The Crimson Heart spacecraft's material storage warehouse has been installed in the Hercules rocket, which launched it into orbit. A temporary Hercules rocket is currently parked adjacent to the launch tower. The huge arrow, which stood 70 meters tall, pointed straight up into the sky, and a heroic aura that pierced the sky continued to emanate from it for the rest of the day.
As soon as the old man gave the order, the five astronauts all stood up at the same time, facing the screen, and gave a standard military salute to all of the control room operators before turning around and exiting the control room in a straight line.
Alexandra watched as the five astronauts boarded the shuttle bus, which then proceeded directly to the launch tower, all while watching on the surveillance screen. The five astronauts descended from the bus and then ascended to the level with the tip of the Hercules rocket by way of an elevator that was the height of the Hercules rocket.
The launch tower has been evacuated and the crew has been escorted away. The five astronauts entered the rocket one by one, one by one, through the air bridge. When this occurs, the exit to the material storage warehouse is locked, and the rocket channel is locked as well.
Real-time images taken by the astronauts are transmitted via the storage bin camera, and the spacesuit in the cabin continuously monitors the astronauts' heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure, body temperature, and other physiological data through the spacesuit.
Using the wind gauge, you can see the current surface wind speed as well as the upper-air wind speed. The weather satellite can tell you about the current weather conditions. Sensors on the rocket provide information about the operation of instruments in various parts of the rocket. An extremely dignified atmosphere pervaded the entire control hall, as the staff worked tirelessly to complete their tasks. The image of the elderly gentleman has always been projected onto a large screen. It's clear that the old man has been keeping an eye on things.
The astronauts were about forty minutes into the flight when Hao Fei appeared on the big screen again and reported to the old man Hui: "Report to the head of state, everything is ready, the modules of the rocket are normal, and the weather conditions are favorable, please instruct!"
"Launch!" exclaimed the elderly gentleman.
"The 30-second countdown begins!" yelled Hao Fei, who turned around and shouted loudly.
Three and zero appeared on the other screen in the form of huge Arabic numerals; the first was three and the second was zero. It was twenty-nine when the number was changed after a while.
It was at this point that the massive steel frame that encircled the rocket and was attached to the launch tower came crashing down, cutting off communication between the Hercules spacecraft and the launch tower.
There have been numerous reports of detection signals from various rocket modules in the past few days. Following the publication of these reports, the words "everything is normal" are included. This indicates that the Hercules rocket is in good condition.
When the countdown reached four, Alex was able to see a crimson flame appear at the tail of the Hercules rocket on another large screen that was broadcasting the real-time exterior scene of the Hercules rocket in real time on the ground. This flame is not particularly strong, but it appears to be packed with power.
This group of rockets quickly grew in strength in just four seconds, and eventually transformed into a vertical jet aircraft. A timer on the Hercules rocket triggered the simultaneous ignition of all four booster engines as the flames intensified. As the flames from the booster merged with the flames from the rocket's main engine, it became nearly impossible to see anything.
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"Launch!" The word "launch" was shouted out by Hao Fei.
At this point, the fire coming from the Hercules rocket's tail became more intense once more. When they were about to exit the rocket, the flames became colorless and transparent. Only the air around them, which had become distorted and deformed as a result of the high temperature, demonstrated their strength. They turned a bright crimson red and rolled into a ball as soon as they were a few meters away from the rocket's tail propulsion system.
A large amount of thick white fog evaporated from the rocket's tail, almost completely covering a space of several tens of meters in radius on the ground. Alex was well aware that the flame ejected by the rocket was guided out of the rocket by the diversion groove, and that the liquid used for cooling evaporated in a short period of time.
Even Alex, who was sitting at least a thousand meters away from the Hercules rocket at the time, could feel the earth tremble at that moment. It felt like an earthquake, with a very slight but very dull shaking, but it wasn't quite the same as an earthquake in terms of intensity.
Alex raised his eyes to the real-time location display screen, where he saw that the Hercules heavy carrier rocket, which stood 70 meters tall and weighed more than 4,000 tons, was slowly launching into space. At first, its speed was extremely slow, as if a rope were slowly lifting it up, but after only ten seconds, its speed increased dramatically, reaching an unbelievable level of speed. high.
During the extremely rapid acceleration, the gravitational pull within the rocket can be as much as ten times greater than the gravity of the earth. These five astronauts, who are lying flat in a storage bin, have somewhat distorted faces, as can be seen in the photos.
The astronauts are unable to even lift their arms because of the immense gravity. They can only lie quietly in the storage warehouse, using all of their strength to fight against a massive gravitational force that is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.
Several things that appeared to be fragments of the rocket body were scattered on the ground like rain, giving the impression that they had been peeled off the rocket body. Alex realized that the fragments he was looking at were actually the insulation layer of the rocket, which was made of foamed plastics.