there they are! ”

Sixty minutes after Aurora 3 landed, Jeremy had already found the location of the Qom impact crater on the Gateway space station.

If they had arrived an hour earlier, they might have even seen the guiding lights from the Aurora 2 lander.

Wiseman was in the HALO module at this point—more appropriately a node pod, where there was little space.

Victor and Koch had already entered the "Blue Moon" half an hour earlier, having just closed the hatch.

He is supervising the internal evacuation of the Blue Moon, which is a necessary step before landing.

It is indeed relatively simple to fill the lander with air in advance, but if it encounters severe vibration or other accidents during the descent, resulting in the deformation of the hatch gas leakage, it may lead to serious danger.

The Moon does not have an atmosphere, and the pressure close to 1 standard atmosphere is extremely powerful and unimaginably destructive.

The interior of the Blue Moon is larger than that of the Full Moon, but thanks to the more powerful vacuum machine, all the air can be drained in as little as 8 minutes.

Soon, the interior of the "Blue Moon" entered a vacuum.

Wiseman looked at the time, and it was almost over.

“are you ready？”

“ready(ready!).”

Both Victor and Koch are ready, and "Blue Moon" is already in shape.

"HLS Disconnect (Lander Disconnect)!"

Since Aurora 3 has not yet left the capsule, there are quite a few people watching the Artemis II mission now, and many people are watching it at the same time.

This scene of two missions to the moon taking place almost simultaneously will definitely become a scene worth remembering in human history.

The Blue Moon detaches from the side interface of the HALO, and the nitrogen propulsion system automatically activates, allowing it to float slowly towards orbit.

At the command center in Houston, cheers were already ringing.

Even if it's a little late, it's still worth Ami's joy when the official landing begins.

Due to the direction of travel, the Blue Moon had to make a U-turn and then start decelerating, and it was equipped with plenty of fuel to complete the process smoothly.

After finding the precise direction, the tail BE-7 engine began to start at full power, and the light blue tail flame characteristic of the methane-fueled engine stayed in the camera of the "portal" for more than ten seconds before quickly disappearing.

……

At 19:34 Beijing time, Zhang Zhiguang, who had been resting in the lander for 100 minutes, felt almost there.

He and Fang Lin took a nap for half an hour after eating, and the magic was that at such an exciting moment, they not only fell asleep quickly, but also slept very well, and after waking up, they felt full of vitality.

The ground just watched them quietly, and there was silence in the entire lander, except for the sound of the electrical system running, and there could be no more disturbance from anything on the moon.

"Command center, I'm Dong Qi, now we are in good physical condition, apply to walk out of the cabin."

"The command center understands, approves the action; Before leaving the cabin, please prepare the materials and the vacuum in the cabin, and deal with it according to the actual situation. ”

"I understand."

When Zhang Zhiguang was communicating with the ground, Fang Lin was taking down all kinds of materials and equipment to be moved out of the cabin, and 14 was also untied, but it was now sitting obediently in the corner, and the three "people" were too crowded in it, and he only needed to be in charge of talking.

[Commander, I'll stay here to farm, can you bring me some pepper seeds next time I come?] I want to use them as a snack]

[Actually, the moon is not lonely at all, I have a lot of small animal friends, such as a rabbit that looks like a spider, although it is a spider, it is actually a rabbit. 】

[I can modify the lunar rover, find the Apollo 11 moon mission in about a month and find Neil's footprints, which will give humans a scare. 】

【……】

“……”

Fang Lin finally couldn't help but look at Zhang Zhiguang, after landing, 14 had nothing to do, so he offered to turn on the companion mode and say some jokes to relieve loneliness, and they were all brand new jokes automatically generated by AI, so they agreed.

I don't know if it's a solution to loneliness, but it's really cold, and AI jokes always feel a little weird.

"14, exit companion mode."

[Okay, last thing, you can apply to Xinyuan Company to remotely update the voice pack and personality settings, and I can also provide better service. 】

Without the robots telling bad jokes, the cabin was a lot quieter.

The two of them worked for more than ten minutes, confirming that there was nothing to take out.

At 19:50, the two put on their helmets and pulled down their masks, and confirmed to each other that the seal was intact.

Zhang Zhiguang pulled down the exhaust switch and reported to the ground on the radio:

"Command center, we will do the out-of-cabin activity in 10 to 15 minutes.

Repeat, we will perform the out-of-cabin activity after 10 to 15 minutes. ”

In the ground command center, Academician She stood up again.

"Cave two, hole two, please pay attention to safety, you can cancel the task in any situation."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Lin Ju and found that the latter had sneakily hid in a corner.

What are you doing sitting so far away?

Academician She muttered in his heart, then picked up the old red telephone on the table, and it was connected in a few seconds.

"Hello?"

It was the voice of the superior who was very dignified.

"This is Qiongzhou, the Dawning 3 moon landing mission has been confirmed, please confirm whether the call quality is good."

"Very good, I heard it clearly, please continue to carry out the mission of walking out of the cabin, I am in Huashan, and many people are waiting for your good news."

"Qiongzhou understands!"

Academician She put down the phone, and clenched his fists lightly without moving, the final task could only be completed by two astronauts on the moon, and all that could be done on the ground was surveillance.

……

"Toot toot toot...... Doodoo ...... Toot Toot ......"

"Koch, Koch, what's going on?"

Fifty-five minutes after the "Blue Moon" began to descend, Victor heard the buzzer in the headset, and the lights on the console were flashing rapidly.

Christina, who was closer, opened her eyes wide and discovered the source of the alarm.

"Sensor, it's a pressure sensor!"

“what？”

Victor didn't understand for a moment, if it weren't for the normal flight attitude, he should have started the escape procedure.

The escape procedure of the "Blue Moon" is very simple, that is, the engine increases thrust and departs from the descent process to re-enter orbit, and then actively finds or looks for the spacecraft to dock, as long as it does not explode on the spot, it can basically escape.

Koch: "It's the leaking canister, and its sensors are now noticing pressure loss and alarming. ”

Victor reacted, the leaking liquid oxygen tank had puzzled Wiseman for a long time, and it was still showing pressure when there was no gas at all, but now it had finally become normal.

That's good, it's just a small scare, just leave the sensor alone.

Victor played on the pilot's calm qualities and refocused on the control console and continued the landing procedure.

(End of chapter)