[Chapter 524: Space Rendezvous and Docking]
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"61% synchronization rate, Lao Li, ready to receive control of the cargo hold!"
"No problem!" I saw Li Xingfeng turn around slightly, the external cabin beside him showed that a push plate was opened, a 7-inch crystal screen appeared inside, and his fingers were clicking on the screen, and after a while, a female Chinese voice sounded in the spacesuit: "Permission transfer is underway!" ”
After it was done, Li Xingfeng looked at the "Arc Eagle No. 1" air and space transport plane again. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
On the other side, Ning Zebo in the cockpit stared at the display data and said, "71% synchronization rate!" 133 yards (meters) away! ”
Xiao Liang pressed a yellow button and said, "The cargo hold is starting to separate!" ”
Outer space, where there was silence, and there was almost nothing in the vacuum that could not transmit sound, at this moment, everyone stopped chatting, and all three of them were attentive and undistracted.
A group of foreigners inside the space station looked at it curiously.
"This is a new Chinese carrier ship?"
"XLOUS, CMSX to be exact, it is said that this spacecraft can go into space without the help of rocket boosters!"
"What? Don't need a rocket booster to go into space? It's a spaceship! ”
"Has China's space technology reached such an advanced level?"
After a while, they saw something even more surprising.
In outer space, the transport plane, which had maintained a synchronization rate of more than 70% with the "Tianzhou", began to change, and the Mitsubishi cone-shaped fuselage, a quarter of the nose began to separate, and slowly panned downward at an inclination angle of 35 degrees relative to the fuselage level, until the top of the nose was about to move to the point where it was about to move below to maintain the level of the fuselage's abdomen.
At this moment, the transport plane seemed to be cut diagonally from a quarter of the nose, the nose was once hung on the edge of the lower part of the fuselage, and nearly three-quarters of the core part of the fuselage behind it could be seen through the semi-empty diameter of the cut opening, and a huge space capsule was fixed inside, it can be seen that the cargo compartment does not completely occupy the space in the transport aircraft, that is, it can carry more cargo.
At this moment, the bracket of the fixed cargo compartment was successfully separated, and the cargo compartment slowly drove out of the transport plane from the beveled section, slowly left the transport aircraft, and finally completely separated from the transport aircraft. The surface of the capsule, laden with supplies, is spewing white mist, slowly approaching the space station's counterpart.
"95% synchronization rate! The relative distance is 46 yards! Ning Zebo, who was in the cockpit, looked at the cargo compartment and said. The transport plane always maintained a distance of more than 100 yards from the space station, Li Xingfeng watched the cargo compartment get closer and closer, and then came to the side of the interface with the wall outside the cabin.
"99% synchronization rate!"
At this moment, Li Xingfeng could touch the cargo compartment with his hand, and the ray red indicators at the two interfaces were flashing, getting closer and closer, 10 yards...... 7 yard ...... 3 yard ...... 60 cm...... 22 cm......
The interface is in contact and the fixing frame is fixed. Li Xingfeng looked at the transport plane 100 meters away, and at the same time, the "Arc Eagle No. 1" had returned to its original state, and he stretched out his thumb towards the cockpit window.
In the cockpit of the transport plane, the corners of Ning Zebo's mouth showed a hint of curvature, and after seeing the other party's gesture, he said calmly: "'Fox Eagle No. 1' called the command center, the cargo cabin has completed the space rendezvous and docking of the 'Tianzhou' and successfully received the supply materials, the second phase of the task has been successfully completed, and the application is over." Please instruct. Complete! ”
Soon the message came over the communicator: "Well done! This is the command center, and the application for the end of the second phase of the mission has been approved. Order, start the third phase of the mission now, and return! This is the last task, don't make any fuss out of me, done! ”
"It's time to go home, Xiaoliang!" Ning Zebo looked at his deputy, who nodded slightly, opened a few buttons and danced ten fingers on the display panel, and said at the same time: "The return orbit is being tested, and the orbit change will start in 121 seconds!" ”
At this moment, it was already 40 minutes after the transport plane came to space, and on the other side, Li Xingfeng, who was in outer space, came to the tail end of the cargo compartment, where there was a hatch, and after opening the hatch and entering the cargo compartment, the interior began to be pressurized.
"The air pressure is stable!" Li Xingfeng heard the voice report, then took off his space helmet, found the cargo list very skillfully, and then opened the public communication channel dedicated to the space station, stared at the material list with a smile and read: "All the passengers on the ship, a batch of additional supplies has been delivered, well, there is ...... 6 tons of liquid nitrogen, 1.35 tons of pure liquid oxygen, 8 tons of various foods, 4.5 tons of water or beverages, and the rest of the materials... Solar panels or something...... All non-edible! ”
"Let me see what exactly I eat?" Li Xingfeng flipped through a page of the list, looked at the detailed list, was slightly stunned, and said, "Wow, there is a bottle of Taiping Island wine?" 82-year-old Lafite? Belch...... Matrix Technology Sponsorship? Only two bottles? This rich man is too picky! ”
Not to mention the price of the bottle itself, what is more expensive is the freight, according to the traditional freight calculation, these two wines were sent to space, but they were worth two million US dollars, Li Xingfeng said with a smile: "Less is less, but it is barely enough for everyone to share a small soup." ”
When the foreigners on the core cabin heard that there was such a famous wine, everyone was smiling and cheering, especially the Russians who liked wine, their eyes were shining. Drinking alcohol in outer space was originally prohibited, but this ban was lifted in 06, and the Chinese astronauts are fine, but a group of foreigners have long been shouting that they should remember to bring some wine for the next material supply, and it is good to satisfy their hunger, so that they can better devote themselves to work.
Li Xingfeng put the list back in its place, carried it on the bulkhead with one hand, and said, "Dalvis, and Wu Bin, you two come over and deal with this batch of supplies." Remember to dispose of the solar panels carefully, eat well, rest well, and replace the old panels on the No. 2 experimental module in 6 hours, Wu Bin, you have to come with me, and Jackson, you two are forbidden to drink alcohol before work, but don't worry, you can't escape your share. ”
Just finished the communication, and Ning Zebo's one-line communication came with news again: "Lao Li, the goods have been delivered, it's time to say goodbye!" ”
"Have a nice trip!"
In the cockpit of the aerospace transport plane, Xiaoliang said again: "The return orbit has been completed!" ”
Ning Zebo continued: "'Arc Eagle No. 1' calls the command center, we will re-enter the atmosphere after changing orbit and circumnavigating the earth for a half and a half, and we are done!" ”
"Headquarters received, I wish everything the best, done!"
This is the last time to contact the command center, and there will be no more contact during the spacecraft's return to the atmosphere, but the command center on the ground will be able to monitor all the live data of the "Arc Eagle 1" through satellites.
"Prepare to change tracks!" Ning Zebo looked sideways at his deputy, returning to Earth was another uncomfortable journey.
In outer space, I saw that the surface of the body of the aerospace transport plane was spewing white gas, and the aircraft was adjusting its direction, and it did not take long for the "Arc Eagle No. 1" to accelerate for the third time under the gaze of a group of astronauts from various countries on the space station, and fly forward at a faster speed than the space station, after the aerospace transport plane entered the new course, it will circle the earth for more than a circle, and will return to the atmosphere after reaching the established angle of entry after 148 minutes.
(To be continued) (To be continued.) )