The spacecraft docked successfully with the space station, the airlock opened, and everyone eagerly floated through the airlock into the space station to meet the astronauts stationed there.
The two astronauts warmly welcomed their compatriots from the ground. In a warm and friendly atmosphere, both parties informed the ground of the situation of the space station, and the ground command center was filled with joy.
Time was running out, and after a brief friendly exchange, the two sides immediately began to move supplies.
There is no gravity in the universe. No matter how heavy the materials are, it is very easy to transport them. A dozen people can cooperate with each other and the efficiency is amazing. In just half an hour, the package carried by Kongtian-1 was quickly delivered to the space station.
Next, everyone began to arm Kongtian-1 under the command of the stationed astronauts.
The Kongtian-1 manned cabin is only the core part of the spacecraft. The other cabins have long been sent into space by rockets, and all functional components are fixed outside the space station.
Everyone carried out spacewalks for more than ten hours continuously, fixing many functional cabins such as the recoil engine, life-sustaining functional cabin, living cabin, and biological experimental cabin outside Kongtian-1. The six functional cabins plus the core cabin were arranged in a plum blossom pattern.
Arranged in a shape, Kongtian-1 changed from a stubby cylinder to a collection of several stubby cylinders. If it weren't for the reduction engine at the stern, it would be impossible to tell the difference between the head and the tail.
After the spacecraft was assembled and passed the test, Ye Han and others immediately said goodbye to the stationed astronauts. After returning to Kongtian-1, they drove the spacecraft to leave the space station.
The rocket transporting the Kongtian-2 functional module is ready for launch. It can be transported from the assembly warehouse to the launch pad with just one order. The ground command center is urging it hard. Kongtian-1 must rush to the moon as soon as possible.
After breaking away from the space station, Kongtian-1 started its electromagnetic engine, raised its orbital altitude while continuously flying around the earth, and finally accelerated towards the distant moon.
After receiving the news, the ground prepared the rocket and immediately transported it to the launch pad. The space station will soon receive the accessories for Kongtian-2, and it won't be long before Kongtian-2 will visit the space station.
Before the lunar base is built, similar launch operations will continue for a long time, until the moon has the ability to be self-sufficient.
The timing of the spacecraft's separation from the space station was not very good. After three full days of flight, Kongtian-1 finally crossed a long distance of 380,000 kilometers and successfully entered the orbit around the moon.
With the support of ground data, Duan Zhiyang maneuvered the spacecraft into a designated altitude and continuously orbited the moon for more than two hours before adjusting its position and attitude and starting the moon landing procedure.
The spacecraft continued to decelerate, slowly lowering its speed to below the orbiting speed of the moon. The spacecraft gradually fell towards the moon's surface under the attraction of the moon's gravity.
The most critical time is approaching, and everyone's hearts are in their throats, no matter in the sky or on the earth.
In order to avoid landing failure caused by human error, the lunar landing procedures were all controlled by electronic equipment. Duan Zhiyang, like others, became a bystander.
Duan Zhiyang was happy to hear this. Landing on the moon was not a landing of an airplane. If he were to control the spacecraft to land on the moon, the possibility of problems would be very high.
A few minutes later, the retrorocket was ignited, and the descending spacecraft began to shake violently, with the trend becoming more and more serious.
Ye Han felt like he had been thrown into a frying pan. He felt indescribably uncomfortable all over his body, and his days felt like years.
The vibration lasted for a full twenty-six seconds. By the time everyone took a breath, the moon was already very close at hand.
Ye Han looked through the porthole and saw the curved horizon of the moon.
The horizon expanded rapidly, and the ground got closer and closer. The spacecraft soon landed on the moon amidst the roar of retro rockets. The moon dust stirred up by the air flow flew in all directions, crossing invisible parabolas, and finally fell back to the ground again.
The retro rocket stopped working, and the cabin was quiet for a few seconds. A voice murmured to himself: "Success?"
"Successful!" Another voice affirmed.
"Success!" Everyone cheered together.
Duan Zhiyang immediately contacted the ground and sent out news of successful landing on behalf of all the Kongtian-1 astronauts.
The significance of Kongtian-1 is not just the successful moon landing of a spacecraft, but also the verification of the reliability of the Kongtian series of spacecraft and laying a solid foundation for subsequent moon landing plans.
The ground command center was in a frenzy again. The news spread across the country via radio waves. China took the opportunity to disclose the Moon Palace project. Except for the top leaders of various countries who had already known about the moon project, the world was in an uproar.
There are supporters, opponents, and admirers, but no matter what happens on the ground, it has nothing to do with Ye Han and others far away on the moon.
The successful landing of the spacecraft is still just the beginning. Through the portholes, you can see that the landing site of the spacecraft is filled with lunar landing spacecraft of various specifications.
Duan Zhiyang immediately turned on the radio: "Temporary base, this is Kongtian-1, we have successfully landed, it's over."
"Kongtian-1, this is a temporary base. Congratulations to you. We will be there soon. Please be ready to leave the cabin."
"Kongtian-1 understands!" Duan Zhiyang closed the line, "Brothers, prepare to leave the cabin!"
Everyone is wearing spacesuits, so there is no need to prepare anything at all. What needs to be prepared is the spacecraft itself.
The air in the cabin was evacuated and the hatch at the bottom of the spacecraft was opened. The hatch was more than three meters above the ground. Everyone did not need a gangway. They jumped into the hatch and landed lightly on the ground.
The moon's gravity is only one-sixth that of the earth, so jumping down from a height of more than three meters is really not a challenge.
Desolate, cold and silent, the moon is no different from what it looks like in the photos. Everyone loses interest in the moon after just a few casual glances.
"Work has started!" Duan Zhiyang shouted and was the first to jump on the spacecraft.
Ye Han used all his strength to take off on the spot, suddenly jumped more than two meters high, grabbed the fixed handrail on the outside of the spacecraft, climbed onto the spacecraft, and began to unlock the locking structure of the functional cabin.
The functional module of Kongtian-1 is different from the functional module of the space station. The latter adopts a hollow design for the convenience of astronauts. The former has a strict industrial design in order to utilize the limited space as much as possible. Every inch of space in the cabin is used most effectively.
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Each functional cabin is filled with equipment and materials. The functional cabin must be disassembled from the main body of the spacecraft, transported to a suitable location and deployed as required. After a certain internal space is obtained, necessary debugging can be carried out before all parts of the cabin can be used.
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This process is not that easy. The first step is to remove the functional module from the spacecraft.
The fixing device between the spacecraft and the functional module is specially designed, and it is very simple to disassemble and assemble. However, each functional module weighs more than ten tons. Even if the gravity of the moon is low, it is impossible to hold the functional module with both hands.
It would be troublesome if a precision instrument is broken if it is disassembled and dropped to the ground, so the disassembly process must be completed with the help of mechanical equipment.
