At the Yangxian military airport in Qiongzhou, three J11BSs landed on the runway in turn, next to a Z-9 helicopter that had been started.

After Deng Lei jumped from the back seat of the fighter plane, he was almost carried by a group of people to get into the helicopter, and all three of them quickly transferred to the plane within a few minutes, squeezing into the wide back row.

Before the ass could sit firmly, the pilot pulled the lever up, tilted the nose of the plane and flew towards the launch site.

The Launch Authority officer, who was sitting in the co-pilot, shook his body and turned his head, and said apologetically:

"I'm sorry comrades, but now it's less than two hours before the launch, we have to rush over as soon as possible, I hope you understand."

Yangxian Airport happened to have a Z-9, so it was used to carry three astronauts, and it was the flight captain of the Army Airlines who flew the plane to pay the greatest attention to their safety.

The three of them were crowded in the back row together, and Zhang Zhiguang sat in the middle, holding Deng Lei's shoulder, and covering up the noise of the paddles with the loudest sound.

"It stands to reason that you haven't got a family yet, and if you're in the space agency, you won't be able to go to space, especially since this mission is very dangerous.

Although you are the only one who has driven the actual H1, there are many people in the team who have driven the simulator, and the risk of you going up is no less than that of the rescued astronauts. ”

"Brother Zhang, I was also a soldier, although I don't belong to the astronaut team, but this is also my responsibility and mission."

Zhang Zhiguang nodded, and looked at Li Sheng again:

"The two of us are 100 years old combined, so I really didn't expect to be able to compete again."

Li Sheng: "But this time, I have been the most nervous in many years, and I have never encountered such an emergency. ”

Zhang Zhiguang: "Some people say that the boundaries between countries and nations will become blurred in space, but now we are indeed in an internationalist and humanitarian situation, paying huge costs and risks just to ensure their safety for the sake of three human beings who have no interests in us." ”

At a distance of 150 km, it took only 27 minutes to reach at full speed from the helicopter, and at this time there were 83 minutes before launch.

The plane landed directly outside the assembly building, and at this time, Xinyuan-2 was rapidly refueling, and the liquid oxygen caused a white fog to linger around it, and the air flow created by the helicopter made the white fog even more chaotic.

As soon as the three of them got off the plane, there was a bunch of staff waiting there, escorting them to trot to change clothes.

While putting on the spacesuit in the cabin with help, the engineer next to them also explained the precautions to them:

"Xinyuan's new spacesuit backpack is free, and it is much more flexible, so you have to wear an extravehicular spacesuit for your safety.

After catching up with TMA-17M, Li Sheng and Zhang Zhiguang asked you to fix the life-support backpack, Zhang Zhiguang went out of the cabin to control the robotic arm, Li Sheng was on standby at any time to prepare to get out of the cabin, and Deng Lei communicated with the ground to operate the space shuttle, this is the division of labor, understand? ”

All three nodded, this was something they already knew on the way, and there would be someone to guide them after they went to space.

It took more than 20 minutes to change into a spacesuit, and right in the locker room, the people of the Launch Authority nailed two red flags to the wall.

"Ladies and gentlemen, there are no reporters, no interviews, only one minute to take the oath and take pictures, I hope it's all up to you!"

Under the bright red flag, the three of them quickly finished the oath, wore half-open helmets and took a group photo without smiling together, and then they were clustered into the electric on-site work car, heading towards the launch building, ready to fly into space.

At this time, only a few fast-running media captured from afar, watching the three serious-looking astronauts huddle on the small electric car and leave.

"Engine self-check!"

"02, 07 are normal, 03, 06 are normal, 04, 05 are normal; 01 Normal. ”

"All connectors, the connection is normal."

"The separator self-test is normal."

"The refueling is 92% progressive, and the refueling is expected to be completed in 32 minutes."

"H1 self-test completed, wait for the commander to recheck!"

“……”

The launch control center, here is still busy but not chaotic, everyone is in a hurry, but not in a hurry.

If Unity is wrecked again, there really won't be a second shuttle to the rescue.

A few kilometers from the launch site, several thousand people had already gathered on the beach, where they often watched the launch, in amazement at the launch without warning.

"I didn't say I was going to launch a rocket recently, why didn't I notice it at all?"

"I only saw the rocket pull out in the morning, at least the week before I should have known the news."

"Don't you all watch the news, Lucia has a spacecraft that is finished, the astronauts are waiting to die, this space shuttle must be there to save people!"

"Huh?"

……

It's already 11:35 a.m. on August 2, 47 minutes before the scheduled launch time, and the morning news and major media have already publicized the accident of TMA-17M, and many people already know what happened.

Baikonur did not release images and audio-visual materials of the Soyuz TMA-17M, saying only that "the three cosmonauts are in good condition and are actively rescuing." ”

Space agencies of various countries have no intention of sending anything for the time being, and even if they do, they must wait for the rescue to end, otherwise they will be easily attacked.

The official Weibo of the space agency and Xinyuan Aerospace only released a few photos and a short video, in which the three astronauts quickly took an oath under the flag, and then almost trotted onto a non-serious electric car and headed towards Xinyuan-2, which was a few hundred meters away with white smoke.

"Director Lin" released a brief message:

"In space, we only have one identity, and Xinyuan Aerospace Power has the responsibility and obligation to rescue any dangerous space humans. This rescue is gratuitous, does not require any organization to pay any fees, and is completely in the morality of human beings in space. ”

Lin Ju was so busy coordinating all parties that he didn't have time to send it, but as a result, Lao Ma actually sent more than a dozen pushes in a row, and he couldn't sit idly by.

You must know that now his purpose is not only to successfully carry out rescue missions, but also to break the blockade and join the ISS mission.

TMA-17M is an aerospace disaster, but it is also a huge opportunity, and both Lin Ju and Ma Yilong recognized this.

After this rescue, the ISS will tear a hole in it, and in the name of space security, the rescue party will start to undertake the launch mission of the ISS.

As a joint project of more than 10 countries on the International Space Station, and also cooperating with many countries, if it can intervene, the mission of transporting people and goods will be enough to feed a few small space companies.

Otherwise, when Lin Ju and Ma Yilong are really full of humanitarianism, there is no place to spend more money......

Ma Yilong's Dragon spacecraft of the original historical line has developed to the second generation, and it has carried out many cargo missions before it is allowed to carry people, and it has not replaced Lucia's Soyuz spacecraft to carry out manned missions to the ISS.

As two of the world's top commercial aerospace companies, Airfork and Xinyuan are in competition.

Both sides are scrambling, and whoever can successfully save the astronauts first will become famous and may intervene in the big cake of ISS.

However, judging from the progress of Ma Yilong's Falcon 9 that has not yet been erected, Unity +1 points.