In endless reverie, Zhao Huasheng spent his first night in Skylab. Perhaps because they know that there are too many monitoring devices here, it is really inconvenient to talk, and the plasma life form is rarely quiet. During this time, it has not spoken to Zhao Huasheng. However, the slight itching sensation on the skin of the head has been reminding Zhao Huasheng that the plasma life form has always been by his side, never left, never left for a moment.

Zhao Huasheng was able to rest, but the rest of the astronauts never rested. They cooperated with each other, under the command of the ground staff and with each other's cooperation, the materials stored in the Skylab were transported to the "Houyi" spacecraft in batches. It took them a few hours to get it done, and then they took a short break before the journey to the moon began.

The Houyi spacecraft can probably be regarded as the first real spacecraft in human history. It's not the same as the Crimson Heart, which is a one-off - not just the Crimson Heart, all the spacecraft launched by humans before are disposable, they are all custom-made for a certain mission, and they are scrapped after being used once and completed for a specific mission. The Houyi spacecraft is reusable, and it can be moored in the spacecraft harbor of Skylab for repairs and can also complete the mission of manned lunar travel.

It was built entirely for space travel, which also means that it cannot land on the planet's surface. However, the existence of Skylab solves this problem. Skylab acts as a transit point, a bridge between the Houyi spacecraft and the Earth's surface.

At this moment, Zhao Huasheng and three astronauts came to the Houyi spacecraft. The astronauts nervously manipulated various instruments and proofread various data, while Zhao Huasheng once again silently tied himself to the seat with a seat belt. After communicating with the ground staff, a blazing white flame erupted from the tail of the Houyi spacecraft, and under the impetus of this flame, it slowly left the harbor in Skylab and stepped into space.

It already has a speed of more than seven kilometers per second, which means that it only needs a little more acceleration to break free from the Earth's gravitational field. As a result, the massive Skylab was left behind by the Houyi spacecraft. And eventually disappeared below the horizon. Disappeared without a trace. But some time later, Skylab rose above the horizon in front of it and was once again overtaken by the Houyi spacecraft.

The Houyi spacecraft is accelerating around the Earth. This will last for about two days, within those two days. Its orbit will become more and more flattened, and it will eventually break free from the Earth's gravitational field at apogee. Run to the moon.

At this moment, the most critical moment of breaking free from the earth's gravitational field has been reached. It is more than 10,000 kilometers away from the Earth, and it is no longer possible to see the bright lights above the Earth from here. The earth is light on one side and dark on the other. The dark side blends with the dark cosmic background and looks a little blurry. As a result, only half of its whole body remained, suspended in space like half a milky white mooncake.

"The Earth's gravitational field has been successfully broken free, and the spacecraft has a velocity of 5.2 kilometers per second relative to the Moon. We will reach the moon in about a day's time. An astronaut said to Zhao Huasheng.

Zhao Huasheng just nodded and did not answer. At this moment, the spacecraft has entered the stage of inertial navigation. In addition to the necessary orbital fine-tuning, the spacecraft no longer needs to perform drastic acceleration and deceleration maneuvers. So Zhao Huasheng also unbuckled his seat belt and floated in the cabin.

The Earth had been quietly hovering behind the ship. There was not a single movement. It was shrinking at a rate imperceptible to the naked eye, until it looked like it was the size of a discus. At that time, the moon will also arrive.

In contrast to the shrinking Earth, the Moon is constantly expanding. The bridge that binds these two different changes together is the Houyi spacecraft, which is flying at high speed.

The dark and deep universe, the dazzling sun, the beautiful earth, and the secluded moon constitute all the worlds that Zhao Huasheng can see. Time continued to pass in this silence, and after Zhao Huasheng experienced another sleep break, the moon looked already bigger than the sun.

At the moment, there are still 60,000 kilometers to the moon. Long before this distance, the Houyi spacecraft had already begun to slow down in preparation for entering the lunar orbit. At that time, the Houyi spacecraft will orbit the moon at a speed of 1.5 kilometers per second, and the landing module will carry those supplies, as well as Zhao Huasheng and several astronauts on lunar soil.

The moment came seven hours later. The Houyi spacecraft successfully entered the orbit around the moon and began to orbit the moon at a stable angle and speed. After it was in the right place, Zhao Huasheng and the two astronauts who went down with him put on their spacesuits and entered the landing module. The remaining astronaut will remain in the Houyi spacecraft and be responsible for the operation and control of the Houyi spacecraft.

The landing module also has its own fuel in it. After detaching from the Houyi spacecraft, the landing module began to slow down. As it slows down, it begins to spiral close to the lunar surface in a parabolic motion. After orbiting the moon a few times, the recoil rocket at the bottom of the landing module turned on, reducing the speed of the landing module again, so that the landing module came to a steady stop on the moon.

Before the landing module landed on the moon, Zhao Huasheng had already felt the gravity of the moon, but the previous feeling was not so real. It's like being in the water, feeling light all over your body, as if you can fly if you're not careful.

"Sorry, there was a slight deviation in the attitude control system of the landing module during the landing process, and we did not land to the intended location, but landed ten kilometers from the lunar base." An astronaut said to Zhao Huasheng, "But it doesn't matter, please rest assured, the astronauts who stayed in the lunar base have already arrived in the lunar rover, and they will arrive soon." ”

"Okay." Zhao Huasheng nodded, and then said, "Can we leave here now?" ”

"Yes." The astronaut spoke, reaching out and working inside the landing module a few times, and the hatch opened. Zhao Huasheng got up and walked out of the landing capsule along the ladder. The two astronauts behind him followed, and the three of them stood on the surface of the moon.

It was dark and dim, and there was no visible light source other than the glow of the searchlight above the spacesuit. But because of this, the starry sky here is even more transparent, like a large black gem dotted with many pearls.

The Earth is on the far side of the Moon, so it is impossible to see the Earth at the moment. The vague connection between Zhao Huasheng and the earth in his heart has never been severed. Zhao Huasheng knew that above the star not far away lived countless of his compatriots, he came from there, and he always belonged there.

Zhao Huasheng lowered his head, and the light of the searchlight shone on the surface of the moon. The surface of the moon is covered with some gray dust, but here the dust is coarse, not rounded at all, but angular. This is very different from what is on Earth. Because the dust and gravel on the earth cannot retain their edges and corners for a long time under the impact of water and air currents, as well as the friction between them.

The dust here is so thick that you can sink a few centimeters deep if you step on it, but the space here is so thorough that you can't even see the pillars of light in the air when you look out of the searchlights. Because the pillar of light appears because of the dust present in the air and the scattering of gas, but there is nothing on the moon, so naturally there is no scattering.

Here is eternal cold and darkness. In the thousands of years of human history, no human footprint has ever set foot here, not even robots. But it's always there, no matter how drastic things have changed on the planet next to it. If there are no accidents, this situation will always be there for a long time.

Zhao Huasheng tried to take two steps above the surface of the moon, but the discomfort of gravity made Zhao Huasheng stumble and almost fall. Zhao Huasheng was a little more careful, carefully moving his steps here, and then left a long series of footprints behind him. If there were no external forces, these footprints would have been there for at least millions of years.

All around is as dark as water, so thick that people can't help but feel oppressive in their hearts. At the same time, the person who lives here is also helpless, because no matter what kind of predicament he encounters, no one will come to help him.

And Zhao Huasheng will survive in this thick darkness like water, and there will never be a chance to return.

Zhao Huasheng didn't go too far, but just circled around the landing capsule, and then began to wait.

While Zhao Huasheng was waiting, the other two astronauts were also busy, unloading the materials carried in the landing module and stacking them aside. After waiting for a while, Zhao Huasheng saw two rays of light suddenly shoot out of the darkness in front of him. Zhao Huasheng looked more closely, and saw two vehicles similar to the front of a tractor driving crookedly.

Zhao Huasheng knew that it was the two astronauts who stayed at the moon base to greet him. (To be continued.) ), the house of reading! Unique URL:

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