Technology Bigshot Chapter 570: ：Joint expedition]

At the same time, when the "Mars Express" started to return to Earth, the "Firefly" space station did not stop, and the five astronauts began to leave the space station to walk in space to perform space operations.

Next, they will officially start the "Firefly" space station in the high-altitude orbit of Mars, and the "Firefly" space station is about to start a gorgeous transformation from a "bachelor".

I saw an astronaut suspended in the position of the No. 2 experimental module of the space station, and the flat wave inflatable space capsule in front of him began to slowly bulge, a large amount of nitrogen and oxygen equal to the earth's atmosphere The air that is consistent with the environment is flowing into the inflatable capsule, and the air pressure inside the capsule is rising steadily until it is consistent with the earth's atmosphere, and the internal space volume of the 'Firefly' space station is officially increased by 0 cubic meters of space.

After the wave inflatable capsule was safely opened and operated, the astronauts around him clicked the small display panel on the back of the wrist a few times, and saw that the truss on the main cabin of the space station began to move, and the two truss limbs followed The pulley moved, rotated, changed its angle, and finally fixed the wave and assembled a docking port on its tail.

At this time, the astronauts saw a bulging inflatable capsule with the symbol b3 on the outside, indicating that this independent inflatable capsule has a space capacity of 3 cubic meters.

Next, the slowly floating b3 will complete the artificial rendezvous and docking with the wave.

After the astronaut took over the control of b3, he was seen floating around, with a miniature version of the control handle in his hand, small but extremely complicated, and an 11-inch screen in the middle, showing b3 and b3 A green grid-like graph of the spatial distribution between waves, flanked by a large amount of live data moving.

Concentrated astronaut, his line of sight is frequently exchanged between the space capsule and the 11-inch screen, the surface of the b3 inflatable space capsule is spewing gas from time to time, flying slowly, getting brighter and brighter near the pair of waves interface.

Finally, in 18 minutes, the docking of the two capsules was completed. The astronaut in charge finally took a deep breath after seeing the successful completion, and hung the small control handles one by one on the components at the thigh to fix them, and reported at the same time: " No. 2 experimental cabin is operating normally."

Looking around, the entire "Firefly" space station continued to operate in outer space with five astronauts. With the cooperation of the internal crew, the "Firefly" cocoon-breaking journey was completed in six and a half hours. Mi's solar panels are extremely shocking, and their biggest role, other than being able to absorb some solar energy, is to cover up the fact that the space station's core energy is provided by high-energy-storage amethyst crystals brought from Earth.

Otherwise, such a large space station is too incredible.

A few hours later, the "Firefly" space station established communication with the "Noah" of the United States, and was trapped in a lonely world of hundreds of millions of kilometers. The original hope of life was so dim that he once gave up Duncan The moment Jones heard the voices of the same kind, he couldn't hold back his excitement any longer. Although he knew that the other party was Chinese, it didn't matter here, at this moment.

After completing the establishment of the communication link, Duncan Jones transferred the control authority of the "Noah" to the "Firefly" space station according to the instructions. This is through Ken from the Houston Space Center. To complete the docking with the "Firefly" space station, the instructions must be consistent.

Fortunately, although the two man-made celestial bodies come from different countries, they all have one thing in common, that is, they both have products from Bigelow Aerospace, which means that a matching pair of the two can be found early. interface.

At the same time, the "Mars Express" is on its way to return. After three months, it reached the Earth's high-altitude orbit as scheduled. In the three months since the return of the "Express", the asa on the earth is also preparing quickly.

The spaceship entered the "Tiangong Ring Star Port" berth and began to supply materials, especially energy supply. A round-trip journey consumes a lot of energy, but energy supply is not very difficult, the purple source crystal full of energy The stones have long been ready, and after the spacecraft entered the berth, it began to pour energy into the internal energy storage warehouse to replenish the energy of the purple source crystals inside.

With the announcement of the safe return of the "Mars Express" to Earth, the global perspective has gradually shifted from nuclear fusion energy to space exploration. This time, the cooperation between the two strongest space powers in the world is also highly appreciated. focus on.

Since asa reached a formal consensus on cooperation, it took three months with the help of matrix technology to finally send "Noah 2" into space ahead of schedule. At that time, the American "Noah 2" carrying a large number of materials will be able to " will complete the docking with the "Mars Express" and use this vehicle to reach Mars.

In January, the much-anticipated moment has come again.

The special plane arrived at Hainan International Airport with a team consisting of an armed tactical team, astronauts and scientific researchers. There were 12 people in total, including a 6-person armed tactical team, 4 astronauts and 2 scientific researchers.

In the afternoon, the head of the group, Charles Bol, officially arrived at the MS Space Base headquarters under the leadership of the team leader.

A small armed team sent after a day's rest was secretly sent to other areas. The cooperation between the two sides is semi-open to the outside world. Only the two parties know about the dispatch of the armed team to Mars. Keep it top secret.

Both sides have their own armed teams, and their mission is clear, that is, to undertake the defense mission of the Mars outpost base, and the main enemy is the Martian native creatures.

On the third day, Matrix Technology and NASA held a press conference again. In addition to the official representatives of the two sides, astronauts from both countries also attended 6 people, while MS attended 3 people, a total of 6 people attended. 9 astronauts attended the meeting.

Of course, these are all astronauts or scientific researchers announced to the public. The armed tactical teams on both sides were sent into space yesterday through the "Arc Eagle 9", and the personnel who sent the armed teams to Mars must not appear. In the public eye, the dispatch of armed forces to Mars would be a blow if it was known to the outside world, and NASA attended more astronauts than ms because the other party wanted to replenish the people lost on Mars.

A group photo of 20 people quickly appeared on the headlines of major media newspapers. Nine astronauts were at the forefront, and the rest were official representatives of asa, as well as Liu Yuliang and Charles Boer. Impressively in the column, the background of the photo is the flag representing the two countries. It is worth mentioning that this time Ren Hong did not attend the meeting.

After the usual reception, the astronauts will also board the ship and leave Earth.

The next day, in the attic area outside the runway field of the ms space base, a large number of reporters set up cameras here at dawn, and "Arc Eagle 9" was already docked on the runway field. ms times let them take a close-up shot of the runway field of the curved shooting tower.

Mars Rescue, attracting worldwide attention.

Today is the day of the joint expedition. Naturally, it has attracted global attention. Major media and newspapers are conducting live reports, and the goog1e satellite in outer space is also ready.

At 7:37, the appearance of a group of people immediately caused countless cameras to lock them. It was the figure of 9 astronauts who appeared on the runway and waved to the camera. Under the lock of the camera, The cabin door of "Arc Eagle 9" slowly opened, and the staff immediately pushed the ladder frame. Under the focus of the global vision, 9 astronauts continued to board the ship.

At 8:21, the staff on the runway evacuated successively.

"Hello, I'm paleontologist Aisleen Euton, nice to meet you."

"Hello, Liu Peng."

"Liu, are you also going to Mars?"

"Yes."

"Wow, to be honest, I'm your fan. I think there will be many people screaming, and the space anchor will quit."

"My name is Fitch Franklin."

"Jing Tian."

In the cabin, the two sides introduced each other and started chatting, and they got to know each other well. The next time they spent together should be at least 100 days. Although the array is different, after all, this is the period of cooperation. This time Jing Tian and Aislin The two are also highly regarded, because they are the first representatives of female astronauts to land on Mars and are destined to be recorded in the annals of history.

"Attention to all units, the spacecraft is about to start..." The voice announcer in the cabin sounded in English instead of Chinese. There is no way. Several foreigners don't understand Chinese very well, but all Chinese astronauts understand English. .

Everyone began to check the seat belts to confirm all safety issues. An astronaut said excitedly: "It's a completely different feeling. It feels the same as doing an Airbus special plane, haha."

This is true for this group of old beauties. The "Arc Eagle 9" is completely designed to carry people. The maximum load can take 29 people into space at the same time. Unlike the car fixed on the rocket, In the cabin of "Arc Eagle 9", it is completely like taking an Airbus plane. Naturally, the comfort level is not comparable to that of a spaceship on a rocket.

Lao Mei, who experienced China's aerospace transport aircraft for the first time, was very curious and excited about the next thing. For them, everything was a first-time experience.

"...2...1 ignition..."

When the 9 astronauts in the cabin were traveling high on the transport plane, the high degree of addition made everyone's backs seem to stick to the seats at the same time.

"It's still the familiar feeling, uncomfortable!"

Outside the runway, countless cameras locked on the "Arc Eagle 9", which was advancing high on the arc-shaped orbit. In less than 10 seconds, the spacecraft separated from the shooting tower, and finally flew into the sky towards the sky. .

These reporters were impressed by the heat wave on the runway. The camera captured the orbital area that the spacecraft passed by. The air in the scene was clearly rippling. It can be seen how scary the temperature on the runway at the moment.

After the spacecraft left the runway, staff wearing special heat-insulating protective suits rushed into the runway to begin artificial cooling and maintenance. The reporter wanted to stay longer to get more information, such as the special clothing of those staff. , first-hand information such as maintaining the runway field, but the master has already gone to heaven, and the security personnel of the ms space base have begun to enforce the forced evacuation of these reporters.

Earth's high-altitude orbit.

"Oh my God!!!"

"Although it's not the first time I've seen 'Heavenly Palace', it's the first time I've seen her real face so close, I'm still shocked, I can't believe it, I'm on my way to board the ship!!"

"How did you accomplish this miracle?" Aisling looked back at the Chinese astronaut behind her and asked in surprise. At this moment, 9 astronauts grabbed a white cable at the same time and were being towed to the boarding hatch of Star Harbor. All of them appeared in outer space wearing space suits. 6 Americans looked around curiously, some watching Xinggang's huge centrifugal capsule, some are watching "Tianyan 2", etc. The behemoth in front of him, this sky fortress is currently the largest space station in human history, Tiangong Ring Orbit Xinggang.

The straightforward character of Aislin chatted during the spacewalk, unabashedly expressing envious remarks, and all kinds of exclamations emerged one after another. It can be seen that this is from the heart, and there is no falsification. When several Chinese astronauts heard her various words of admiration, they also inexplicably showed a kind of joy and pride in their hearts.

The Tiangong Ring Orbit Star Harbor is undoubtedly the crystallization of this country's space technology. It has become a symbol of this country's strong strength in the field of space technology. I am afraid that any citizen will be proud.

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