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Chapter 156 Docking to the International Space Station

After the transition module was loaded into the aerospace aircraft, the inspection experts began to conduct the final inspection on the aerospace aircraft. The Kaitian Group made an exception for this process and opened it to all participating countries, allowing their experts to conduct close-up visits.Anyway, the entire aerospace aircraft technology is extremely complex, far from being imitated by the United States, Russia and other countries after a few visits. Wang Zhen is happy to use it as a deterrent force to make countries get closer to China.

Although allowing countries to visit is likely to cause these countries to put pressure on China to let China open up its aerospace aircraft manufacturing technology, but if China resists the pressure, these countries can't go to China to grab it hard.And with the launch of the space factory, China already has the weapons to suppress the military power of the world. Even if these countries want to use force against China, Wang Zhen also has a series of countermeasures.

　
　Wang Zhen didn't know what the President of the United States was thinking. After the experts from various countries had visited, the experts from Kaitian Group unceremoniously cleared everyone out and began the final inspection before takeoff.Although he is not afraid that the United States, Russia and other countries will imitate the equipment in the aerospace plane after visiting, Wang Zhen still does not intend to let them know too much about everything about the aerospace plane. Appetite can get the benefits you want from it.

The aerospace plane is finally about to take off. The leaders of all countries are gathered at the command center, waiting for this exciting moment. In order to transport the transition module into space orbit this time, they have traveled to China three or four times. .The employees of Kaitian Group enthusiastically (at least on the surface) arranged seats for everyone and brought various refreshments before politely returning to their posts.

At [-] o'clock in the morning, the aerospace plane finally drove out of the hangar. After the final preparations by the ground crew, the crew and the experts who were preparing to enter space began to board the aerospace plane.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Kaitian Group's engine started smoothly and began to rush forward along the running guide, but then the leaders and experts of various countries saw an incredible scene.The huge aerospace plane left the ground from the beginning of acceleration, and it can basically be regarded as leaving the ground vertically, continuously rising to high altitude.The entire huge aerospace plane rose to an altitude of more than 50 meters, and began to accelerate and rush forward amidst a huge roar.

The heads of leaders and experts from various countries are covered with question marks, but no one has explained to them. Everyone is busy with the work at hand, and even the leaders of China are also attentively watching the control of the command center. big screen.The huge aerospace plane was in the air, quickly completed the acceleration process, roared into the sky, and disappeared from everyone's sight.Everyone stared nervously at the big screen in the control and command center, watching the aerospace plane enter space smoothly, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Since the entry point of the orbit was found relatively well, and the speed of the space shuttle was much faster than that of the space shuttle, everyone quickly saw China's air force station on the big screen.Just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief and prepared for the next matchmaking, they suddenly realized that several hours had passed.The leaders and experts of various countries ignored the time because of their nervousness and high concentration of mental power. It was only at this moment that they realized that the time passed so quickly.

The aerospace plane quickly caught up with the space station, and after more than ten minutes of adjustments, it finally checked its position with the space station, opened the back panel and began to release the transition cabin.Under the push of the thick and powerful mechanical arm, the huge transition cabin was slowly erected, and the docking procedure with the space station began.The mechanical arm fixed on the outer deck of the space station also started to work, slowly moved to the vicinity of the transition cabin, and was directly fixed on the transition cabin, slowly pulling the space station to the transition cabin to complete the final docking.

From Kaitian Group catching up with the space station to releasing the transition module, and then completing the docking with the space station, the whole process took less than half an hour, which shocked the presidents of the United States and Russia.You must know that on the International Space Station, it is only the docking of one module. Even if all the preparations are done, it will take 15 minutes to move a robotic arm to complete the docking. However, the transition module made in China is so large that the entire docking process It took less than half an hour to complete. From a technical point of view, China has surpassed countries such as the United States and Russia for many years.

After completing the docking of the transition module and the space station, the aerospace plane did not directly leave the space station for return as everyone imagined.On the aerospace plane, three thick mechanical arms stretched out one after another, directly fixing the transition module on the aerospace plane.After finishing all this, the space station and the aerospace plane turned on the state adjustment engine at the same time, and began to decelerate the space station, flying in space at a speed lower than the first cosmic speed.

Because the entire space station is flying around the earth at a speed lower than the first cosmic speed, the centrifugal force generated can no longer counteract the gravitational force of the earth itself, and the entire space station and aerospace planes begin to fall towards the earth at the same time.The state adjustment engines on the space station and the aerospace plane started at the same time, and began to lift the space station upwards. Three to 10 minutes later, everyone saw the International Space Station on the big screen.

After the International Space Station was displayed on the big screen, China's space station began to accelerate, and 10 minutes later, the International Space Station slowly drifted over China's space station.This was the first time the astronauts on the International Space Station saw the Chinese space station. Everyone stopped their work and lay down on the observation window to look at the big guy below.

Although everyone usually operates in a close orbit, China's space station is several kilometers higher than the orbit of the International Space Station, and its operating speed is much higher. The relative speed of the two is equal.One is on the side of the earth, and the other is on the back of the region. The two space stations have never met before. Although I heard that China’s space station is huge, after seeing it, all the astronauts on the International Space Station were stunned. up.

These astronauts are in the International Space Station every day, moving at high speed in a zero-gravity environment. They have never seen such a huge object floating in front of them, let alone the distance is so close.While the astronauts were still in shock, the communicator in the space station suddenly rang, "This is the China Tiangong space station, calling the International Space Station, please answer." After the other party repeated it again, someone responded, Floating over quickly, picked up the communicator, "This is the International Space Station, I heard the Tiangong call."

"Please pay attention to adjust the attitude of the International Space Station. Tiangong will dock with the International Space Station in 10 minutes. Please get ready." While communicating, Tiangong also transmitted a copy of the attitude data of the space station to the International Space Station during docking.The communication from Tiangong had just ended, and the International Space Station received a communication from the Houston Space Center, informing all the astronauts on the International Space Station to prepare for docking with China's Tiangong space station.

Everyone was caught off guard by China. From the perspective of the United States and Russia, a lot of complicated calculations are still needed to complete the docking of the two space stations.No one has ever thought that China would advance the process by several months, and after completing the docking of the transition module and the Tiangong space station, it would directly notify Houston and the International Space Station to prepare for docking.

Kaitian Group owns the photonic computer with the fastest calculation speed in the world. It started high-speed calculations as soon as the transition module docked with the space station, and completed the calculations as early as the Tiangong completed the deceleration process.In fact, the whole process does not require any adjustments from the International Space Station. The Tiangong itself can complete the docking with the International Space Station with the aerospace plane. The reason why I notified the International Space Station is just to let everyone be careful about collisions. Part of the reason for notifying Houston is to save the other party’s face. Another part of the reason was Wang Zhen's prank.

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