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Chapter 548 Manned Moon Landing (3)

At 07:30 in the evening, the astronauts were ready in the lunar module, and the staff under the rocket were busy making final preparations.

Near eight o'clock in the evening, the control room of the Wenchang Launch Center began preparations for ignition.

“10、9、8、7、6、5、4、3、2、1！点火！”

A strong airflow spurted from the bottom of the 'Long March NO.15' rocket, and the rocket soared into the sky!

"Rocket Takes Off! Rocket Takes Off!"

The people in the control room cheered.

But the successful take-off of the rocket was only the beginning. After a short period of joy, everyone stared at the big screen again.

In the following time, good news spread to the control room and command center.

"Rocket Primary and Secondary Separation"

"Booster Separation"

"Drop the cowl."

"Rocket two and three stage separation"

As the situation of the rocket was reported by various parties, it was clear that the fireworks blooming scene that some people with particularly dark minds prayed for did not appear. Geosynchronous scheduled orbit!
This means that the link from the earth to the earth's orbit has achieved complete success, and many people can't help but breathe a sigh of relief!

Soon, the solar panels of the spaceship were turned on and began to generate solar power, supplying the spaceship with energy.

Far away in the CNSA command center in Beijing, Qin Yuanqing looked at the data gathered from all parties, as well as the video and monitoring data transmitted by the quantum communication satellite, and nodded slightly. Everything was exactly as he had calculated, without the slightest deviation. The first manned moon landing was off to a good start.

Next, it will continue to accelerate, perform three orbit changes, and then enter the earth-moon orbit. Only when it safely reaches the moon orbit and flies around the moon can it be considered as the completion of the second stage of manned moon landing.

Now is not the time to be happy, to celebrate, and to celebrate when the 'Chang'e' spacecraft returns to Earth.

As long as the "Chang'e" spacecraft does not return to the earth safely, for Qin Yuanqing, this manned mission to the moon will be a failure.

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night. With the experience of the "Chang'e" series detectors, the earth-moon migration orbit will no longer adopt the original 114-hour earth-moon orbit, because that means that the entire orbit change to the earth-moon migration will take ten years. Days, until No. 11 days will enter the orbit around the moon.

I saw that the "Chang'e" spacecraft started the plasma engine. This plasma engine does not use controllable nuclear fusion, but uses solar power generation. The power is not large, and it can only provide the "Chang'e" spacecraft with an acceleration of 0.01m/ s, this value seems insignificant, but it can increase the speed of the spacecraft by 864m/s in one day.

Originally, it took up to 114 hours to migrate in the Earth-Moon migration orbit, but with this plasma engine, it only takes 4 days to complete the Earth-Moon migration.

On January 1th, the "Chang'e" spacecraft started to brake, that is, to brake. Otherwise, it would be very dangerous to fly at such a fast speed. It would plunge into the embrace of the moon and have an intimate touch.

After a whole day of braking and slowing down, finally on the night of January 1, the speed of the "Chang'e" spacecraft was successfully captured by the moon, and it orbited the moon along the lunar orbit. This step represents the achievement of the second stage of the manned moon landing. A complete success.

It also means that once the astronauts need it, they can apply for the "Chang'e" spacecraft to connect with the core module and enter the core module at any time.

"Chang'e, Chang'e, I am Beijing, report the situation!" The flight control center of Beijing contacted the 'Chang'e' spacecraft immediately.

"Beijing, Beijing, the spacecraft is normal and in good condition. The astronauts are in good health. We have just flown through the core module!" It's going to drive people crazy, if there is not a pause, there will not even be a delay.

"After flying around the moon for two weeks, land on the moon." The Beijing Flight Command Center issued an order.

The reason for flying around the moon for two weeks is to make appropriate adjustments to the orbit, and at the same time give the astronauts time to adapt.

This time the manned moon landing was broadcast live.

In addition to the relatively small number of viewers for the earth-moon migration, whether it is the launch or the current arrival in lunar orbit, the viewership is very large, and this viewership is not only in China, overseas viewers are in the billions.

When the "Chang'e" spacecraft reached the orbit of the moon, countless people couldn't help cheering, whether they were Chinese or not, they were all cheering, because at this moment, the "Chang'e" spacecraft not only represented China, but also human beings. Come here again!

No one has ventured beyond Earth's orbit, nor set foot on the Moon's surface, since the Apollo 17 mission to the Moon ended successfully with the sixth moon landing in December 1972.

And now, finally, some human beings have come to the orbit of the moon and are going to land on the moon, leaving human footprints on the moon again.

When the "Chang'e" spacecraft flew half a circle around the moon, the spacecraft played Dongfanghong and the national anthem. Dongfanghong seemed to pay tribute to China's first satellite that entered space. After decades of preparation, China's aerospace industry has made miraculous progress and created a miracle in the history of aerospace. They are not proud and complacent, but have been moving forward and exploring space bravely.

And this national anthem seems to represent that China has crossed a certain hurdle, officially holding high the five-star red flag, and going from one planet to another.

Once upon a time, "saving the nation and surviving" was the crisis China was facing and the theme of China's era. Generations of people with lofty ideals went on and on, casting the birth of the Republic with their blood and lives.In less than a hundred years, China has regained its standing on the top of the world's nations, and it is even about to realize China's long-cherished wish of flying to the moon for a thousand years.

At this moment, in every corner of the earth, all the descendants of Chinese people could not help but burst into tears as they listened to Dongfanghong and the national anthem transmitted from the orbit of the moon.

There are only four words for the revival of China, but there are twists and turns and hardships behind these four words, which have condensed the blood, tears and sweat of countless Chinese people. If the four words "Renaissance of China" have a color, it must be red!
Many people see this scene, but their hearts are extremely complicated. Once upon a time, they looked down at Huaxia, and when they came to Huaxia to invest, it was more of a charity mentality. But if they were not careful, Huaxia was already the world's second largest economy, and then became the world's second largest economy. After being the second largest economy, it took only ten years for China to become the world's largest economy and the world's largest consumer market. Any big company losing the China market would mean a sad exit.

But now, Huaxia's "Chang'e" spacecraft has come to the orbit of the moon, and it is live broadcasting. As long as there is Internet, you can watch this live broadcast.

There are even astronomy enthusiasts who, through high-power telescopes, have been observing and witnessing the "Chang'e" spacecraft after it was ignited and launched.

In other words, Huaxia's manned moon landing is for real, it is absolutely true!It can't be fake at all!

Just when the news of the "Chang'e" spacecraft came back to the earth and caused all kinds of enthusiastic responses, the broadcast of Dongfanghong and the national anthem had ended. At this time, the six astronauts in the lunar module were making final preparations. The planet outside the cabin is full of craters, there is no earth full of vitality, only a kind of dead silence!
"Speaking of which of us stayed on the spacecraft? Who was the first to land on the moon?" Astronaut Deng Jie said suddenly.

Then as soon as he said this, Deng Jie regretted it, and felt his face was a little hot. Although he didn't mean to grab credit or covet fame, he always felt that he who asked this sentence was doing it like this, as if he suddenly Became a villain.

"Liu Jie, let you be the first to land on the moon!" Nie Haisheng smiled gently.

聂海圣在2005年就执行神舟六号飞行任务，2013年执行神舟十号飞行任务并担任指令长。2019年12月执行神舟NO.12飞行任务，同样也是指令长。2021年、2022、2003年其先后三次执行飞行任务进入‘天宫号’空间站，都是担任指挥长。

For this manned moon landing, Nie Haisheng defeated all the outstanding astronauts at the age of 60, and was once again selected as the mission crew and served as the captain of the spacecraft, the supreme commander of the "Chang'e" spacecraft.

At the same time, he was also the number two member of the space brigade, participated in the training of astronauts, passed on his experience to young astronauts, and had a high prestige among astronauts.

"No, no, commander, you should be the first to land on the moon!" Deng Jie said blushingly.

Deng Jiecai entered the 'Tiangong' space station once on a mission. Although he beat other competitors in the selection of the 'Chang'e' spaceship, there is no doubt that compared to Nie Haisheng, he is just a rookie!
And in a sense, he is still Nie Haisheng's apprentice!It was Nie Haisheng who selected him when he went to Beihang University to select astronauts, and guided him carefully during the training, so that he became a qualified astronaut.

"Brother Nie, I think, let Yang Fang be the first to land on the moon according to age. Yang Fang is the youngest among us. After 00, he is not yet 25 years old this year, which represents the future. The four of us are all old. Yes, I am very lucky to be able to carry out this manned mission to the moon. As for staying on the spacecraft, leave it to me!" Liu Yang said with a smile.

She was the first female astronaut to perform a space mission. Later, she became pregnant and gave birth to a child, but she wished to go to university for further study. The launch of the "Double Ring Space Station" project has given more missions to space activities, coupled with manned moon landings, it is necessary to complete three manned moon landings in this decade, and continue to have more experienced astronauts.So after receiving the mission, Liu Yang returned to the front line. After more than a year of hard training and hard work, she overcame many difficulties with strong perseverance and became an excellent astronaut again. Later, she carried out another mission and served as the commander. Long, this time the selection of astronauts for the 'Chang'e' spacecraft was very competitive. In the end, Liu Yang defeated all his opponents and got a spot as the deputy commander.

(End of this chapter)