On August 1st, on this special day, the National Space Administration and the Xiashu Space Administration simultaneously released a video of "Manned Landing on Mars".
That was a picture from 60 million kilometers away, captured and transmitted by the Hanhai space shuttle and the Yinghuo lunar module.
The space shuttle Hanhai, sailing in the vast space, flew slowly towards the rising sun of Mars. The bright blue light refracted through the thin atmosphere was as beautiful as a sapphire.
What followed was a video taken by a satellite in orbit. It was a picture of the Hanhai space shuttle re-igniting the fusion reactor, starting the space engine, and moving towards the low-Earth launch orbit with a blue-white arc of light.
Then, what followed was the scene of the launch of the Yinghuo 1 and Yinghuo 2 landing modules. The two silver-white elliptical cylindrical landing modules passed through the atmosphere of Mars like meteorites streaking across the sky.
, diving towards the surface.
At the end of the video, there are scenes of the fire landing captured by two fire landing modules. The burning flames as they pass through the atmosphere, and the billowing dust kicked up when they land on the surface are all shocking.
What made everyone even more excited and crazy was the scene of slowly walking out of the rocket module wearing a spacesuit and holding a five-star red flag.
When Zhai Zhigang and Liu Yang set foot on Mars almost simultaneously, many Chinese people who were sitting in front of computers and mobile phones watching the entire landing process couldn't help but burst into excited cheers and applause.
The space shuttle Hanhai successfully arrived at Mars!
The Yinghuo landing module successfully landed on the surface of Mars!
Four Chinese astronauts stood on Mars!
There is also the five-star red flag swaying in the breeze, which makes people excited and crazy.
Manned spacecraft! They did it!
When the video was made public, the whole country of China, and even the whole world, was excited about it.
Especially in China, whether it is scarves, douyin, or chopstick hands, almost all hot searches on Internet platforms are related news.
"Manned mission!!! Success!!!"
"Awesome! Shout like crazy!"
"When the five-star red flag fluttered on Mars, I cried! Really!"
"It's too fierce! It's really too fierce! The Lifetime series is witnessing history again!"
"Kawagami! I want to go too!"
"Proud! Our astronauts have already set foot on Mars!"
"Landing on Mars on the day the army was founded means our conquest of alien planets. This is simply too romantic!"
"Mars has belonged to China since ancient times! (Hahahahaha, some dissatisfied space country next door comes to see it!)"
The video posted on the official website of the National Space Administration and the Xiashu Space Base was quickly reposted by major media and bloggers on their own accounts and other video websites.
"Hua Xin News Agency": "The Yinghuo spacecraft successfully landed on Mars! Four Chinese astronauts landed on Mars for the first time!"
"Renren Daily": "No. 1 in the world! Mars has left Chinese footprints! Yinghuo successfully landed on Mars!"
"Youth Daily": "Warmly celebrate our country's successful manned landing on Mars! Human footprints are imprinted on the surface of Mars for the first time!"
Reports from major media quickly spread the already hot news about the successful manned mission to the entire country and even every corner of the world.
This is not only the pride of the Chinese people, but also the pride of all mankind.
Of course, not everyone is willing to admit this.
When the video of the successful manned landing on Mars was posted to the Internet through various channels, many people had mixed emotions on their faces after clicking on it.
Especially some netizens in North America, when they saw the five-star red flag flying on the distant Mars, their eyes showed unwillingness and frustration, and even some anger and dissatisfaction.
Even though this will be a historic day and a historic record for the entire human civilization, not everyone will celebrate it.
Especially those Americans who have always regarded aerospace as the inherent pride and civilization of the United States are full of disappointment and are even unwilling to face this fact.
But whether they are willing to face it or admit it, it is undeniable that their competitors are already far ahead of themselves in the aerospace field.
Everyone knows that the United States has completely lost the space race in the new century.
They no longer have any other excuses to pretend that they are on the same level as China in the aerospace field...
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While people across the country are enthusiastically celebrating the successful manned landing on Mars, on the other side, on the distant Mars, everything is busy.
After stepping out of the landing module and planting the national flag for a commemorative photo, the four astronauts began a series of activities.
The first thing to do is undoubtedly to release all the materials and other related equipment carried by the two Yinghuo series landing modules on Mars.
Standing on the surface of Mars, Jiang Xinlin looked at the surrounding scene. The surrounding area was desolate, covered with various gravels and sand dunes. The vast red plain was like a canvas gently touched by colorful paint under the sunlight.
As far as the eye can see, there is no trace of life except them.
He saw no trace of Yinghuo 2, but Jiang Xinlin knew very well that Yinghuo 2 was to the east of them, about two kilometers away from them.
The landing site they chose this time was the Corinto Crater in the Elysium Planitia on the equator of Mars.
Although it is called a meteorite crater, the Corinto Crater covers a very large area, with a diameter of a full fifteen kilometers.
It is one of the youngest large impact craters on the Elysian Planitia, and their current location is exactly in the center of the impact crater.
About 2.3 million years ago, a huge asteroid flew from distant space and set off huge waves on the surface of Mars.
When it roared down and violently hit the Martian crust, the huge energy split it into millions and billions, ejecting countless large and small fragments. These high-speed meteorite fragments violently bombarded the surrounding Martian soil,
New potholes were dug in countless places in all directions.
In addition to the craters scattered throughout, the impact's transformation of the Martian terrain is also reflected in other traces.
For example, Corinto itself is a special pothole.
On the inner ground of the core area, where they are now, the landform is about one kilometer lower than the outside.
Scientists speculate that this is because the area was covered by a layer of water ice when the impact occurred.
The high temperature and high pressure of the impact quickly vaporized the water ice, causing violent gas detachment, which in turn caused the craters on the ground to collapse, giving the current appearance.
For Mars exploration, Corinto and its crater are undoubtedly a valuable legacy.
It can not only help humans understand the entire process of the impact event on Mars, but also make it easier to collect deeper Martian bedrock and soil with a long history that records more information.
More importantly, during the last unmanned exploration expedition, they confirmed that there is a small amount of water ice resources in the Corinto Crater through various means.
This may be a remnant of the impact, or it may be water resources hidden several kilometers beneath the surface of Saturn that were exposed after the impact.
These water ice resources are not directly exposed on the surface, but are covered by a thick layer of Martian ash.
In addition, according to ultrasonic surveys, there may be an ice reservoir fifteen meters underground around the main impact crater and at the bottom of the secondary crater about ten kilometers away from their current area.
This is undoubtedly a treasure for the astronauts who landed on Mars for the first time.
After all, for fire landing operations, water resources are the first thing that must be ensured.
Especially for the outpost scientific research base that may be established here in the future, it means fresh water resources and oxygen.
If all goes well during the investigation here, the Hanhai space shuttle will choose to make an experimental landing in the secondary crater.