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At the same time, when the "Mars Express" started to return to the earth, the "Firefly" space station did not stop, and five astronauts began to leave the space station to walk in space for space operations.

Next, they will let the "Firefly" space station officially begin to operate in the high-altitude orbit of Mars. The "Firefly" space station is about to start a gorgeous transformation from a "bachelor".

I saw an astronaut suspended in the position of the No. 2 experimental cabin of the space station, and in front of his eyes, the originally flat B230 inflatable space capsule began to bulge slowly, and a large amount of nitrogen and oxygen were equal to the atmosphere of the earth. The air is flowing into the inflatable space capsule, and the air pressure inside the cabin is rising steadily until it is consistent with the earth's atmosphere. The internal space volume of the 'Firefly' space station has officially increased by 230 cubic meters of space.

After the B230 inflatable space capsule was safely opened and operated, the astronaut around him flicked the small display panel on the back of his wrist a few times, and saw that the truss on the main cabin of the space station began to change. ).om moving, the two truss limbs moved with the pulleys, rotated, and changed angles, and finally fixed the B230 and assembled a docking port at its tail.

At this time, the astronauts saw a bulging inflatable space capsule with a sign of B330 on the outside, indicating that this independent inflatable space capsule has a space capacity of 330 cubic meters.

Next, the slowly floating B330 will complete manual rendezvous and docking with the B230.

After the astronaut took over the control authority of the B330, he was seen floating around, and a mini version of the control handle appeared in his hand, which was small but extremely complicated. There was also an 11-inch screen in the middle, showing the distance between the B330 and the B230. The green grid-like graph of the spatial distribution of , with a large amount of live data changing on both sides.

The astronaut who is engrossed in his eyes frequently switches between the space capsule and the 11-inch screen. The surface of the B330 inflatable space capsule spews gas from time to time, and it flies slowly, getting brighter and closer to the docking port of the B230.

Finally, in 18 minutes, the docking of the two space capsules was completed. Seeing the successful completion, the astronaut in charge finally took a long breath, hung the small control handles on the components on the thigh one by one and fixed them, and reported that the No. run. "

Looking around, the entire "Firefly" space station continued to operate in outer space with 5 astronauts. With the cooperation of the internal crew, the cocoon-breaking journey of "Firefly" was completed in six and a half hours. The battery panels are extremely shocking. Apart from absorbing some solar energy, the biggest function of these panels is to cover up the fact that the core energy of the space station is provided by the high-energy-storage amethyst source crystal brought from the earth.

Otherwise, such a large space station would be too incredible.

A few hours later, the "Firefly" space station established communication with the American "Noah" for the first time, and was trapped in a lonely world of hundreds of millions of kilometers. The hope of survival was so slim that Duncan Jones once gave up. The moment I heard the voice of the same kind, I couldn't suppress the excitement in my heart anymore. Although the other party was Chinese, it didn't matter here or at this moment.

After completing the establishment of the communication connection, Duncan Jones transferred the control authority of the "Noah" to the "Firefly" space station according to the instruction. This was approved by the Houston Space Center. For the docking of the Yinghuo space station, the instructions must be consistent.

Fortunately, although the two man-made celestial bodies come from different countries, they both have one thing in common, that is, they both have products from Bigelow Aerospace, which means that the matching docking ports for the two can be obtained as early as possible.

At the same time, "Mars Express" was on its way back. Three months later, it arrived in the high-altitude orbit of the earth as scheduled. In the three months since the return, CMSX and NASA on the earth side are also making rapid preparations.

The spacecraft entered the berth of the "Tiangong Circular Orbit Starport" and began to replenish supplies, especially energy supplies. A round-trip journey consumed a lot of energy, but energy supplies were not very difficult. It was ready, and after the spaceship entered the mooring port, it began to pour energy into the internal energy storage warehouse to replenish the energy of the purple source crystal inside.

With the announcement of the safe return of the "Mars Express" to Earth, the global vision has gradually shifted from nuclear fusion energy to space exploration. This time, the cooperation between the two strongest space powers in the world is also attracting attention.

Since CMSX and NASA reached a formal cooperation consensus, with the help of matrix technology in three months, NASA can finally send "Noah 2" into space ahead of schedule. "It will complete the docking with the "Mars Express" and use this vehicle to reach Mars.

In October, the much-anticipated moment came again.

NASA's special plane arrived at Hainan International Airport with a team consisting of an armed tactical team, astronauts and scientific researchers. There were 12 people in total including a 6-member armed tactical team, 4 astronauts and 2 scientific researchers.

, this group of people officially arrived at the headquarters of the CMSX space base under the leadership of Charles Boll, the general manager of NASA.

After a day of rest, a small armed team sent by NASA was secretly dispatched to other areas. This time, the cooperation between the two parties is semi-open to the outside world. Only the two sides know about the dispatch of the armed team to Mars. top secret status.

Both sides have their own armed teams, and their mission is very clear, that is, to undertake the defense mission of the Martian outpost base, and the main enemy is the native creatures of Mars.

On the third day, Matrix Technology and NASA held a press conference again. In addition to the official representatives of the two sides, astronauts from the two countries also attended. NASA attended 6, while CMSX attended 3, a total of 9 astronauts attended the meeting.

Of course, these are astronauts or scientific researchers announced to the public. The armed tactical teams on both sides were sent into space yesterday through the "Arc Eagle 9". The personnel who send the armed teams to Mars must not appear in the public eye. , Sending armed forces to Mars will not be blown up if it is attacked by the outside world, and NASA has more astronauts than CMSX because the other party wants to replenish the people lost on Mars.

A group photo of 20 people quickly appeared on the headlines of major media newspapers. Nine astronauts were at the forefront, and the rest were official representatives of CMSX and NASA. Liu Yuliang and Charles Boll were also impressive. In the column, the background of the photo is the flags representing the two countries. It is worth mentioning that Ren Hong did not attend the meeting this time.

After the routine reception, these astronauts will board the ship and leave the earth.

The next day, in the attic area outside the runway of the CMSX space base, a large number of reporters set up cameras here at dawn, and the "Arc Eagle 9" had already docked on the runway. They photographed the runway field of arc towers up close.

The Martian, attracting worldwide attention.

Today is the day of the joint expedition, which naturally ushered in the attention of the world. Major media and newspapers are reporting live, and the Google satellites in outer space are also ready.

At 7:37, the appearance of a group of people immediately caused countless cameras to lock on them, and it was the figures of 9 astronauts. They appeared on the runway and waved to the camera. Under the lock of the cameras, "Arc Eagle The cabin door of No. 9 opened slowly, and the staff immediately pushed the ladder frame. Under the focus of the global vision, nine astronauts boarded the ship one after another.

At 8:21, the staff on the runway evacuated one after another.

"Hi, I'm a paleontological researcher, Aislin Utton, nice to meet you."

"Hello, Liu Peng."

"Liu, are you going to Mars too?"

"Yes."

"Wow, to be honest, I'm a fan of yours. I guess there will be many people crying, and the space anchor will quit."

"My name is Fitch Franklin."

"Jing Tian."

In the cabin, the two sides introduced each other and started chatting. They got to know each other well. They will spend at least 100 days together. Attracted attention, because they are the first female astronaut representatives to land on Mars, and they are destined to be recorded in history.

"Attention all units, the spacecraft is about to start..." The voice announcer in the cabin rang in English instead of Chinese. There was no way, a few foreigners didn't know much Chinese, but all the Chinese astronauts knew English.

Everyone began to check the seat belts to confirm all the safety issues. An astronaut said with a little excitement that it was a completely different feeling. It felt the same as being on an Airbus plane, haha. "

This is true for this group of old Americans. "Arc Eagle 9" is completely designed to carry people. The cabin of "Eagle Nine" is completely like taking an Airbus plane, and the comfort level is naturally not comparable to that of a spaceship on a rocket.

Lao Mei, who experienced China's aerospace transport aircraft for the first time, was very curious and excited about the next thing. For them, everything was their first experience.

"...2...1 ignition..."

When the 9 astronauts in the cabin were moving forward at high speed, the high acceleration made everyone's backs stick to the seat.

"It's still the familiar feeling, uncomfortable!"

Outside the runway, countless cameras locked on the "Arc Eagle 9" advancing at high speed on the arc track. In less than 10 seconds, the spacecraft separated from the launch tower, and finally soared into the sky, heading towards the sky.

These reporters were deeply impressed by the heat wave on the runway. The camera photographed the orbital area that the spacecraft passed by, and the air in the scene in the picture was swaying with clear ripples, which shows how scary the temperature on the runway is at the moment.

After the spacecraft left the runway, the staff wearing special heat-insulating protective clothing immediately poured into the runway to start artificial cooling and maintenance. The reporter wanted to stay longer to obtain more information, such as the special clothing of those staff, maintenance of the runway Such first-hand information, but the master has already gone to heaven, and the security personnel of the CMSX space base have begun to forcefully expel these journalists.

High Earth Orbit.

"Oh, my god!!!"

"Although it's not the first time I've seen 'Tiangong', it's the first time I've seen her face at such a close distance. I'm still shocked. I can't believe it. I'm on my way to board the ship!!"

"You did this miracle?" Aislin asked in surprise, looking back at the Chinese astronaut behind her. At this moment, 9 astronauts grabbed a white cable at the same time and were being pulled to the starport hatch. All of them appeared in outer space wearing spacesuits. 6 Americans looked around curiously, and some were watching The huge centrifuge cabin of the star port, some people are looking at the "Tianyan 2", etc. The huge monster in front of them, this sky fortress is the largest space station in the history of mankind - the Tiangong orbiting star port.

Eslin, who has a straightforward personality, chatted during the spacewalk, unabashedly expressed envious remarks, and various surprises emerged one after another. It can be seen that this is from the heart, without the slightest deceit. Several Chinese astronauts also inexplicably expressed a kind of joy and pride in their hearts when they heard her various words of praise.

The Tiangong orbiting star port is undoubtedly the crystallization of this country's space technology. It has become a symbol of this country's super strength in the field of space technology. I am afraid that any citizen will be very proud.

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[Chapter 570: Joint Expedition]

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