After 15 minutes, the whole world knew that something had happened to the TMA-17M.

ESA, NACA, and the China Space Agency were all informed, along with requests for help.

Within ten minutes, all three major space agencies gave a reply.

ESA is powerless at first, but they can help the satellite confirm the attitude and precise trajectory of the TMA-17M to help with the rescue.

NACA didn't have its own crewed spacecraft at all, relying on Lucia's rockets, but they contacted SpecaX, and Lao Ma was concerned about it, but the Crew Dragon spacecraft needed to be modified on an interim basis, even if it required at least 25 hours to prepare, even with the minimum requirements.

The China Space Agency has a Shenzhou 11 that was used as a backup for Shenzhou 10, and the rocket and spacecraft are intact, but it is also unable to be launched in such a short time.

It became impossible to launch a spacecraft for rescue operations, it took too long to prepare a rocket, and now the requirements are too high.

Although the spacecraft could not be launched for rescue, within half an hour, the four major space agencies still urgently set up a video conference and racked their brains to think about how to carry out the rescue.

The head of the ISS, Montal, roared over the radio:

"14 hours, 14 full hours! Gathering the strength of all human beings, can't we get out of danger in this time, a combination of three human beings that together weigh less than 3 tons? ”

In the video, Director Claire was the first to say:

"It's early in the morning, but SpecaX has organized most of the employees to get into the work, and they will do their best to grab the time and try their best to do the miracle; The Dragon spaceship can be modified with a manipulator, and if it can catch up, there is still a glimmer of hope. ”

"The Alliance TMA-18M still needs to be transshipped horizontally, and this process alone will take more than 10 hours, and it is really too late."

"Can you find a way to push the TMA-17M and get it to correct its course and enter low Earth orbit?"

"The structure of the spaceship is damaged, and it can't dock at all!"

"There is no need to dock, even if you pull a rope and let the astronauts climb out and stay on the moor."

“……”

Experts from various countries have come up with various plans, and the China Space Agency is also eagerly discussing.

At this time, any friction and conflict must be put down, and if the rescue is successful, the spiritual BUFF of all mankind will be harvested.

The big guy directly asked Zhao Liang and Academician She, who happened to be in the space bureau:

"Shenzhou 11 is too late, what other plans are there?"

Academician She: "It's too difficult, the Lucia Space Agency doesn't have a rolling backup plan like us, where in the world can we find a spacecraft that can be launched now?" ”

Zhao Liang: "I saw the state of the TMA-17M they shared, to be honest, it is very bad, once the return capsule is deformed and leaks, the spacesuit can only support two hours, and this possibility is very high." ”

After the two finished speaking, the big guy had to sigh and walk to the window with his hands behind his back:

"Lao Maozi is still rough, and he doesn't have to worry about anything!"

Suddenly he turned around again:

"What about Xinyuan Aerospace? Do they know the news? ”

Zhao Liang: "It's useless to know, the Progress is now in a state of returning to the factory for maintenance...... Wait, Unity, Unity is in Qiongzhou! ”

Only then did the big guy suddenly remember that the backup of the Progress, the Unity, was still installed on the top of the Xinyuan No. 2, and it was only maintained a few days ago!

"Contact Lin Ju now! I'll go talk to Baikonur right away. ”

……

Qiongzhou, Wenchang launch site No. 2 assembly building, Tuanjie only completed a maintenance three days ago, and today is time again.

Of course, there can't be any accidents in the final assembly building, but it's routine, and it's a hassle to dismantle and dismantle, so it's okay to leave it like that.

Xinyuan's engineers were leading people to carry out various data tests, and suddenly received a call.

"Hello? Oh...... Solidarity is in good condition and will be able to launch once it has refueled...... What? What! ”

The people from the Launch Administration heard his exclamation and hurriedly asked what was going on.

Xinyuan's engineer put down the phone and firmly clasped his shoulder:

"Quick, go refuel! Solidarity will be launched in 4 hours! Human life is a matter of heaven, human life is a matter of heaven! ”

……

In the online meeting, experts from various countries discussed a temporary plan as quickly as possible:

Let the Soyuz TMA-16M on the ISS disengage, abandon the orbital module to reduce weight, and let the service module and the return module drag a rope that holds the astronaut spacewalk over.

Then it is best to have three astronauts transfer in a ten-minute rendezvous time, and if not, let them climb out, tie the rope to the TMA-17M, and try to tow it into low-earth orbit to buy rescue time.

The time to maneuver is very short, and the probability of success is not high, because the TMA-16M has limited fuel, and any longer will fall into the atmosphere because it cannot maintain the orbit, and towing a runaway spacecraft is extremely dangerous in itself.

It's a method with a success rate of less than one percent, but as the most feasible and the only thing that can be done at the moment, the astronauts on the ISS are now ready to get out of the capsule and figure out how to fix the rope.

On the other hand, in NACA's broadcast footage, Ma Yilong is leading his staff to fight all night, and only completed the fourth successful recovery of the Falcon 9 more than ten days ago, but a Dragon spacecraft is ready to be loaded and ready to be pulled directly to the launch site for launch.

The three astronauts' colleagues, friends, and relatives are constantly in contact with the sky, hoping to cheer up and wait for rescue, but apparently they don't believe in the success rate of several rescue plans.

Now the communication channel is almost full of farewell calls between Keemi Arii and his 46-year-old wife, who is expected to be the surviving person, and they are talking non-stop; Oleg remained calm, calmly believing that he had no hope of survival; Lindgren was preparing his last words, and he said that he would write a desperate modern poem in his final days......

Thirty-seven minutes after the briefing, and 53 minutes after the Soyuz TMA-17M was hit, the China Space Agency sent a new connection request.

The big guy's face appeared in front of the huge screen, and people could see the wrinkles and furrows on his face.

"Ladies and gentlemen, H1 Space Shuttle No. 2, Tuanjie will be launched in 4 hours, it is expected to be launched at 12:15 Beijing time, please open the tracking and control system, and guide Tuanjie to save TMA-17M."

After some explanation, the experts learned that there was a space shuttle that happened to be on standby and had just completed the overhaul, and they were immediately excited.

Solidarity's data was then transmitted, and experts from various countries immediately began to evaluate and develop a rescue plan.

"Its engine is powerful, it has a full 25 tons of thrust, enough, completely enough!"

"There's a folding robotic arm in the cargo hold? Thankfully, this is the standard for the Space Shuttle, and sure enough, the Space Shuttle is the final solution for space missions. ”

"With the launch of Xinyuan-2, the second stage rocket can fly with the space shuttle for a long time, for several hours, and we can do a lot of things now."

Solovsky was also excited all of a sudden, the possibility of Unity going to rescue the success was too high, as long as the lives of the three astronauts were saved, his guilt would be much lighter.

Oleg, who was waiting for death wholeheartedly, suddenly heard the call sign from the ground again, and subconsciously said:

"I'm Kononenko, is there anything else I can do?"

"Kononenko, please get into work immediately, there is a space shuttle coming to rescue you, prepare for a short exit, prepare for a short exit!"