chang An, Zhu Gang and others simply ate some instant nutritious food, and then they were ready to leave the warehouse.

"Let's go." Ma Wu came to the airtight door and pressed the switch.

Drip! Multiply! The hatch slowly opened.

Outside, it was endless gray and pitch black, Chang An was the first to set foot on the land of the moon, Zhu Gang followed, and Fang Haibo and Song Quansheng stayed behind to guard the spacecraft.

"We're coming! We're back! Chang An said to all mankind through the live broadcast system, and the second sentence is to pay tribute to the Apollo moon landing.

"I announce the official establishment of the Dongfanghong Base on the lunar surface." Zhu Gang then said that the name of this base is to commemorate the first artificial satellite of the Eastern Tang Dynasty.

After interacting with the audience for a while, the two began to prepare for other work, Chang An and Fang Haibo were responsible for installing the cabin of the base, while Zhu Gang was responsible for collecting some soil samples.

Several people were busy until 17:30 in the afternoon before returning to the spacecraft to rest, at this time one of the cabins of the Dongfanghong base had been installed, and there was one left.

After eating, Zhu Gang lay quietly in the lounge.

[Honey, are you okay?] Have you seen a successful moon landing? I am very honored to be one of the first Tang people to land on the moon.

I have collected a lot of lunar soil and minerals today, and these things will be sent back to Blue Star in a few days, and I have specially prepared a moon rock for you.

Rest assured, this is allowed by the rules, you have to get well as soon as possible, and I hope that when I return to the Blue Star, I can see a white and chubby tranquility.

Rest early, don't watch live broadcasts often, after all, the holographic bracelet has a certain amount of radiation, I am very good on the moon, you don't have to worry about me. - Brother Pig of the Moon]

Shanghai Life Science Hospital, in the ward.

Lin Ningning, who had just eaten a little porridge, looked at the email sent by Zhu Gang, and was a little surprised, Zhu Gang's email has become an indispensable part of her life these days.

Lin Jingning put down the holographic bracelet and walked to the window, the sunset in the evening was intoxicating, and the crescent moon had not come out at this time.

"Are you thinking about Brother Gangzi again?" Lin Ningxin put a bag of fruit on the bedside table.

"He emailed me today and said he was going to send me a piece of Moon Rock." Lin Jingjing said with happiness.

"I'm so envious." Lin Ningxin said while peeling the apple.

"I'm relieved that he's all right." Lin Jingjing returned to the hospital bed.

The 360,000-kilometer distance between the blue star and the moon did not block the thin red line between the two.