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“Little bird, I’m Texas, can you hear me?

Little bird, I am..."

Reed Wiseman sat in the command module of the Orion spacecraft, picked up the microphone and made the call over and over again.

Artemis 2 arranged different call signs for the command module and lander in accordance with the customs of the Apollo period. The lander driven by Victor was called "Bird" and the command module was "Texas".

It is now 21:02 Beijing time. Shuguang 3 on the lunar surface has just completed the flag-raising ceremony to celebrate the official start of the Guanghan Palace No. 1 base. It is already preparing to stop the live broadcast and carry out operations.

According to the plan, the "Little Bird" should also land about 35 kilometers away from Shuguang-3.

But 30 minutes ago, Wiseman knew it was impossible.

That was the final stage of descent. Victor controlled the HLS to complete the last major attitude adjustment. At this time, the landing point was already aligned with the planned landing area, and the mission was about to succeed.

More than half an hour ago, Koch reported that the sensor of the leaking tank had reacted, but Houston and themselves all agreed that there was no risk that could be ignored.

Even before Koch could turn off the alarm, it stopped warning itself because the pressure dropped to zero.

After a while, everyone felt that there was no risk. The final landing was completely possible even if it relied on manual control by astronauts, and there was still more than half of the fuel left, so it seemed to be smooth.

However, at this time Wiseman suddenly heard a scream from Victor on the 'bird':

"Shit, it's not responding."

"What happened, Victor?"

"Zizhi... small problem, it seems that there is something wrong with the communication module... sizzle... it is adjusting... sizzle... beep -"

The call, mixed with huge current noise, ended suddenly, and the "beep" sound should have been Victor turning off the microphone.

After a few seconds, his voice reappeared, and this time the call quality was clear.

"Hello? I'm Victor."

Houston: "This is Houston, Birdie, why are you interrupting communications?"

"I don't know. The main communication module just went out, but I enabled the backup communication. There is no problem now, that's all."

Although the communication failure was indeed not an immediate fatal problem, both Houston and the astronauts on the "Gateway" began to look for problems, and "Little Bird" continued to concentrate on the landing mission.

However, less than a minute later, Victor’s voice sounded again:

“Fuck! Navigation failed, navigation failed!

The electronic navigator has lost its signal, it doesn't work, it's dead! "

The astronauts and Houston on the other end of the radio immediately became concerned. "Blue Moon" is equipped with two sets of electronic navigation systems and one set of inertial navigation systems. This is a guarantee to ensure that astronauts accurately enter orbit and land at the predetermined location. Once Lose control of your position and the situation becomes extremely dangerous.

Without ground guidance, Victor began to restart and introduce backup according to the emergency operation manual, but he could not hear any good news after working for two or three minutes.

At this time, Wiseman heard Claire’s calm voice:

“Little bird, this is Claire Borden, abandon the landing mission immediately, use the remaining fuel to re-enter orbit, Wiseman will come to take you home;

Repeat, abandon the landing mission immediately, the Artemis 2 mission is cancelled, enter orbit immediately, enter orbit immediately! "

After a full minute, perhaps because his last efforts were still useless, Victor chose to give up:

"Houston, I will manually re-enter the 30-kilometer orbit, and Birdie will abandon its mission."

Due to the failure of electronic navigation, Victor wisely chose to activate the full manual mode to operate the lander. It was also at this time that Lin Ju saw the rising altitude.

But after just re-accelerating for about a minute, Wiseman heard Koch and Victor curse at the same time:

“There was a blackout, there was a blackout in the cabin, we lost power!

All the lights are gone, I can't see anything now, oh engine stopped, engine stopped! "

NACA immediately switched off the live broadcast and began to rescue the "little bird" with all its strength, but the communication became intermittent again.

Even the radio signal received by the closer "Gateway" space station was incomplete, and even a complete sentence could not be heard. The dangerous situation of the two astronauts could only be felt through the sound.

At 20:47, the "Little Bird" disappeared from the radar and communications were completely interrupted.

This shows that its trajectory has deviated too far and is out of the range of the directional radar.

The entire Houston went into a state of madness, desperately activating emergency plans and asking the astronauts on the "Gateway" to keep calling.

They also quickly thought of seismic monitoring methods. Detectors that land on the lunar surface will be equipped with such devices to detect the geological structure and mineral composition of the lunar surface. Isis has the most sensitive detector on board.

After 15 minutes, Isis did not send back any impact fluctuations, indicating that the engine must have restarted successfully, but we don’t know where it landed or re-entered orbit - of course, it may also crash, if it deviates too far Earthquake monitors can't detect it either.

"Reed, give me back."

Jeremy Hansen took the intercom from Wiseman and continued the call:

"Little bird, this is Texas, please inform..."

Wiseman leaned against the porthole tiredly, his mind running rapidly as he thought about the current situation:

As long as the power is not lost, he believes that Victor can definitely control the lander. HLS still retains the most basic mechanical transmission control. Victor has undergone 150 hours of special training, so he must believe in his ability.

There is still a lot of fuel left. After all, HLS is an integral lander, and the best option is to enter orbit. The most likely and best result is that they have already entered orbit, and they must be trying to get in touch;

If it is a landing, it is definitely because there is a more serious failure in the cabin and even the orbiting operation cannot be completed. The landing will also become very dangerous, and the probability of death is at least 50%.

Extreme conditions have been considered on the lander. Not only does it have a separate emergency kit, but there is also a communication device on the spacesuit. In theory, as long as they are not dead, they should still be able to contact them.

Calculating the time, if they choose to land, they should have reached the lunar surface within 20 minutes at most. If they don't get any news, they may have to ask for international assistance.

However, there is another problem that also puzzles Wiseman. First, the communication module, then the navigator, and finally the power outage in the entire cabin. This means that the entire electrical system is in trouble. There are strikes one after another. Such a big hidden danger should not be there. It couldn't be found out during the inspection.

There was also that weird sensor. Although there was no evidence, he always felt that there was some connection.