Mai Dong stumbled through the narrow passageway as she entered the Orion's airlock. She then hurriedly donned the heavy EVA suit.
"Quick! Quick! Quick! Quiiiicccck! Lady, be quicker! A little bit quicker!" Tomcat stared at the time on the screen as it controlled the arm to open.
The Eagle was approaching the United Space Station, and time waited for no man. Mai Dong only had one chance, and if she missed it, they had no other means of grappling the lander.
Mai Dong latched the safety tether to her body. This was the longest nylon safety tether in the space station, with a length of 500 meters that could withstand fifteen tonnes of tension. She then twisted open the airlock's outer hatch as she shouted, panting, "Mr. Cat! Mr. Cat… I'm out!"
"OK!"
