Red Soviet Union

There is no air on the moon, so the lift force cannot be relied on. The only thing that can be used is the spacecraft's own engine! Whether it is deceleration or landing, you need to rely on the engine!

At this time, the lunar landing spacecraft is sideways.

At the time of take-off, the lunar landing spacecraft was mounted on the side of the energy number.

Unlike all previous spacecraft, the long strip structure of the lunar landing spacecraft does not have the engine at the tail, but directly below! It looks like a starship.

In fact, when it was first designed, it was originally planned to design the engine at the bottom like the usual design. However, if the lunar landing spacecraft with a length of more than 30 meters is vertical, it can land on the moon without a problem. not easy!

The lunar module of the Apollo program in the United States is divided into two parts: the descent section and the ascent section. The total length is only 6.79 meters. Even if the four feet are extended, the diameter is 9.45 meters and weighs 4.1 tons. If fuel is included, it only weighs 14.7 tons. The descending section is also equipped with scientific instruments for investigating the lunar surface. When the ascending section flies away from the lunar surface, the descending section acts as a launcher.

Such an aircraft actually looks rather bloated, but the current Soviet lunar landing spacecraft is somewhat slender. It is not easy for this 30-meter-long aircraft to stand upright on the surface of the moon. Yes, and it collapses easily!

Therefore, the Soviet engineers had an idea and came up with a new method. Since it is inconvenient to stand upright, they simply lie down! The aircraft lands and takes off sideways!

On the earth, this is absolutely impossible, because this would greatly increase the air resistance, and it is impossible to leave the atmosphere, but now, on the moon, there is no atmosphere anyway, without any aerodynamic considerations!

At the same time, if it is horizontal, the height is greatly reduced, it is very convenient to take off and land, and it is also easy to arrange various equipment. This thing does not look like a spaceship anymore, but more like a starship, but it has no weapons.

The horizontal layout is also convenient for setting more hydraulic outriggers below. After all, this is a big guy with dozens of tons! Below the outriggers, there needs to be a flat plate to relieve the pressure! At this time, all the outriggers were stretched out, and it looked like a centipede again.

There are four engines at the bottom, and the thrust is being released smoothly. If you want to land on the moon, the thrust of the engine must be adjustable. In the era of liquid engines, this requires superb technology. Now, in the nuclear power engine On, it is very simple to control.

Go on, go on! At this time, the lunar landing spacecraft was on the surface of the moon, almost advancing and landing at the same time, flying over the equator of the moon, flying in the direction of the Tranquility Base.

When gradually approaching the surface of the moon, you can see the unique pits and undulating craters on the surface of the moon, which seem a little hideous and desolate everywhere.

Moon, here we come!

The engine at the bottom is gently adjusting the thrust, and the manual control has not been activated. The automatic system has parked the spacecraft firmly on the surface of the moon! Countless dust scattered on both sides of the spaceship.

Kurlenko, you stay here, the rest of the people, pass on the lunar coveralls, and prepare to deploy the base. Onuflenko said.

In space travel, it is enough to wear only ordinary spacesuits in the cabin. The Soviets already have the Mir space station and are fully mature in this regard. At the same time, there are also extravehicular space suits, which can meet various tasks of space walking.

However, this is different from the spacesuits used on the surface of the moon in terms of requirements. For this reason, the Soviet Union specially developed a lunar spacesuit. The most important point is to facilitate walking and working on the moon. , is both soft and hard!

In the past, spacesuits in space were all soft, except for the hard shell of the helmet. However, the current space suits use a large number of metals such as titanium alloys as supports, making the space suits a semi-hard shell structure.

At each joint, there are movable supports.

In addition to being strong, this kind of space suit has a greater advantage, that is, it can make the inside have greater pressure! Therefore, astronauts do not need to inhale oxygen and exhaust nitrogen before wearing spacesuits! Greatly reduces the time required to wear!

In the airlock behind the flight cabin, the four astronauts put on their spacesuits one by one, and the Soviet astronaut's first exit is about to begin!

The sound of depressurization echoed in the airlock chamber, and soon the airlock chamber became a vacuum.

Set off! Following the ladder below, Onuflenko was the first to climb out of the lunar module. At this time, through the camera, the footage of his landing on the moon has been spread all over the world!

The Soviets have finally set foot on the moon! Unlike the Americans who landed on the moon tremblingly, the Soviets are going to establish a base on the surface of the moon this time! This time, 5 astronauts came at once!

The gravity on the moon is only one-sixth of that on the earth's surface, so when you arrive on the moon, because the gravity is too small, people will feel light and light. In many cases, it is more appropriate to jump and walk than to walk straight!

After a few preliminary attempts, Onuflenko made the same choice and jumped forward!

He jumped to the side of the lunar landing spacecraft, and then opened the hatch, and inside, the packaging of a lunar rover was slowly pushed out.

If you want to establish a base on the moon, you must have a means of transportation. For example, although the base components launched two days ago have been sent up by an unmanned lunar vehicle of the same type, the landing place is enough to reach here. There are five kilometers! If the astronauts walked over, they would be exhausted.

At the same time, although they have all landed here, the specific location of the base also needs to be carefully selected. It may be possible to establish a base, and there will still be a certain distance to here, so the existence of the lunar rover is quite necessary!

This kind of lunar rover is much larger than the lunar rover when the United States landed on the moon! When unfolded, it consists of twenty wheels!

The gravity on the moon is low, which also causes the soil on the surface of the moon to be very soft. If there are too few wheels, it may sink into it!

Moreover, there is more than one such lunar rover, and this time, two were transported at once! Enough to use!

It took about ten minutes for the two lunar rovers to finally deploy. Two people, one lunar rover, began to walk on the surface of the moon. So far so good! The footage of the camera spread to audiences all over the world.