Blooming America

Chapter 605: The Red Giant One spacecraft lifts off

July 14.

Kopalev watched the rocket in the distance.

On the rocket launcher, the "N-1" rocket stood upright like a giant with its head pointed directly at the blue sky, reaching a height of more than 100 meters. It will push the Soyuz spacecraft into space. The ground service personnel have filled its level 3 fuel tank with fuel.

Immediately, it will be launched.

Yes, the Soviets' moon landing plan is about to begin.

In the original history, in the space competition between the United States and the Soviet Union, although on the surface, the Soviet Union did not seem to have had any manned mission to the moon, nor did it see any relevant reports from the official news media.

But in fact, the plan... did exist. It was only because of technical reasons that it suffered repeated setbacks and struggles, and because of political considerations, it was abandoned, and it was smashed halfway. It ended in a dead end before becoming a Soviet aerospace expert. The pain of becoming a Soviet aerospace expert will never be relieved. .

But now, it's different. The spacecraft is currently filling fuel, and maybe a few days later, this 1 rocket will land on the moon with the Soyuz.

Korolev looked at Andro Bōv who was wearing glasses next to him.

Because this matter is such a remarriage, Andro bōhu is also here now.

For this launch, Andro Bōfu even gave the Soyuz spacecraft a name, a red giant.

The spacecraft in front of me is the Red Giant 1.

Speaking of it, the journey of the Soviets to the moon is more than a "bumpy" that can be described.

At the beginning, the Soviets had a "Lunar Spaceship One 1" project.

The plan was launched by Vernicello. During the Second World War, Chilom specialized in pulse jet engines and automatic spacecraft using pulse jet engines.

In 1944, he served as the chief designer of the first rocket factory in the former Soviet Union, and in 1959 as the "chief designer" of the aviation industry. Since 1961, he has been engaged in the development of a new carrier rocket, the "Proton", and the design of the "-9" missile.

On August 3, 1964, Chilomé signed the preliminary design plan for the "Lunar Spaceship One 1" program. In this plan, the "Proton" three-stage rocket is used to launch a manned spacecraft orbiting the moon. The flying vessel carried the promised astronauts. On the top of the "Proton" three-stage rocket is equipped with an instrument cabin, which is equipped with a flight propulsion system and solar cells that provide energy for the manned spacecraft. On top of the instrument bay,

Equipped with a descending cabin, its appearance resembles the US "Gemini" spacecraft. The upper part of the descending cabin is equipped with a solid rocket propulsion device. In the event of a malfunction during launch and on the eve of orbit, the device can separate the manned spacecraft from the rocket.

The development of the plan has only been carried out for more than a year. In a program demonstration meeting attended by the main designers of the Aerospace Design Bureau, Chilom's program plan was not adopted and Korolev's "Moon One 1" program was passed.

The time has come to 23:50 at night, and there is only one hour away from the launch time.

It is impossible to say not to be nervous.

Because just a year ago, they had already had an accident. On July 3, 1969, the N-1 rocket was launched at 23:18:32 Moscow time. A few seconds after ignition, when the rocket rose to an altitude of about 200 meters, a liquid oxygen turbo pump malfunctioned, causing the engine to shut down. Fortunately, the launch escape system worked well, and the payload bay of the rocket landed safely at a distance of 1KM from the launch pad. But because the rocket fell to the launch pad and exploded, the rocket and launch pad were destroyed at the same time.

What is shameful is that just a few days after that, the Americans successfully carried out the moon landing plan. This incident made Korolev feel that he had no face.

But because of that time in 1969, Korolev did not use the new 1 rocket, but because time was too late, so they adopted the old-fashioned design.

So failure is a matter of course.

But now it's different.

Since the last time, Andro bōfu has begun to control power in this area, so the development of the rocket afterwards has finally been resolved...

In the world before the butterfly fanned its wings, the N1 rocket engine had never undergone any ground tests, and even no test bench was built at all. The rockets that are going to be launched are all the engines firing for the first time. This is to save time and money.

In the fierce competition to land on the moon, the Soviet Union tried to send astronauts to the moon ahead of the United States, so it had to adopt such a quick and quick approach. The result was counterproductive and counterproductive. During this period, American astronauts landed on the moon first, and the Soviet Union lost miserably in the competition.

But yīn went wrong, because the experiment was that the dead Korolev successfully removed the tumor, and Andro bōv took the medal to control Brezhnev.

As a result, the Soviet Union's manned aerospace journey has quietly undergone a series of changes.

Time gradually came to July 15.

At 0:59 AM on July 15th.

The final launch finally began to count down.

"It will be launched in the last 10 minutes...

At this moment, Korolev's mood could not calm down at all.

A few years ago, Korolev had actually hoped to cooperate with the Americans, but unfortunately, the plan ended before it was launched. In 1963, Kennedy ordered a secret operation to be carried out. In order to fully express the sincerity of the United States for joint aerospace and lunar exploration, Kennedy decided to actively provide a batch of intelligence to the Soviet Union.

On November 12, 1963, Kennedy issued the classified National Security Action Memorandum No. 271, especially to the Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration James Webb, asking him to organize and plan cooperation with the Soviet Union in the field of outer space. Kennedy paid special attention to this matter, and for this reason he specifically asked Webber to do his own work on this matter, and he had to deal with special technical issues personally.

Khrushchev was the head of the Soviet Union at that time.

Khrushchev is different from Brezhnev. He did not reject the United States that way. Although there was also Cuban missile time, in general, the relationship between the Soviet Union and the United States during the Khrushchev period was relatively relaxed. .

But what made Korolev regretted was that 10 days after that, on November 22, 1963, Kennedy was assassinated, and in the following year, Khrushchev was also driven by Brezhnev’s coup. Got off the stage.

As a result, the Soviet Union had to do the moon landing itself.

And the plan to land on the moon...after that, it became a space project that has been competing between the Soviet Union and the United States.

And what shame the Soviets to Korolev is that the Americans actually landed on the moon before them.

Naturally, Korolev would not know. Since being able to stand here today and seeing the launch of the Soviet spacecraft on the moon, it is the blessing of an American. At this moment, Korolev has It's just very afraid and shameful.

What he has now is just trying to send the Soviet spacecraft to the moon, and then he will be ashamed.

Moreover, on April 11 this year, the Americans’ Abōro spacecraft’s moon landing plan... also failed. Although the Americans called it "the most glorious failure", if the Soviets could If the spacecraft is successfully sent to the moon, it will definitely be a very cool face-slap action.

A bō Luo 13 (-13) is the third manned mission to the moon in A bō Luo's diagnosis plan... Two days after launch, the explosion of the oxygen tank in the service module severely damaged the spacecraft, causing it to lose a lot of oxygen and electricity: three astronauts used the spacecraft's lunar module as a lifeboat in space. The command module system was not damaged, but it was shut down to save electricity before returning to the earth’s atmosphere. The three astronauts experienced lack of electricity, normal temperature, and drinking water problems in space, but they successfully returned to Earth. Afterwards, Lovell, the crew member of the Abōro spacecraft, recalled: "We finally survived, but it was very hanging. Our mission failed, but I prefer to regard it as a glorious failure."

At 1:09 am on July 15th.

"Countdown...5, 4, 3, 2, 1... launch!" As the last push button was dimmed, the rocket ignition began.

However... the Rockets did not respond at this time.

What's wrong again? !

Korolev was surprised.

He looked at Comrade Andro bōhu next to him. Although the other party didn't say a word, his brows were frowned.

The staff immediately began to investigate the cause.

Soon, they found the reason: a wire was loose during installation.

It was a false alarm.

Like before, the first time the N-1 rocket had an accident was because the rocket could not be launched, so hundreds of scientists were sent for temporary maintenance, which resulted in the final explosion and the death of hundreds of Soviet experts.

In order to be foolproof, they had formulated three sets of plans before the spacecraft was launched. At this time, they naturally took out the second set of plans.

The launch started again.

This time, Xichuan ignited smoothly.

The rocket gradually left the launch pad.

But Korolev knew that the real test had just begun.

1 second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds.

Time passed slowly like this.

Every second, to Korolev, to everyone present, it seems like one, two, three years have passed...

The spacecraft slowly lifted into the sky~www.wuxiaspot.com~m, 200m...

Korolev finally let go of his heart.

It seems that things are moving in a good direction.

At 2 minutes and 42 seconds after launch, the first stage rocket fell off automatically and the rocket continued to rise.

Kodolev was finally relieved at this moment.