"Slow down, even slower! Tang Hubing, pay attention to the laser alignment!"
"It's accurate, just off by three degrees, we can align it directly."
"This is a 90-ton module, a light bump could ruin it. From this angle, it seems there's a 0.5-degree axial misalignment. Use the RCS to adjust it a bit more."
"..."
At an altitude of 500 kilometers, as Glory used its robotic arm to carefully dock the living quarters onto the connecting corridor, it marked the completion of the first step in the second phase of the Forward Space Station's construction.
Now, including the truss, the weight of the Forward Space Station had already exceeded 560 tons. Together with Glory, that was more than 600 tons.
The title of the largest and heaviest spacecraft in human orbit had now been passed to the Forward Space Station.
Tang Hubing floated above the open cargo bay of Glory, where the angle of the sunlight forced him to pull down his visor.
