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Chapter 611 The First Flight of the Aerospace Plane

In this festive atmosphere of the Spring Festival, it is always so unique.

Existing astronauts at the lunar scientific research station and lunar synchronous orbit offer New Year blessings at the Spring Festival Gala. Now before the Spring Festival is over, six warriors who went to the moon have successfully returned in triumph.

From December 31, 2027 to February 6, 2028, from the launch of the Long March 15 carrier rocket to the safe return of the 'Chang'e 2' spacecraft, every moment can be said to be eye-catching.

Except for the new cooperation between the Russian Space Agency and the Indian Space Research Organization, which grabbed the news headlines for a few days, the rest are the Chang'e 2 spacecraft, which is China's second manned moon landing.

A celebrity's New Year's Eve wedding, a couple who have always been in love with each other in the entertainment industry and imitate their couple receiving divorce certificates, or a popular star being revealed to have cheated on each other have never made headlines.

A simple press conference was held at the landing site. After each of the astronauts said something, they left under the escort of the medical team. The command module will also be escorted by soldiers to the base for inspection and data reading. After repairs, the command module can be stored in the space museum, or it can continue to use its residual heat and be launched into space to be connected and combined with the Tiangong space station to increase the scale of the Tiangong space station.

Seeing that the astronauts had successfully returned safely, Qin Yuanqing left the ground command center and went directly to the aerospace aircraft manufacturing factory without going home.

Because on February 9th, at 9:00 in the morning, the 'Shenlong' aerospace aircraft K1 will hold its first flight. The test flight team has worked hard for half a year. If you count it from the beginning of the selection, it will take a whole year. Now we will welcome them an important assessment.

On this day, they will drive the first aerospace plane in human history to make its first flight!

At this time, the aerospace aircraft is in full swing. Test pilots and engineers are checking the aerospace aircraft again and checking the status of the aerospace aircraft to ensure that the aerospace aircraft is always in normal condition.

Everyone knows that once an accident occurs on the first flight, the losses will be extremely heavy, not only the loss caused by the crash and the loss of life, but also a blow to the confidence of the relevant participants, and even China's third manned landing The month will be delayed as a result.

Not only the manned moon landing, but also the construction time of the "Double Ring Space Station" had to be delayed because of this, which can be said to affect the whole body.

Qin Yuanqing did not personally participate in the inspection. At this time, the arrow was already on the string and had to be fired. As the commander-in-chief of the 'Double Ring Space Station', at this last critical moment, the most important thing is to stay calm and calm. As long as he does not mess up. If you panic, it will be like a calming needle, so that every staff member will not panic due to too much pressure.

Qin Yuanqing looked at the Shenlong aerospace plane with calm eyes. All he could do at this time was to maintain confidence in tens of thousands of engineers and believe that they were meticulous in the manufacturing process and that every component and every process was qualified. of. All he can do is have confidence in the ‘Shenlong’ aerospace aircraft K1, which is the crystallization of the highest level of Chinese industry.

The avionics system of the Shenlong aerospace plane was successfully built by the best R\u0026D personnel after nearly ten years. Its surface coating was developed by tens of thousands of material experts and was used during the manned moon landing. The project is subject to actual combat testing. It has a series of cutting-edge materials such as high-temperature surface insulation tiles, reinforced composite materials on the leading edges of the wings, including the special steel used in the main structure of the aircraft. Ten Billion has built ultra-large machine tools to ensure that the material is relatively light while maintaining a very high level in a series of properties such as tensile strength, fracture toughness, corrosion resistance, and high temperature resistance.

An aerospace aircraft involves thousands of industrial chains. Although it is assembled here, there are thousands of units involved in the construction, and every unit has a very high technical level.

The work of the first flight ceremony is proceeding in an tense and orderly manner.

Finally, time soon came to the historic day of February 9th. This day is destined to be remembered in history, even if it has an extremely important weight in the thousands of years of human history.

Just as the lineup of guests at the off-line ceremony of the Shenlong aerospace aircraft was strong, the number of guests watching the first flight was also extremely large. As for the media, except for special media, no other media had the opportunity to witness this historic moment.

At eight o'clock in the morning on February 9, in the assembly plant.

Under the leadership of Deputy Commander-in-Chief Yang Yue, a group of technicians are conducting a final comprehensive inspection of the aerospace aircraft before its first flight. In order to eliminate accidents as much as possible, he divided the maintenance personnel into two teams, starting from two different positions at the nose and tail of the aircraft, and spent 120 points on any suspected problem. Treat it with caution.

As for the test flight group, the five first-flight test pilots were closing their eyes and recuperating in the aerospace plane, recharging their energy, waiting for the final moment.

"Is the check done?" Yang Yue asked at 8:50.

"It has been inspected!" The two inspection team leaders saluted Yang Yue in unison: "There is no problem in the inspection, everything is normal with the Shenlong space plane."

"Where are the interfaces between the ionization chamber and the working fluid chamber? And the hydraulic pump of the thermal circulation device. Have these key equipment been checked?" Yang Yue's solemn expression showed the nervousness in his heart.

"Everything has been checked! Everything is normal!"

"Are you sure?" Yang Yue said again.

"Sure!"

"Exit all, hand over the aerospace plane to the test pilot, and open the door on time at 8:59!" Yang Yue issued the order to withdraw personnel.

"yes!"

At 8:55, Yang Yue officially reported to Qin Yuanqing through the communication system: "Reporting to the commander-in-chief, the status of the 'Shenlong' aerospace aircraft is normal and ready to go at any time!"

"Received, waiting for the order!" Qin Yuanqing said attentively. At this moment, he was accompanying the dean. Everything was ready and waiting for the protagonist to appear.

At 8:59, Qin Yuanqing issued the order: "The 'Shenlong' aerospace plane leaves the factory!"

In the assembly plant, Yang Yue gave instructions to the communication system: "Open the door and the Shenlong aerospace aircraft is leaving the factory!"

Suddenly, the door of the assembly plant that was originally closed started to open. The sun outside shone into the assembly plant, and everyone could not help but squint.

On the aerospace plane, Yang Fang, the leader of the test flight group, took a deep breath: "Countdown to ignition, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ignition!"

Immediately, helium-3 fuel was injected into the 'Golden Crow Device' and entered the reactor, rolling in the reactor. With the injection of helium-3 fuel, the energy closest to the origin of this star system was liberated from the invisible atomic nucleus. Huge energy was generated, the entire cabin lit up, and all systems were powered on.

"The energy system has been started, and everything is normal on the aerospace plane!" The artificial intelligence reported the real-time status of the aerospace plane.

"In 1st gear, the aerospace plane is taxiing!" Yang Fang gave the order.

Suddenly the plasma engine started, and a plasma engine drove the aerospace plane to move. The pulley moved forward, and it was soon out of the factory.

Outside, everyone couldn't help but turn their eyes to the assembly plant that had just opened its door, and then saw a big guy appearing in the door, with graceful and smooth lines, and an appearance that made people give a thumbs up in amazement.

The photographer took the photo immediately and captured its majestic figure.

The 'Shenlong' aerospace plane was in a taxiing state, neither fast nor slow. Except after the gate, it began to enter the runway. This runway is a full 3 kilometers long and is the runway with the highest technical requirements.

For the first flight, the anti-gravity device will not be activated, but will take off through taxiing. After all, the two-year test flight time requires a lot of tests to be completed.

After the aerospace plane entered the runway, Yang Fang gave the order: "Gear 2, prepare to take off!"

Suddenly, the aerospace plane was adjusted from gear 1 to gear 2. As if in an instant, a light blue arc light lit up from the rear of the aerospace plane, pushing the huge fuselage to accelerate forward. Keep moving forward!

The speed became faster and faster, and gradually the pulley left the runway, the landing gear was retracted into the cabin, and the nose of the aircraft was slightly raised upwards. Dragging the blue arc of light, carrying mankind's longing for space, the silver fuselage sank into the depths of the clouds.

On the viewing platform, the guests couldn't help but applaud. Everyone knew what this meant.

"Report to the commander-in-chief, take off in 1 minute, speed reaches Mach 1.5"

"Report to the commander-in-chief, take off in 2 minutes, speed reaches Mach 2"

In Qin Yuanqing's ears, Yang Fang's report came.

"K1, fly at Mach 3 speed, cruise 5,000 kilometers and then return to the flight test center!" Qin Yuanqing gave the order.

5,000 kilometers may seem like a long distance, but actually it only takes 81.7 minutes to reach it at Mach 3 flight speed.

For the first flight, it is impossible to conduct a comprehensive test flight. The risk is too great, so the goal set for the first flight is for the aerospace plane to take off, cruise for 5,000 kilometers at Mach 3 speed, and then return.

Of course, the return flight is not to return here, but to a specially built aerospace aircraft test center, where the "Shenlong" aerospace aircraft K1 will undergo a series of tests in the future.

"Roger it!" Yang Fang's voice reached Qin Yuanqing's ears.

At this time, on the aerospace plane, the anti-gravity device in the cabin had been activated. Therefore, although the speed of the aerospace plane had reached Mach 3, the test pilots actually felt that it was the same as on the ground. There was no rapid climb or speed due to the altitude. Physical overload occurs so quickly.

Compared to their training at the space center, their current state couldn't be better.

"Leader, the current flight altitude is 20,000 meters, the speed is Mach 3, there are no threatening targets within a range of 1,000 kilometers, and no radar has detected us!" the test pilot responsible for monitoring the surrounding environment reported.

As the leader of the test flight group, Yang Fang is responsible for contacting the command center and responsible for the entire cockpit. She is the leader on the plane.

The other four astronauts are responsible for their respective jobs.

These four astronauts all defeated their competitors through hard work within the past six months and successfully carried out the first flight.

"Report at any time, and destroy any threat to the safety of aerospace aircraft as soon as possible!" Yang Fang said calmly.

A 5,000-kilometer cruise means that half of it is over the Pacific Ocean, where there are always certain safety risks.

Therefore, the test flight work is all based on ensuring the safety of the aerospace aircraft. Once an unknown target is found to launch a missile and it is aimed at the aerospace aircraft, the laser cannon can be activated to destroy the missile as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, the paint on the aerospace plane has a certain degree of stealth, and it is at an altitude of 20,000 meters and has a speed of up to Mach 3. The radar system above the Pacific Ocean cannot detect its existence at all.

"Cruising for 5,000 kilometers, do you want to return?" Finally, after cruising for 5,000 kilometers, I was reminded whether to return.

"Return, target flight test center!" Yang Fang gave the order to return.

Suddenly, the 'Shenlong' aerospace plane made a very beautiful big turn, reaching a speed of Mach 3 without slowing down, and began to fly towards the land of China.

As it entered the land of China, it began to gradually slow down, and then headed towards the test flight center.

At the assembly plant, in the sub-command center, on the big screen, you can clearly see that the 'Shenlong' aerospace aircraft is descending from high altitude in an elegant posture, taxiing on the runway as the aerospace aircraft lands. .

In the sub-command center, warm applause suddenly erupted. It was obvious that the first flight of the 'Shenlong' aerospace plane was a complete success.

As the 'Shenlong' aerospace plane taxied to a stop, it began to turn its nose, headed towards the cabin, and parked in the cabin.

"Report to the command center, report to the commander-in-chief, the 'Shenlong' aerospace aircraft K1 has completed its first flight, please give instructions!" Yang Fang reported to Qin Yuanqing immediately.

"Congratulations to you for successfully completing the first flight mission. I commend you." Qin Yuanqing sent congratulations to the test flight team: "Next, please cooperate with the inspectors to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the 'Shenlong' aerospace aircraft."

"Yes!" Yang Fang saluted.

Qin Yuanqing also breathed a sigh of relief. Comprehensive testing will be carried out in the next two years. All kinds of testing content will be carried out. Test flights will be very frequent. Even next year, it will enter space. At that time, space flight will be carried out. various test contents.

After seeing off all the guests attending the ceremony, in the afternoon, when the inspectors completed a comprehensive inspection, it was found that the 'Shenlong' aerospace aircraft K1 was in normal condition, and the test flight was immediately started again. This test will cruise for 10,000 kilometers and then return. .

However, all of this will be handed over to the flight test center. They will be responsible for all test flights of the aerospace aircraft until the aerospace aircraft officially enters service after completing all test flight tasks.

Qin Yuanqing held a first flight celebration banquet at the flight test center that night to congratulate and reward the test pilots. As the first test flight of an aerospace aircraft, the test pilots did it with the courage to risk death, even in Last night, they all secretly wrote suicide notes. If they died, this would be the last gift they left to their parents.

Fortunately, this first flight mission was a complete success without any problems, let alone the worst-case scenario of a plane crash and loss of lives. The suicide notes they wrote were no longer needed.

However, their suicide notes have not been destroyed. Instead, they will be kept as archives of the Aerospace Aircraft Museum and as a cultural relic with historical significance to pass on this fearless spirit.

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