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Chapter 1590 Highlight Moment (rd update, please subscribe)

The vast sky always attracts people to open up countless fantasies about it. Since the launch of the first artificial satellite 10 years ago, mankind has sounded the clarion call to march into space. It was also from that year that another satellite was launched into space, and astronauts continued to break records one after another in space.

Nowadays, there are many satellites in space, including meteorological satellites that provide weather forecasts for people, communication satellites that broadcast TV programs for people and realize global communication, and of course global positioning satellites that allow people to know their exact location deep in the earth.

In addition to these satellites, there is another type of satellite, which is the reconnaissance satellite. These reconnaissance satellites are indispensable satellites for major powers. The United States and the Soviet Union launch new reconnaissance satellites almost every month. After all, the lifespan of those satellites is short. Once the film is finished, they lose their function. In order to carry out aerial reconnaissance missions, they can only continuously launch satellites to replace reconnaissance satellites that have completed their missions.

Unlike them, the Hawkeye reconnaissance satellite developed by SpaceX is the world's first reconnaissance satellite that can transmit images back to Earth in the form of compressed electronic signals.

Wanhujiao, image center.

As usual, staff at the Image Center continued to receive satellite photos transmitted by the Hawkeye reconnaissance satellite.

Since he entered service, the military has obtained a large amount of military intelligence through Eagle Eye satellite monitoring. As an image analyst, Shi Le's job is to conduct a preliminary review of the satellite photos transmitted back in real time.

Late that night, a photo on the screen caught his attention.

"This is?"

Although the photo was blurry, Shi Le still saw the extra object on the launch pad.

"Rocket! The Soviet moon rocket is about to launch!"

After seeing this picture, Shi Le immediately picked up the phone on the table and reported the situation.

Ten minutes later, the photos were developed and several outstanding image analysts were called in overnight. After carefully observing the photos with magnifying glasses, they came to the same conclusion - the Russians were about to launch their moon rocket!
Soon the news was reported to the official residence. Li Yian learned the news in bed. He had not yet gotten up when he received the call. After hearing the report from the other end of the phone, he was stunned for a moment, and then said:
"Okay, I know!"

Then Li Yian hung up the phone. After hanging up the phone, he leaned against the head of the bed and was stunned for a long time, and then he said to himself:
“Actually, this is a good thing!”

When he finished speaking, Hepburn, who was sleeping beside him, climbed onto him like a fish and asked:

"What good thing?"

"Russians!"

Li Yian looked at Hepburn and said:

"They are about to launch their moon rocket, and if it succeeds, humans will land on the moon..."

"what?"

Hepburn looked at the man in surprise and said:

"You mean the Russians are going to the moon, right?"

In an instant, Hepburn lost interest in the rocket. After all, even women would like such a big rocket!

So Hepburn asked anxiously:
"When! When will they launch their rocket? When will they go to the moon?"

"is this real?"

…………

The ink color covers the vast earth.

The Baianur Cosmodrome space launch site in the heart of northern Kazakhstan was brightly lit, quietly waiting for this world-renowned flight.

On the giant launch tower, a giant rocket pointed straight to the sky. Around the launch tower, officers and soldiers from the Ministry of Internal Affairs looked around vigilantly, holding AKM assault rifles, looking ready to fight at any time.

On the launch pad, engineers are loading fuel into the rocket. It will take more than ten hours to fill several thousand tons of fuel.

This is the last job.

While the engineers were concentrating on the fuel, two Internal Affairs Ministry soldiers who were on guard duty couldn't help but turn their eyes to the rocket.

"Ivan, can you believe this? We're going to the moon!"

"Alyosha, it's not us, it's the astronauts who are going to the moon!"

"I know, but those astronauts are just like us, they are all Soviet citizens. It is we Soviet citizens who are going to the moon, and we ..."

Alyosha said excitedly:

"We the Soviets are going to the moon on behalf of all mankind. Is there anything greater than this in the world?"

"no!"

There is nothing greater than this!
Not only Alyosha thought so, but also Gagarin and his crew members, who were quietly waiting for the mission in the astronaut dormitory, were lying in bed and couldn't sleep either.

Although doctors were monitoring their heartbeats, Gagarin and the crew members lay motionless in their beds, staring at the ceiling.

They didn't even talk, just made even breathing sounds because there was a monitoring device in the room.

“Perhaps this is truly the greatest mission!”

Gagarin thought silently that although he was proud of being the first astronaut of the Soviet Union, he knew that he was not the first human astronaut.

It was just a few minutes!

Whenever Gagarin thought of this, he felt lost.

In fact, this feeling of loss has always lingered in the hearts of all Soviet aerospace engineers because they missed the first opportunity in human history.

Just a few minutes, just a moment, but it determined a completely different fate. Gorman Titov turned his head to look at Gagarin, and Gagarin also turned his head when he felt his gaze, and they just looked at each other. And Andrea Grigorievich Nikolayev looked at Gagarin from another direction.

In the darkness, the three of them didn't speak a word, they just waited quietly for the mission day.

At 11 a.m. on November 27, although the snow covered the grass at the Baikonur launch site two days ago, now the weather was clear and under the starry sky, a team consisting of Gagarin, Gorman Titov and Andrea Grigorievich Nikolayev walked out of the room.

As they walked out of the room, Komarov, Konstantin Feoktistov and Boris Yegorov, who came out of the next room, also walked out of the room. They were the reserve team.

A few months ago, they had completed all the test missions except the moon landing. In space, Komarov and his team were only a dozen kilometers away from the moon!
That is the closest distance humans have ever been to the moon!

And soon, this record will be broken.

"I wish you success, my friends!"

Komarov, the head of the backup crew, looked at Gagarin and the others and said with blessing:

"I'll be here waiting for you to come back!"

Gagarin smiled and said:

"We will definitely return safely! Komarov, you must prepare the vodka, understand?"

"must!"

As the two groups prepared to leave, they said goodbye to their families again. Andrea's wife Tereshkova, with her daughter who was not even one year old, shouted to her husband:

"My dear, my daughter and I are waiting for you on Earth!"

Tereshkova is also an astronaut. She is the first female astronaut in the world! She and Andrea are also the only astronaut couple in the world.

Just like that, after a brief farewell, the two groups boarded two cars respectively. With the cameras following them, the cars traveled safely all the way. After arriving at the launch tower, the first group, led by Gagarin, got on the elevator, and soon, with the help of engineers, they entered the crew cabin.

When we were about to enter the crew cabin, the accompanying reporter asked:
"Comrade Gagarin, do you have anything to say to us, to all of humanity?"

"Dear fellow human beings, today, we will go to the moon on behalf of mankind. We will greet you from the moon, my fellow human beings!"

All the words were carefully written by experts. For the Soviet Union, it was not just a moon landing, but a propaganda of the greatness of the Soviet Union, the Soviet ideals, and the fact that the Soviet Union represented all mankind.

After Gagarin entered the crew cabin, the engineers helped them secure it and then stepped out.

When the launch entered the final preparations, Rocket Force Marshal Nedelin also walked into the command. He walked to Korolev and said:
"How's it going, Comrade Chief Engineer? Is everything going well?"

Korolev nodded and replied:

"Comrade Marshal, everything goes well."

"That's good. The people are looking forward to your good news!"

Then, Nedelin left the command center and stood outside it, watching through the glass window. The command center... was the engineers' territory, and he, the marshal, was just a spectator.

In the following period of time, various departments kept reporting, and the thousands of sensors in the rocket continuously transmitted data to the command. The heads of various departments in the command center would end their reports with "**Preparation completed!"

With every "Ready!", green lights lit up on the command desk. There were hundreds of green lights, lighting up one after another. If there was a red light, the launch would be postponed.

God bless!

all the best.

At 11:27 a.m. on November 4, with the final shout of “Ready!”, all the green lights on the main control console lit up.

The launch site commander reported:

"Comrade Chief Engineer, the rocket is ready for launch!"

"Launch window."

"The launch window remains at 35 minutes."

"Communications from overseas measurement and control departments."

"Communication is normal!"

After completing the final preparations, Korolev said:
"Agreed to launch!"

With the order, the launch procedure was initiated and the countdown soon began.

At the launch site, the N1 carrier rocket appears brighter in the night under the light of the searchlight.

“…5, 4, 3, 2, 1, ignite!”

As the command was given, without the trained golden finger, the launch button was pressed, and at that moment, the rocket roared, shaking the earth. The rocket rose from the ground with a long tail flame, and the flame at the tail was like a dragon, piercing the sky.

Gradually, the rocket disappeared into the inky night sky and turned into a dot of starlight. In front of the final assembly and testing plant 2.5 kilometers away from the launch tower, the crowd watching the launch just stared at the rocket and the huge tail flame.

At this moment, no matter what they believed, they were unexpectedly praying in their hearts.

Gradually the rocket disappeared from people's sight. But even so, people still stared at the night sky...

(End of this chapter)