In Houston, USA, NASA's Mars landing program control room, according to the agreed time, Artemis 1 should now successfully land on Mars and get in touch with NASA, and now it seems that this is obviously not the case.

"There should be a delay in signal transmission from Mars to Earth, and we are waiting. Kane, you're responsible for proactively sending a message to Artemis One and reaching out to them. ”

"Okay!"

"Don't release news to the public for the time being, all news is subject to NASA's release!"

"Understood!"

NASA began to seek to contact Artemis 1 and sent a signal to wait for Artemis 1's response.

In the United States, all over the world, many people are concerned about the landing plan of the United States on Mars.

They swiped through the news and Twitter, hoping for news of a successful landing, but all the news was just a few hours before Artemis 1 was ready for landing. Hours passed and there was still no news.

"Nothing will happen, will it?" The people, whose patience had run out, began to speculate.

"Probably not, there is no absolute certainty that NASA will not let the astronauts land."

"Mars is so far away from the earth, there must be a delay in any news, let's wait patiently, there should be news in a while."

"Some time ago, some foreign media reported that Mars is in a storm period, is there really no problem with the landing of Artemis 1 at this time?"

"There will be no problem, NASA has explained that Mars has the same atmosphere as Earth, but Mars has a very low atmospheric density, so climate should not be the main factor. Artemis I should be able to land without a hitch. ”

Today is the day of Artemis 1's official landing on Mars, and although it is not possible to broadcast the news of the space shuttle's landing on Mars live, CNN still did a special program, inviting experts in the aerospace industry to make live comments while introducing the landing on Mars.

"Hello Professor Langley, three hours have passed since NASA announced the landing on Mars, and according to the usual practice, Artemis 1 has landed successfully in three hours, but so far NASA has not announced the news of a successful landing, what is the reason for this?"

Professor Langley is a former NASA employee who specializes in aerodynamics, and NASA has not announced anything for three hours, indicating that there must have been problems during the landing.

Professor Langley certainly wouldn't have made such an inference until NASA made an official announcement.

He said: "After Artemis 1 landing, if NASA wants to confirm the status of the landing, we can wait patiently, and according to NASA's assessment of Mars, we have no problem landing on Mars at all." ”

"In this way, Artemis 1's landing on Mars should be a success, we just need time to wait, right?" said the host. ”

"That's it."

At NASA headquarters, the experts in the central control room were not so relaxed.

Four hours have passed, and even after deducting the time of the descent, the time of finishing after the landing, and the time required for communication to spread, Artemis 1 should have news. At that time, there was still no news.

NASA is in a hurry, several astronauts are the elite of the elite of the United States, this landing on Mars also carries the dream and courage of the United States, if it fails, according to the political culture and social system of the United States, I don't know that the Year of the Monkey can continue to land on Mars.

Burt, the chief engineer who landed on Mars, ordered: "Turn on the search mode and mobilize our satellites and rovers on Mars to search." ”

The subordinate replied: "The Curiosity rover located at the landing site has no way to contact it due to a malfunction, and the Adventure is still five hundred kilometers away from the landing site. ”

Bert decisively ordered: "One, continue to try to repair the Curiosity, and second, let the Adventure immediately change its mission and rush to the landing site as quickly as possible, what about the satellites?" ”

"The storm weather, the sand is very large, and the satellite can't see the scene clearly, so we have to wait."

Bert felt that all his strength had been drained, his forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he already had a bad premonition.

At the Chaos Creatures Headquarters, Shen Huai was also paying attention to the landing of Artemis I.

From a personal point of view, Shen Huai hopes that the United States can successfully land on Mars, and with the official landing of the United States on Mars, the Republic will have a greater grasp of the Mars mission, and Karachi and others have also been guests at the moon base, and they have established a considerable friendship with the chaotic creatures.

But Shen Huai and Chief Engineer Ouyang are both industry insiders, and judging from the current situation of NASA, they have encountered problems.

"Mr. Ou, what do you think?" Shen Huai connected with Chief Engineer Ouyang again.

"The situation is not optimistic, one to three hours after landing is a golden period, so far NASA has not announced the news, it should be a problem. Finish. There should be something wrong, and now the whole world is waiting for NASA to announce the news. Our satellites also went to reconnoitre, and there was no problem with the landing window chosen by the United States, and there were no serious storms at the landing site, but now it is different. ”

Chief Engineer Ouyang sent the photos of the Mars satellite of the Republic to Shen Huai, and the photos already explained the problem, the sky above the landing site chosen by the United States was dark, and the storm had spread to this place.

"We can't see anything, we can't see anything, we have to wait for the storm to subside before we continue exploring. I think it's more bad luck. ”

Shen Huai leaned back in the boss's chair and said to Ouyang: "Mr. Ou, you can call out to NSAS in the name of the Republic and ask them if they need help." ”

"We have sent a letter and have not received any requests for assistance so far. Russian satellites are also starting to detect, so they are a little more capable and can penetrate the storm layer, and it stands to reason that there will be news soon. ”

In the panic and anxiety of the people, most of the day passed.

The people of the United States already knew about the Artemis 1 accident, and they prayed and waited for news from NASA.

Twelve hours after the landing time, NASA could no longer remain silent, and it issued an announcement saying: "Artemis 1 has lost contact with NASA twenty minutes after turning on the landing mode, and the current meteorological conditions at the landing site are not good, and we are still unable to detect the local situation through satellites and other means." Now that the Adventure rover has arrived on site, we expect the storm to subside in three days, and we will give an update on the landing, so let's pray for Artemis 1 together......"

After the news was announced, the people of the United States cried.

Mars is so far away from the Earth, there are no rescue team members on it, and it has been so long that it has not been able to be contacted, then something must be wrong.

The next day, satellite images from Russia completely shattered everyone's illusions.