Chapter 92: Davarishi
Zhang Zhiguang almost put the robotic arm horizontally to the longest, and his eyes glanced at the left arm from time to time, confirming the distance through the camera and detector of the claw.
He decided to grab somewhere on the orbital module, the return capsule was too smooth to clamp.
The Soyuz TMA-17M was still spinning, and Oleg had already seen the claws that were almost attached to the spaceship, and kept reporting the distance and his suggestions to Commander Li Sheng.
"Hole Three! RCS is ready to go all out! ”
When the robotic arm grabs the orbital module, the momentum of rotation is bound to roll irregularly with Unity, which requires the RCS to adjust desperately to avoid losing its own attitude.
Zhang Zhiguang fixed himself and the Unity a little more firmly, and then gently pushed the joystick to tighten the claws.
At this moment, a wave of torque was applied to the Unity through the robotic arm, and the adjustment port on the back of the space shuttle desperately spewed gas, but it still couldn't suppress the tendency to rotate.
Deng Lei decisively pressed the switch, and the disposable solid small rockets distributed on the side of the fuselage were pneumatic, and a strong thrust burst out, and the attitude was strongly corrected with firelight.
Zhang Zhi, who was sitting on the exit hatch, locked the mechanical arm and held on to the outer hatch, and the Unity finally regained its stability after shaking violently for dozens of seconds.
In the re-entry capsule of the Soyuz TMA-17M, all three people were already ready to be fixed in their seats, feeling the centrifugal force that was almost thrown out, and it took a jolt to regain stability.
In the camera on the back of the space shuttle, Zhang Zhiguang let go of the hand holding the hatch and operated the robotic arm to gently close the distance between the Unity and the Soyuz spacecraft.
In the control rooms of several space agencies, everyone who saw this scene cheered!
"Great! Davarich of Hua Guo is fantastic! ”
"Is there anyone who says, 'The Space Shuttle is just an old thing'? Aramco wants to restart the space shuttle program! ”
NACA and the Lucia Space Agency reacted differently, while ESA and other space agencies in smaller countries could only applaud adoringly, envying a big country is a big country, and a private space company can achieve this.
But the most excited is Aber, who also synchronized the live meeting in Baikonur, feeling that getting an H1 for 8 billion is a major leap in their space history.
The only thing that worries a little is that Crown Prince Hamand always wants to go to space, which is not good, not halal at all.
"Ground center, I have captured the Soyuz spacecraft."
After Zhang Zhiguang reported to the ground, he then communicated with the three astronauts in the return capsule about their physical conditions, and the answer was that everything was fine.
"Davarish, I'm going to depressurize the return pod and try to open the hatch."
At this time, the Soyuz spacecraft and the Unity were almost side by side, and Zhang Zhiguang had already released the claw and moved to the return capsule to stand by.
"Yes, please be careful!"
Oleg again checked the crew's spacesuit seals, and then without hesitation began to depressurize.
The air in the re-entry capsule began to be released, and their spacesuits bulged up under the effect of the air pressure difference, and the sleeves were almost tripled in size, but they were still normal, which was designed with them in mind.
Five minutes later, the pressure relief was complete, and Oleg felt his body warm up a little, and approached the door of the return module, which would have opened only when he returned to the ground.
The hatch that the ground was most worried about did not appear to be deformed, and it opened smoothly outward.
Zhang Zhiguang had already seen Oleg's hand, and hurriedly asked him not to move, pulled out three safety ropes, and slowly floated along the fixed mechanical arm.
At the moment when his hand reached the door of the return capsule, Oleg leaned out half of his body and hugged Zhang Zhiguang's waist to prevent it from continuing to flutter, and in the back of the Unity, it was as if two people were intimately hugging each other.
This scene immediately caused a sensation in the live webcast, and the media people who broadcast it became a "embrace of the space age", a sign that mankind has entered a new era.
At a distance of 340,000 meters from the ground, the masks of Oleg and Zhang Zhiguang's helmets collided, and a "Davarishi" sound reached Zhang Zhiguang's ears through vibration one step ahead of the electrical signal.
Zhang Zhiguang patted Oleg with one hand, and then handed out the rope of the other hand, from which Oleg pulled out one, wrapped it around it and tied it around his waist, and then carefully pulled his leg out of the return capsule.
They have some experience, but Lindgren and Keimi Arii are not, and they need help guiding them to do a spacewalk.
In the crew compartment of the Unity, Li Sheng said decisively:
"There are so many of them, I need help getting out of the cabin!"
Later, with the help of Deng Lei, he also began to equip the life-support backpack, and at the same time, the outer hatch of the airlock was closed, and the inner hatch was opened after pressurization.
When Li Sheng also leaned out of the outer hatch, Keimi Arii and Lindgren had also tied ropes and floated on top of the return capsule with Zhang Zhiguang.
Now they may have set another record: five astronauts were engaged in extravehicular activities at the same time.
Li Sheng pulled out the safety rope from another functional port and tied it to himself, communicated with Zhang Zhiguang to confirm whether their safety rope was tied tightly, and after getting the thumbs up, he pulled Keimi Arii first.
The latter clung to the rope and was obediently pulled by Li Sheng to float slowly towards the Unity, the distance of seven or eight meters was like a moat, and Keimi Arii, who had escaped death, made a funny bow in space, kept chanting Aligado, and then was stuffed into the airlock by Li Sheng, and was even stepped on his head with his foot.
Don't get me wrong, that's because Keimi Arii can't get in, and Commander Li helps.
Then Lindgren, Oleg, and finally Zhang Zhiguang, and then the robotic arm slowly retracted.
In front of the camera, the four astronauts lined up in a chaotic row, and Youjing also leaned out half of his body, and the camera on the back of the camera took a picture of them. A family portrait of five people in space.
Historic images were created, and then they began to enter the cabin one after another.
Lindgren and Keemi Arii entered the airlock first, where only a maximum of two astronauts were allowed at the same time, and Li Sheng, Zhang Zhiguang, and Oleg floated on the back of the Unity.
It takes more than ten minutes for the airlock outer hatch to close, pressurize, open the inner hatch, close the inner hatch, relieve pressure, and open the outer hatch, and the three people outside float in a circle, listening to Oleg express his emotions.
"Did you know that in 1965, Ascent 2 made its first human out-of-cabin activity, and due to a scientist's mistake, the location of the spacecraft landing became uncertain.
At that time, it was said on the ground: 'Don't float outside the alliance, or if you fall into China, it's good', fifty years, fifty years have passed, and now the Lucia astronauts are going to land in China, Davarich! ”
"We will welcome you too, Davarich! Half a century ago and half a century later, we are all friends! ”