As the stars rose, the sky slowly opened to the surroundings.
It’s like people who are used to watching small theaters suddenly switch to a giant screen with no boundaries. The shock is indescribable.
For a while, Lin Fan really had the illusion that he could pick stars with his hands.
But when we really got to outer space, we found that we couldn't pick anything.
Although those stars may not look beautiful and have no dazzling light, they are all big and small. But no matter how small they are, they are still planets.
Lanxing is relatively small in the solar system.
Lin Fan looked down at Lan Xing at his feet.
The enormous Blue Star Instrument was floating under her feet.
The stars are tiny compared to Lan Xing, not even as big as a satellite. How can you "pick stars"?
It’s beautiful!
Compared to various distant stars, there are more satellites around her.
It was known before that Country P had launched tens of thousands of satellites into space.
Now looking up, even though they are scattered in the vast atmosphere, they can be considered dense compared to the distant and rare planets.
No wonder they call P country's satellite launch plan the "Starnet" plan. It is actually quite worthy of the name.
Round, long, flat, with wings, without wings...
Lin Fan took a casual look and saw dozens of different small satellites.
From a distance, a large metal object was flying towards us, probably a satellite.
"Where is our space station? Is it the one flying over here?" Lin Fan moved closer to the approaching satellite.
In the control room, everyone had already celebrated the fact that the stars could move freely in space, unaffected by various harsh environments and free from power.
After hearing Lin Fan's question, he quickly returned to work.
"No. We're still behind." The ground control's voice came clearly through the headset. "Because the stars are moving faster than expected, you may have to wait a while."
"Oh." Lin Fan was in a daze in space, looking here and there.
It's really uncomfortable not being able to move.
"How about... I try going up again?" she suggested.
Because the space shuttle has various missions to perform, its planned flight altitude is much higher than that of a satellite flying around the planet in a fixed orbit.
After confirming that Lin Fan did not feel anything unusual, the central control approved the action.
"The space station is not far from you, don't fly too far!" At present, the stars are in good condition. Apart from being worried about the supporting energy, the main control is not that worried about other things.
"Xingchen understands!" Lin Fan replied and continued to rush upwards.
Because she had to go there and come back quickly, she slowed down.
The people in the control room watched as the speedometer numbers continued to rise, eventually stopping at 16.7 kilometers per second.
In fear and trepidation, they hoped that Xingchen would reach the third cosmic speed, but were also afraid that she would overdo it and not have enough energy.
In the end, worry outweighed expectations. When the vertical altitude reached 1,500 kilometers, the central control stopped Xingchen's exploration journey and asked her to return to the designated location to wait for the space station.
Lin Fan had just reached the exosphere and felt his body slightly warm when he was called back, feeling a little unsatisfied.
She felt she could continue, but she also knew that space was full of dangers, and it would be easy to get into trouble if she was too reckless during her first exploration.
He obeyed the order without hesitation and turned around to fly back.
After returning to the designated location, I saw a white space station appear from the end of Lanxing in a short while.
The space station's flight speed is also very fast. Although it is not as fast as the rocket propulsion speed, it can reach nearly 11 kilometers per second when flying in orbit.
The three astronauts above had also received the mission information long ago. One of them had already put on his spacesuit and was waiting for pick-up at the airlock door.
The other two people lay down in front of the observation window, staring wide-eyed and searching hard.
"Did you see that? Central control said the test flight was a success and Xingchen is waiting in orbit." Pilot A asked.
Although the space station is large, its attitude is fixed during flight, that is, the position of the observation window is fixed.
In addition, their eyesight was not as good as Lin Fan's, so it looked naturally laborious.
"I didn't see it, from this angle..." Pilot B wanted to complain, but then he remembered his beloved airport and said anxiously, "Wait a little longer, the angle will turn around."
The pilot guarding the door couldn't see anything and could only ask over the intercom, "The stars are white, right? Does she know which entrance to use?"
The space station is made up of several space capsules.
After the initial construction, it has reached a certain scale and has many hatches for entry and exit.
The stars are not intelligently controlled, so if you find the wrong exit, it will only waste some time.
What if there happens to be insufficient energy and he opens the door to find no one outside? It’s scary to think about it.
"It's white, with red markings on it. It's white overall." Pilot A replied, then excitedly shouted, "I think I saw it!"
"Where is it? Where is it?" asked Pilot B, searching intently with his eyes.
"There, there, in the upper left corner, one-fifth, the whiter one with red on it." said Pilot A.
"It seems so, it seems so!" Pilot B also saw it, "It should be, it looks neither round nor square, it looks like a human figure!"
The pilot in the airlock felt itchy after hearing this, but his task was equally difficult. He had to open the door for Xingchen and lead her in to rest.
I had to take a deep breath, review the operation steps again and again, and wait for the opportunity.
Lin Fan was also excited as he watched the gradually approaching space station, and began to replay the entry procedure in his mind.
At this time, the main control also connected the communications between the two sides.
"Heaven is calling the stars, Heaven is calling the stars, please answer if you hear me." A slightly excited female voice came from the headset. It was Astronaut B on the Heavenly Space Station.
"Xingchen received." Lin Fan's nose suddenly felt sore when he heard the call from the white space station.
She never expected that she could hear familiar voices and see kind people thousands of miles up in the sky, giving her a place to rest while adrift in space.
Even though she had only been here a short time, she was already far away from home both physically and mentally.
"Checking the entrance now." The other party was delighted to hear Lin Fan's voice. "You will enter through Exit 3. There are astronauts inside ready to meet you."
"Yes, I will enter from Exit 3. After verification, the hatch has been locked and I will be heading there soon." Lin Fan answered and flew over there.
Now the distance between the stars and the space station is only three to five kilometers, so there is little point in continuing to wait there. Of course, this is also the order from the main control.
The aviators in the airlock saw the star approaching rapidly through the camera outside the cabin and had already stopped outside the cabin door. They were very excited.
But he remained calm and inquired with the main control and opened the hatch according to the instructions.
As the hatch opened, one could see the stars floating quietly in the black space.
The contrast between black and white is interspersed with fiery red, and the visual effect is extremely shocking.
Unlike photos and videos, seeing the stars up close, and in this vast space...
The pilot was overwhelmed with emotions and waved his hands across the cabin, "Come in! Come in!"
Lin Fan looked at the middle-aged man in the space suit with tears in his eyes. Although he didn't know him, at that moment, he felt at ease, as if he had known him for a long time.
He answered loudly "Yes!", adjusted the direction, and slowly walked in.
Just when everyone was holding their breath and waiting eagerly.
With a clang, the big wings got stuck on the door...
As for speed, it is slightly faster than the fastest carrier rocket.
I spent a lot of time calculating the time and got myself confused. Just ignore it. It will be fast anyway.
Ha ha.
Is this paragraph slow? I was thinking of just giving it a quick rundown, but then I thought, since going to the space station is such a big deal, I might as well write about it.
In fact, I imagined that I was the one who went up there, hahaha
