Chapter Seventy-Eight: Successful Docking
Quickly picking up the intercom, the flight commander asked, "Shenlong, this is the command center." Please elaborate on the specifics. ā
"We're on fire in the cabin!" Just this sentence made the faces of everyone in the entire flight control hall change greatly, and Yuan Limin jumped up in shock, regardless of 3721, he grabbed the flight commander's intercom and shouted: "How is the fire?" Is it extinguished? The flight commander didn't blame Yuan Limin at all, and he was eager to know the answer to this question, but soon, Wang Pengyu's answer disappointed them.
"The fire started behind the bulkhead, we have seen the flames, but we can't get through, there is no way to extinguish the fire now, please tell us what to do?"
Hurried inquiries sounded over the loudspeakers in the flight control hall, but for a while, no one came up with a solution. It was in outer space at an altitude of 370 kilometers above the ground, and there was nowhere for the plane to land, and no one could help extinguish the fire. But if the fire can't be extinguished, it won't take long for the Shenlong, which carries the dream of Chinese astronauts, to be swallowed by flames in space, and then disintegrate and explode, and will eventually be caught by the earth's gravity, becoming an artificial meteorite and returning to the earth again.
However, this is definitely not the outcome that anyone wants. It happened too suddenly, and the crew of the Shenlong had already implemented the emergency plan when the fire occurred, but they didn't expect it to have no effect, which made Yuan Limin sweat profusely, and it seemed that he didn't even have enough oxygen and became short of breath, what should I do?!
Oxygen?! That's right, oxygen!
Yuan Limin slapped his head vigorously, grabbed the intercom and was about to notify the Shenlong, and in the Shenlong, Xia Yu also thought of the same method. He asked everyone to make sure that their spacesuit was sealed, and after securing everything, he ordered all the doors of the dragon to be opened.
The explosive decompression caused all the air in the body of the Shenlong to flow into space, and the flames that were still burning were like fumes from the range hood, escaping from the hatch of the Shenlong. After confirming that the flames would not burn again, Xia Yu and the others hurriedly closed the hatch and repressurized the Shenlong, and then began to contact the flight control center.
"Command center, this is the Divine Dragon, we have extinguished the fire, and now we are checking the condition of the airframe." Wang Pengyu said: "It is expected to arrive at Tiangong No. 1 in 7 minutes. ā
Wang Pengyu's report put the ground at ease for the time being, and the crew of the Shenlong was a little relieved after confirming the damage to the aircraft.
The fault that Shenlong has discovered now is that the hydraulic transmission of the left wing has failed, and the pneumatic surface of the guide cannot be controlled, which is not a very important fault in space.
In addition to this, there is a problem also on the left wing. The gas thruster originally installed on it didn't know why it didn't work, which is why Xia Yu was always unable to accurately control the flight attitude of the Shenlong before.
The final inspection results showed that the Shenlong was still operating normally, which made the crew of the Shenlong and the staff on the ground happy.
There are still 35 minutes left before the next wave of space debris attacks, and Shenlong has now included Tiangong-1 in sight, and there is still time to do so.
In Tiangong No. 1, Liu Hongliang and Yang Yi didn't know that the Shenlong had flown so close to them. The last contact on the ground is that a solution has been thought of and is being prepared.
The reason why they did not explain the specific reason was that the ground personnel also considered that the flight of the Shenlong was also an extremely risky plan, and if there was an accident, it would cause a more severe psychological blow to the two survivors of Tiangong No. 1.
The two astronauts naturally thought that they were hopeless, and the two who had planned to rescue the research results found that all they had done was useless, and they let themselves float in the capsule at will in a lifeless manner.
"Tiangong No. 1, Tiangong No. 1, please answer when you receive it."
There was a call from the radio communicator, even if there was no longer hope for survival, but as an astronaut's professionalism, Liu Hongliang, who was in charge of communication, pressed the communication button and said: "This is Tiangong-1, please speak." ā
'Hiss...... Hiss, drip'. The current noise of the radio came, Liu Hongliang was just quietly waiting for the other party's call, he didn't have any expectations for the content of the call, until the other party's grinning voice came: "Ahem, Tiangong No. 1, please prepare the drink, we are here." ā
"Uh, I'm sorry, please say it again?" Liu Hongliang was a little unsure of what he was hearing.
"Lao Liu, this voice should be Lao Liu, right?" It should be him'. 'This guy has a cold?' The voice was muffled. ''You're stupid, where did the cold virus come from in space?'' I thought he might have been scared silly'......" There was a noise in the voice from the radio communicator, Liu Hongliang was a little stupid, he was not sure if he had really received the communication conversation, could it be his own auditory hallucination? Liu Hongliang turned his head to look at Yang Yi and found that the other party also looked stupid.
"Ahem, don't make any noise." The voice from before came again, it was Xia Yu's voice: "Tiangong No. 1, this is the Shenlong Aerospace Plane, we are approaching your No. 2 real yĆ n cabin, please prepare for docking quickly." ā
Liu Hongliang and Yang Yi were stunned when they heard this, and then they rushed to the No. 2 real yĆ n cabin in surprise and joy and looked out of the glass window. I saw a white plane with a flat body and no hanging tail constantly adjusting the posture of the plane, and slowly leaned towards Tiangong-1.
There is salvation!!
Liu Hongliang and Yang Yi's eyes lit up, and they couldn't suppress their ecstasy, and wanted to dance, but the floating bodies were not strong, and the two astronauts who were desperate to survive hurriedly went to prepare for the Shenlong.
"Shenlong, this is Tiangong No. 1, the core cabin is ready for docking, please pay attention to the speed control."
"Shenlong understands and is adjusting its posture and is expected to dock in 30 seconds."
There is also a certain risk in the direct docking of spacecraft, and if the speed and direction of docking are not accurately controlled, space traffic accidents are likely to occur.
However, in terms of Xia Yu's reflexes, this is not too difficult work, so it is very smooth and successful.
When the Shenlong and Tiangong-1 were successfully docked, the flight control center was suddenly jubilant, and the ecstatic crowd cheered and applauded, and Tiangong-1 was finally saved.