Chapter 43 Heavenly Palace Soars!
"Yes, the news just now, they are broadcasting live on TV." The subordinate replied.
"There was no news before, at this time... they did it on purpose!" Anderson knew when he thought about it that the China Space Administration had specially chosen to launch the space station on the day the World Space Conference was held.
This opportunity is so terrible. As we all know, the International Space Station, led by the United States, will be retired in three years! At that time, if countries want to enter space for scientific research, they have to find a new solution.
They wanted to discuss this matter at this World Space Conference. The US Space Administration plans to take the lead and let various national space agencies pay together to build a more advanced space station.
Who knew that the China Space Administration actually launched their space station at this time! If they succeeded, the development direction of this matter would not be controlled by the US Space Administration!
"Open it and take a look!" Anderson really wanted to know how far the China Space Administration has done and what is their space station like?
The subordinates opened the smart TV screen. In the picture, there was the Huaxia Changhai Satellite Launch Center and the Starry Sky 2 nuclear-powered rocket, which weighed more than 100 tons, installed on the Life Space Module of the Tiangong Space Station.
"Is that their space station module?" Anderson's blue pupils suddenly magnified. He worked at the US Space Administration for more than ten years and was also one of the participants in the International Space Station Program. He is so familiar with the space station!
He has seen the International Space Station many times before he went to heaven. The modules of the International Space Station seem to be much smaller than this!
"How could it be so big? Did they send it up?" Anderson asked in surprise, but his subordinates couldn't answer him because he didn't know.
Not only Anderson, but also the space representatives from other countries soon learned the news.
When we were supposed to discuss aerospace issues, the aerospace representatives of each country were absent-minded and had been secretly paying attention to the launch of the China Space Station.
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Lu Jiajia, a reporter from China, Changhai Satellite Launch Center and National Science and Technology Channel TV, is broadcasting the situation on the scene in real time.
"Everyone should be able to see that on the launch frame, the life space module in our Tiangong Space Station has been installed on the Starry Sky 2 nuclear heat rocket, and the power space module is installed on the Sky Planet Starboat."
"In another minute, the rocket and the space plane will take off, sending the 'Tiangong' space station independently developed and manufactured by my country into low-Earth orbit! After completing the docking of the two modules, the Starship will immediately return to the ground and send the working space module into space docking..."
In front of TV, many viewers are watching this episode.
"Children's father, come quickly and launch the space station!" At Du Xingyu's house, his mother Li Rong sat in front of the TV and greeted.
"Here, here!" Du Zekang hurried to the TV with a cup of tea.
After Du Xingyu became a senior rocket engineer at the Space Administration, the two changed the houses they had with them and lived in a high-end community with tight security and spacious rooms.
Du Zekang specially bought a super large-screen network TV to see clearly when the spacecraft was launched.
"I want to notify everyone quickly!" Li Rong hurriedly sent a message in the group chat of "Love Family" to let everyone watch together.
Du Xingyu was not idle at this time. As usual, he started the live broadcast.
In less than ten minutes, the live broadcast room became more than three million and was still rising.
"I knew that the space station must be famous, otherwise the anchor would not have posted that video before!" Wei Xuan, a student from the Air Force Astronautics University, excitedly posted a barrage.
"I want to see the launch!"
"What does the space station look like? I went to the toilet just now!"
"Tian Palace, the palace in heaven!"
Du Xingyu pointed the lens at the launcher in the distance and adjusted the focal length so that the audience could clearly see the space station module on the launcher.
From the outside, the space station module is a large sealed white metal jar, and there is no sign of it.
Du Xingyu said: "We'd better go to the command center to see where we can connect astronauts to see what's going on inside."
The space station is also a spacecraft, so astronauts are arranged inside. This time, four astronauts will go to the sky, two men and two women, responsible for docking and landing missions. They will stay in space for half a year until the next shift change.
In the command center, all four astronauts were ready and stayed in the life space module and the power space module respectively.
In addition, there are two aerospace plane pilots, Tian Qing and Wu Pingfan, who are responsible for flying the Star Boat.
"Astronaut Zeng Qi, astronaut Hong Wei, astronaut Wang Tong, and astronaut Zhu Nan are ready, please instruct!" In the split screen, four astronauts entering the space station reported.
"Countdown to thirty seconds, stabilize the spacecraft, and prepare to take off!" the commander shouted.
"receive!"
"It's going to take off!" Du Xingyu reminded the audience, "Ten, nine, eight...three, two, one, start!"
The Starry Sky 2 nuclear heat rocket is launched faster, and it sprays out a strong wave of heat and rushes into space!
Starship took off with it. Its speed in the atmosphere was slower than that of the rocket, but it soon broke through the clouds and accelerated to more than six times the speed of sound!
"It's taken off!"
"Chuacheng No. 3 High School sent a congratulatory message!"
"The sky palace is flying!!!"
"Wuhu, take off!"
The audience in the live broadcast room congratulated, but the one who was most surprised was not them, but the aerospace representatives from various countries who were secretly following.
"China's Tiangong Space Station has taken off!"
"Huaxia also needs to have its own space station!"
"That's amazing! I didn't expect that they were actually doing this project!"
"They were so happy too early!" Anderson looked at the screen coldly, "The space station still needs to dock in space and fly stably!"
This process will take several hours.
Anderson returned to the venue and he keenly discovered that everyone's negotiations turned into meaningless nonsense.
The aerospace representatives of these countries have thoughts in their minds. If the Heavenly Palace is connected smoothly, the situation in the aerospace world will change.
At this juncture, some people are no longer in the same mind as the US Space Administration!
"This is the end of the morning discussion. Everyone can go for a meal. Let's continue in the afternoon!" Anderson announced the end of the morning's opening ceremony and everyone gathered again in the afternoon.
While they were having lunch, Starry Sky II and Starry Sky Boat had both flew out of the atmosphere and sent the two modules of the Tiangong Space Station to the established low-Earth orbit.
An electronic prompt sound came from the Huaxia Changhai Command Center.
"The main arrow body of Starry Sky 2 has been separated from the Tiangong Life Space Module, and the ground is ready to be recycled. The module continues to fly and is expected to reach the target coordinates in two hours."
"Everything is normal for Starship, and it is expected to reach the target coordinates in 1 hour and 31 minutes."
Chapter completed!