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Chapter 33 “A Chance Encounter” in Space

At noon the next day, the Manned Dragon spacecraft had been flying in space for eighteen and a half hours, and its orbit was very close to the International Space Station.

At this time, it was past ten o'clock in the evening in China, and the live broadcast of the Manned Dragon spacecraft was still going on, with hundreds of thousands of people watching the live broadcast.

"President Musk, satellite monitoring has detected other spacecraft flying in low-Earth orbit and will rendezvous with us near the International Space Station!" the monitoring staff reported.

In fact, they had already detected China's spacecraft. But they didn't care. This was not the first time that China launched a spacecraft for space testing. Although this time it was larger, there were no reports in China. It was probably an unmanned spacecraft!

"Will there be any problems?" Musk hasn't slept since yesterday afternoon until now, just waiting for the moment when the Crew Dragon spacecraft docks with the International Space Station!

"No." The monitor said, "Their flight trajectory is staggered from ours, and there is no risk of collision."

"That's good, but when did China create such a spacecraft?" Musk looked at the surveillance screen and satellite surveillance, not knowing whether there were people inside. Anyway, they defaulted to an unmanned spacecraft.

In the Manned Dragon spacecraft, American astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are contacting the International Space Station.

The International Space Station is the largest space platform operating in low-Earth orbit and can conduct various space experiments and research. It was jointly developed by the National Space Administration of the United States, the Russian National Space Agency, the European Space Agency, the Island Space Research Institute and the Canadian Space Agency, and was put into use in 2010.

"Preparations for docking are complete!" said Blake, the American astronaut in the American space station section of the National Space Station: "Welcome to you. You will be the 150th and 151st American astronauts to board the International Space Station!"

China has only a handful of astronauts who have entered space, but in the United States, more than a hundred people have been in space!

"How does it feel to fly?" Blake asked.

"Pretty good." Doug Hurley smiled. "Although the Crew Dragon spacecraft is a little narrow, the flight process is very stable. Now my family is very happy, and I am also a person who has been in space!"

"Calm down, this will be the norm from now on!" Blake laughed, "I heard from people at the space agency that now the White House has decided to restart the space race, and space will be our second home from now on."

"Of course, only for us Americans!"

He sounded very confident. Currently, only the United States can easily send astronauts into space. Not only the American Space Agency, but also private companies can do it!

"Okay, get ready to dock! I've seen the space station!" Bob Behnken began to operate the spacecraft, preparing to battle with the International Space Station.

"Come on!" Blake was also operating the instrument.

At this moment, a message was sent to them, requesting video contact with them.

"Xingzhou? That Chinese unmanned spacecraft?" Bob Behnken and Black connected on the video call.

They thought it was someone from the Chinese Ground Command Center who was in video contact with them, but the scene in the video made several American astronauts’ jaws drop in shock!

In the video, two yellow-skinned Chinese astronauts are sitting in the Xingzhou spacecraft, talking to them:

"International Space, Manned Dragon spacecraft, this is the China Starship aerospace plane, we are astronauts Tian Qing and Wu Pingfan. We are sailing in orbit, the orbit angle is xxx, and we are about to meet you. Please adjust the angle to prevent collision ACCIDENT!"

Tian Qing's fluent English made Bob Behnken and others suspect that they had watched a fake video. Is there a pilot in that spacecraft?

When did the Chinese go into space? And he also rides on a space plane developed by himself!

"You are Chinese, are you in the aerospace plane?" Blake asked in horror, this is a big deal for no one!

"Yes." Tian Qing greeted politely and said, "On behalf of the China Space Administration and Xingyao Space Technology, I would like to say hello to you from space."

"You..." Blake stared blankly at the screen. He never expected that he would meet Chinese astronauts in space!

Although China has sent people into space, they only moved in space for a while and then quickly landed back on the ground!

This time, they actually drove a space plane and circled in space. What on earth was going on?

Blake suppressed his surprise and hurriedly sent the news back to the NASA!

Likewise, Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley couldn't calm down in the Crew Dragon spacecraft, just look at the satellite images. The opponent's Xingzhou space plane seems to be much larger than their Manned Dragon spacecraft!

In the Manned Dragon spacecraft, the two people's activities are limited to the cockpit, and they can hardly leave their seats!

Looking back at the two Chinese astronauts Tian Qing and Wu Pingfan in the camera, their seats are very spacious and they can move around at will.

There seems to be a lot of space behind the aerospace plane that can be used to load supplies!

American astronauts feel like a car meets Optimus Prime, they are that car!

The scenes in space are also transmitted to the ground.

NASA, after receiving Black's information, the top officials of the space agency were confused!

"What did you say? Are there people in that spacecraft? Or are they two Chinese astronauts?"

The expressions of the senior executives changed drastically: "When? Why is there no news at all?"

"Why are there people inside? Have they been able to send astronauts into space?"

"Report immediately!"

This matter is of great significance. If China can fly its aerospace plane into space, it can deploy space weapons!

Musk, who was looking forward to docking the Crew Dragon spacecraft with the International Space Station, saw the greetings from Chinese astronauts before the docking was successful.

"There is someone in the aerospace plane? Didn't you say it was an unmanned spacecraft?" Musk said angrily.

"This... we are just guessing, China has not disclosed any information!" The staff were also very surprised. Previously, China only tested aerospace aircraft, but this time it actually took people into space!

"Xingyao Space Technology?" Musk also noticed the term, "Is this space plane a product of Xingyao Space Technology?"

He had not paid attention to this company before, but after hearing that Du Xingyu served as a technology consultant for this company, he took a closer look. He did not expect to hear the term so soon!

"Xingyao Space Technology has launched an aerospace plane that is more powerful than the Manned Dragon spacecraft... If other investors and the American people see this, this incident will not only not be an honor, but will also become a shame." Musk said Thinking about it carefully, I broke into a cold sweat.

He hurriedly ordered: "Is it still live broadcast now?"

"Yes." The subordinate replied, "As you told me, the live broadcast cannot be stopped!"

"The scene of Chinese people saying hello was also broadcast?"

"seems like it."

"Damn it!" Musk cursed, "Turn it off now!"

He was too excited to sleep before, but now, he is too anxious to sleep. Drinking champagne and having a celebration party are all in vain!

The staff hurriedly turned off the live broadcast, but the scene of the Chinese astronauts saying hello had already been broadcast and was watched by a large number of American viewers.

Thanks to gchbin, Magic Bookworm, Hebian Polygonum, and my cousin from the South for their tips.

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