For viewers around the world who are now tuning in to the moon landing, they're actually busy.

In the past few hours, they had to keep an eye on the Dawning 3 live broadcast for a while, and then refresh the Artemis 2 live broadcast room every other moment, for fear that they would miss something unique and big.

But for now, most of their attention is focused on Dawn 3, which is just a few minutes away from landing on the moon.

The background music of the CCAV live broadcast has disappeared for some time, and now the audio and video that viewers can see is the same as that of Explorer 9.

The latter lay on its stomach in the shadows below the lander, and then received an order from 14th to roll it out of the way.

The camera outside the lander now represents the eyes of more than half a billion people around the world.

Seven minutes after the studio host gave the notice to leave the cabin, the gangway under the hatch began to unfold.

The gangway is divided into two parts, up and down, adding up to a total of 11 steps, because the split design makes the hatch relatively high, but fortunately it is also equipped with handrails, so be careful not to let the astronauts fall.

Inside the landing capsule, Zhang Zhiguang stood in front of the hatch and kept making step-by-step movements.

He has roughly mastered the essentials of action under the current gravity, and he should not fall in front of the whole world.

Looking at the air pressure in the cabin, it is indeed a red 0, and the hatch is opened inward to avoid the air being blown out with the astronauts when the door is opened.

He finally nodded to Fang Lin, who was standing on the other side of the door, and then pulled down the golden opaque compartment inside the mask.

The handle inside the door is grabbed by both sides of the thick composite material and rotates in a counterclockwise direction, which requires a total of one and a half rotations, and if there is a difference in air pressure between the inside and outside of the cabin, or if the mechanical lock is not released, it will not rotate.

It took Zhang Zhiguang more than ten seconds to confirm that the hatch was open in place, and then gently pulled inward.

The gray desert, like an overexposed old photograph, does not have any bright colors.

The hatch was easier to open than expected, and Zhang Zhiguang saw the vast desert plain at a glance.

Although he had seen it countless times on the screen, although there was no life here, although there was nothing on the ground except dust and small stones, he still stood there for a moment.

But only for a moment.

People on Earth saw the black shadow that appeared after the hatch was opened under the camera, and then saw Zhang Zhiguang's right hand first stretched out to grab the right armrest, and then came out with the life-support backpack on the back of the spacesuit.

Facing the lander, he grabbed the handrail and walked to the last step.

Zhang Zhiguang carefully raised his right foot to turn his body, grabbed the handrail as if he had jumped into a swimming pool, and observed the ground under his feet at a close range that he had not seen in more than 40 years.

At the moment of exiting the cabin, their audio has also been connected to the live broadcast signal.

"Dong Liang, can you see me?"

Fang Lin stood in front of the hatch and said loudly on the radio:

"I see you're standing on the last gangway."

Zhang Zhiguang: "The landing leg sank into the ground about 10 centimeters, and I was standing 15 centimeters from the surface of the moon.

I saw sand, no, not like sand, more like coarse metal particles, very coarse, dense, and I thought it was possible to step into it. ”

Fang Lin: "To your left is Explorer 9, which has already stood up. ”

Explorer 9 doesn't have an AI capable of thinking freely, and only does things according to orders, and apparently it's 14 controlling it.

Now that it had stood up and carefully moved to the left front of Zhang Zhiguang, it used the photodetector to look at the creature representing the highest authority in the code.

From opening the hatch to the last gangway, Zhang Zhiguang took 10 minutes.

He had been well rested, but his breathing was still getting worse.

"I'm going to the moon."

After saying this, Zhang Zhiguang raised his right foot and gently placed it on the moon surface under the gangway, and then pressed it hard.

This step made him fully aware of the solidity of the lunar soil under his feet, and he stepped out of the armrest with his left foot, and then carefully lifted his right foot, and saw a very clear oversized footprint.

He looked up at the middle of the lander:

"My first step on the moon, representing thousands of working people, proves that the strength and wisdom of working people are inexhaustible."

At 20:06 p.m. on July 4, 2017, 44 years, 44 years, 4 months and 7 days after the last man left the moon, man landed on the moon again.

……

[Event: Space Race.]

The event node has been updated: one of the participants used a Long March 10 rocket to launch a monolithic spacecraft into lunar orbit, completing a lunar landing and an out-of-cabin walk.

Due to the completion of the lunar landing mission, the first phase of this event will be stopped before December 31, 2017.

Note: In the long run, this event will greatly promote the cause of human space exploration, and the base will be rewarded as one of the driving forces after the end of the first phase;

The base has not yet carried out a successful manned lunar landing operation, please complete it as soon as possible. 】

In the ground command center, the system's prompt sound was almost drowned out by the cheers here.

A large group of staff behind Lin Ju stood up excitedly, applauding and cheering with the greatest strength in their lives, and these voices were also recorded by the microphone and played in the live broadcast screen.

Academician She did not stop cheering, and waited for a minute before the scene quickly quieted down before picking up the microphone:

"Dongyi, your heart rate exceeded 70, adjusted her physical state slightly, and then continued to walk the task;

Good luck to you, done. ”

"Dong Yu understands!"

After Zhang Zhiguang finished answering the ground, calmed down his breath and walked to the side of Explorer 9, it was a wonderful feeling to stand with such an alien creature.

"Can you come down to the hole, remember my position just now? Don't move too fast. ”

Fang Lin then began to descend the gangway according to Zhang Zhiguang's appearance, moving slowly on the steps like a clumsy bear, and it took three or four minutes to reach the ground.

To be honest, although the spacesuit I wear now is heavier than when I was outside the cabin, it is precisely because of some gravity that I am not so constrained when I move, and it is very easy to move.

It seemed a little troublesome to walk with his legs raised, because he needed human strength to assist the ball of his foot to fall, so he tried to stand on one foot and jump forward.

Just by exerting force on the tip of his toes, his whole body jumped almost 30 centimeters and landed a meter away.

With a slightly heavy breath, he stood still and raised his head:

"Look down at the bright moon, raise your head and think of your hometown;

Now I can say Li Bai's poem the other way around. ”

After saying this, the audio of the two and the live broadcast was turned off, and Zhang Zhiguang said with a smile:

"Our Aramco counterparts should also be landing, in fact, today is more meaningful for them."

"What's the point?"

"The day we set off was chosen, but the day we landed coincided with their National Day, which was Independence Day."

"Ah, I forgot about that!"

(End of chapter)