Annihilation of the solar system

The color on Lin Tianyu's face has also recovered. He took off his helmet and gloves according to the procedure and breathed a long sigh of relief.

Xia Lan was deeply immersed in the beautiful scenery of the vast galaxy outside the porthole window. This was a magnificent picture that she could not see or imagine on earth.

At this moment, she deeply understood that the reason why the stars are spread all over the sky, the sky is full of stars, and the stars are bright, are called adjectives, because no matter how gorgeous the words are, they are so insignificant in front of the real stars.

"Shuttle, this is the space center. Your orbit insertion accuracy is very high. The automatic docking command chain has been issued. The spacecraft will autonomously dock with the Tiangong-3 space station in 35 minutes." The ground command center sent an instruction.

"The shuttle understands!" After Lu Yuanzhou answered, he began to take off his clumsy gloves and helmet.

"Sister, you said that we have studied the universe, astronomy, physics, and particles for so many years. Today we finally went into space. What do you think?" Wei Xu asked while playing with his floating gloves.

Xia Lan didn't take her eyes off the porthole, but said absently:

"Don't talk to me, this starry sky is too charming."

Wei Xu looked at the side of his porthole. The huge blue planet was passing under him at a speed visible to the naked eye. He could not feel the shock in Xia Lan's heart.

Lin Tianyu's side was facing the same starry sky as Xia Lan's, but he didn't seem to care about the scenery outside the window at all, but was flipping through the operation manual.

"Our estimated mission time this time is four months. Most of the time will be spent traveling between the Earth and Venus. We have plenty of time to appreciate the stars." Lu Yuanzhou said with a slight smile.

Xia Lan just answered softly:

"That's great!"

Xia Lan just stared at the brilliant starry sky for an unknown amount of time. It wasn't until the stars began to rapidly change positions on the portholes and her body could feel a slight acceleration that she realized that this was the spacecraft's attitude nozzle starting to adjust.

It's like a shuttle.

After several slow rolls and decelerations, the shuttle stabilized again. Lu Yuanzhou pointed to the front porthole:

"You can already see the Tiangong-3 space station, and we will dock soon."

Xia Lan, Wei Xu and Lin Tianyu all craned their necks to look through the front windows. Sure enough, a white truss-type space station had appeared not far away.

As the distance gradually shrinks, the structure of the space station has gradually become clear. It consists of two side-by-side main cabin sections as the core cabin, just like the twin towers of the financial center lying in space.

A number of horizontal cabins are connected between the two core cabins, making the space station look like a ladder. Rows of huge solar panels extend from both sides of the core cabin to provide energy for the space station.

Below the docking port between each core module is a vertically downward module, making the entire space station look like the ribs of a giant whale.

Lu Yuanzhou was stunned as he looked at the space station with an upside-down "凵" shape. He knew that the reason why Tiangong-3 was built like this was that in addition to the general functions of the space station, it was also the first star port in human history. He might be able to pilot it.

The "Firefly" spacecraft will be built and set sail from this space station.

It's just that there is still nothing in the belly of the space station, and the construction of the spacecraft needs to wait for the Fuyao system to be put into use before it can begin.

Under the guidance of the command chain, the spacecraft docked steadily with the space station and locked. Lu Yuanzhou unbuckled his seat belt and floated from the driver's seat to the rear cockpit. Xia Lan and the others also floated in the air. The shuttle

The hatch in the abdomen opened, and they followed Lu Yuanzhou into Tiangong 3.

The space inside the space station is much larger than that of the shuttle. There are already seven or eight astronauts waiting for them in the docking port cabin. They are all waving enthusiastically to Lu Yuanzhou and his three team members, floating in the middle

An astronaut waved to Lu Yuanzhou:

"I am Jing Yuhui, the commander of the Tiangong-3 Space Station. Welcome you and your team members to the Tiangong-3 Space Station."

Lu Yuanzhou made a habitual military salute, and then wanted to reach out and shake hands with Jing Yuhui. However, he found that he could not control his posture at all in the microgravity environment of space, and his whole body rushed forward.

Fortunately, Jing Yuhui, who had been stationed in space for a long time, was experienced. He buckled his feet on the fixed rings on the bulkhead. He touched Lu Yuanzhou, who was out of control, a few times like Tai Chi, and then gently straightened him up.

This caused a burst of snickering from the other astronauts around. Lu Yuanzhou seemed a little embarrassed, and Xia Lan and the three of them were not much better. Their first time in a microgravity environment for a long time made their movements very clumsy.

Jing Yuhui smiled all over his face:

"Yuanzhou, please don't be polite on the ground. It's your first time coming to the space station, so you should get used to the microgravity environment here. This is very different from the simulated weightlessness on Earth."

After speaking, he turned to the other astronauts behind him:

"As planned, the mission items will be transferred to the Hongyan."

The astronauts skillfully got into the shuttle through the narrow hatch.

Lu Yuanzhou awkwardly adjusted his posture:

"I'm sorry, it's my first time in space and I'm really not used to it. Is the spaceship ready?"

Jing Yuhui nodded:

"All systems have been prepared. I will take you to take a look later. Your deputy commander is still doing final inspections in the Hongyan. It is now in the orbit transfer window period, and you will be able to set sail soon."

While talking, several astronauts who had just entered the shuttle were already pushing silver metal boxes out of the hatch. They skillfully and lightly got into the next compartment through the slightly narrow docking hatch.

Jing Yuhui said:

"Come on, follow me, I will take you to see your spaceship."

After the initial discomfort and clumsiness, they quickly mastered the shuttle and movement in the microgravity environment.

They passed through wide cabins one after another. In these cabins, there are: scientific research cabins with various experimental equipment, equipment cabins with various controllers, and fitness cabins with various fitness equipment.

There is a control console for the robotic arm in a cabin at a certain distance.

But the more cabins are living cabins equipped with bunks and storage cabins packed with various supplies.

Wei Xu adapted to the movement in the microgravity environment very quickly. He already enjoyed this way of moving like Qinggong in martial arts novels. Looking at the large number of living cabins along the way, he asked:

"How many astronauts do we currently have on the Tiangong-3 space station?"

Jing Yuhui in front said while leading the way:

"Counting you four, there are 97 astronauts on the space station now."

Wei Xu looked puzzled:

"so many people?"

Jing Yuhui led the way with a light body:

"This is only the number of permanent astronauts at this stage. The number will reach 500 in the next stage. After the "Fuyao Project" is put into use, the size of our space station's cabin will be expanded by half on the current basis. By then, the entire space station's regular astronauts will be

The number of astronauts stationed will reach more than 5,000."

Jing Yuhui led them from a docking port in the main cabin to the link cabin. Almost all of them were control equipment. They came to the middle section of the link cabin.

This cabin is very special compared to other cabins. Except for the floor and ceiling, the bulkhead is entirely made of glass.

There are consoles and monitors dotted on the ground and ceiling. Several astronauts are operating the equipment here. This section is located in the middle of the space station, where you can clearly see the entire space station.

Jing Yuhui stopped here:

"This is the command module of the entire space station. From here you can see everything in the dock of the space station."