In low-Earth orbit, the huge International Space Station is orbiting the Earth stably.

The space shuttle Atlantis successfully separated from the space station's hanger at 7:50 a.m. GMT on Earth. After the space station's pressure-stabilizing pipe separated from the space shuttle body, a trail of white smoke came out.

The auxiliary thruster on one side of the space shuttle's fuselage continuously uses intermittent injection to enable the space shuttle to safely move away from the space station in accordance with the established flight procedures.

After Atlantis moved away from the space station and slid into a safe area, it made a 360° rotation in the cold and silent outer space. Then the main thruster ignited. Although huge turbulence and fluctuations were formed, it resembled a sharp turbulence.

It rushed towards the earth's atmosphere like an arrow.

Watching the fire emitted by Atlantis's three main thrusters gradually disappear into the darkness. Yang Rui sighed and moved his gaze from the observation window back to the living cabin. He looked at the pipes and instruments of various colors densely covered on the surrounding walls.

At this time, his brows wrinkled unconsciously.

At this time, James floated over from not far away. He had obviously just finished urinating, and the zipper of his one-piece suit was not zipped up. His mood seemed to be exactly the opposite of Yang Rui's, with a rosy complexion, bright eyes, and a smile on his lips.

Smiling.

When he floated in front of Yang Rui, he said, "What? You feel homesick when you first came here?"

Yang Rui said cringily: "My toilet hasn't been repaired yet."

James smiled and said: "I remember you were not included in this flight plan."

Yang Rui nodded: "I am a temporary worker who works as a substitute."

"As a temporary worker, NASA pays you a lot of money. Your salary for one hour is more than the person who repairs your toilet for a year." James said as his body floated to the other side of the living cabin.

Yang Rui didn't speak any more. He lightly kicked his feet on the bulkhead and lay flat on his back floating in the air. He held his head with his hands and looked like he was lying on a transparent bed. He looked quite like that.

Comfortable.

At this time, with a "snap" sound, the hatch connecting to the space laboratory was pushed open, and the tall Russian astronaut Kirov held the hatch with both hands and got into the living cabin. His arrival made the place seem a bit crowded.

Kirov pushed Yang Rui aside with his big hands and muttered red cabbage soup-flavored English: "Don't stand in my way here."

Yang Rui stretched out his middle finger and gestured hard at Kirov. Kirov saw this scene and laughed: "I will kill you when you get back to the ground."

Yang Rui said sarcastically: "Why don't you do it now, then you will definitely be on the headlines tomorrow."

James shouted from a distance: "Gentlemen, such words are against the space station's code of conduct."

Yang Rui scolded: "Fuck the code of conduct."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the green light next to the monitor on the bulkhead turn on, which indicated that the communication signal from the earth had been received by the International Space Station.

James turned on the monitor, and a distorted fat face appeared on it. The fat face opened his mouth and said: "This is Houston, please reply."

James turned on the intercom and replied with a sunny smile on his fat face: "Good morning Houston, this is the International Space Station. Over!"

The fat face continued to distort to an incredible degree on the monitor. Although James tried to adjust the angle of the receiving antenna, the effect was still not obvious.

Fat Face said: "This is Houston. Gamma rays are further intensifying. I need detailed data for the last twenty-four hours. Over!"

James said: "I will package the data and upload it to the transmission unit in ten minutes. The current intensity of gamma rays is still below the warning value. Finished!"

Apparently Fat Face saw Yang Rui floating around behind James, and he asked: "Rui, are you okay?"

Although Yang Rui knew that the fat face was his immediate boss, Peter, the director of NASA's aerospace technology department, he still couldn't help turning his head and shouting at the monitor: "You are a big liar!"

A lot of laughter came from the loudspeaker, and these laughter came from colleagues in the NASA command center in Houston. Peter also laughed, showing his huge yellow teeth, and he said: "After this mission is over, I will

Your application for transfer will be considered."

Yang Rui seemed a little emotional. He pushed James in front of him and shouted at the monitor: "This is the fourth time you have told me this. I will not believe you anymore. I want to go home!!"

After saying that, he punched the frame of the monitor several times to show his anger.

Peter seemed calm and composed. He was not worried that the astronaut, who was somewhat out of control, would cause some personal harm to him. He said calmly: "Rui, you need counseling from a psychiatrist. I will arrange for Charlie to be sent to you in ten minutes."

Dr. Dayton spoke to you."

Yang Rui knew that his face would appear on the big screen at the Houston command center, so he stretched out his middle finger and pointed at the monitor and replied: "I can search for the British psychological counseling skills on Google.

I don’t want to listen to his nagging.”

James said from the side: "Houston, this is the International Space Station. I think Rui is just a slight sign of space confinement syndrome. He will return to normal after having breakfast. Over!"

Peter was unmoved and said: "We will evaluate Rui's behavior to confirm whether he can continue to be qualified for the position of astronaut."

"Then it's better to arrest me!" Yang Rui continued: "It's better to be in prison than here. I've simply had enough of this damn coffin."

Suddenly, the alarm above the living cabin remembered. James immediately grabbed the armrest and rushed to the monitor and shouted: "Report the fault code."

Kirov's huge body flexibly passed through the living cabin, came to his operating position, checked the instruments, and shouted: "Fault code BSH775, fault location is No. 1 main solar panel."

James shouted again: "Rui, start the surveillance camera and confirm the fault."

Yang Rui used his left hand to control the holographic camera to turn towards the No. 1 main solar panel.

"I saw it." Yang Rui shouted: "Visually, it was a micro meteorite that hit the A4 module of the battery panel."

James shouted: "We successfully stopped an Earth-destroying asteroid!"

After saying that, all three astronauts laughed.

Peter's fat face became more and more distorted on the monitor, and there were snowflakes on the screen, almost no one could be seen. James could only contact Houston through the microphone.

After James reported what just happened, he said: "Houston, please go outside and dismantle the destroyed battery panel modules."

Peter replied: "No! Rui's mental state is not suitable for extravehicular operations."

James said: "Judging from the surveillance footage, the destroyed battery template is likely to break away on its own and hit the outer bulkhead of the space laboratory, causing unknown damage. Request extravehicular operation. Complete."

Yang Rui grabbed James's walkie-talkie and shouted: "I'm fine, I just want to complain. If I were really crazy, this space station would have been blown up by me long ago. Please allow me to conduct extravehicular operations. Over.

.”

The loudspeaker made a harsh noise due to current interference. Yang Rui continued: "Houston, this is the International Space Station. I am in good condition and can perform extravehicular operations. I think you can no longer let Atlantis return.

The space station is here, and I am currently the only person here with experience in extravehicular operations. Over!"

"Houston understands and allows extravehicular operations." Peter made the decision.

Thirty minutes later, after the temporary plan for extravehicular operations was finalized, James put on Yang Rui's spacesuit according to the operating regulations meticulously. While putting on the helmet, he found a metal necklace exposed on Yang Rui's neck. So he reached out.

I grabbed it and looked at it. It was a beautiful necklace, and the pendant was an exquisite cross.

James smiled and said: "Hanging decorations is against the code of conduct for extravehicular operations."

"Fuck the rules." Yang Rui cursed: "The space station regulations also stipulate that each astronaut can carry no more than one kilogram of personal belongings."

"But..." James still hesitated: "Will taking this out of the cabin interfere with the instruments?"

Yang Rui patted James on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Relax, I have performed a total of 27 extravehicular operations, and I have worn it every time without any problems. This thing can be regarded as my amulet."

James shrugged his shoulders, made no further objections, and continued to pressurize the spacesuit. After helping Yang Rui put on the heavy helmet, he suddenly asked: "Do you also believe in God?"

Yang Rui chuckled and said: "If I believed in God, I would not choose to do this business. However, my girlfriend is a theist, she is a devout Catholic, and she has been trying to convince me of the existence of God.

. But I told her, I am God. Because the things we do now are what the gods do in the eyes of the people of the time when Jesus preached."

James nodded and said: "It's really hard for me to believe that you will come together. This is simply a difficult problem of cosmic physics. You are not in the same plane at all."

Yang Rui stuck out his tongue: "This can only be explained by a miracle."

James snorted and explained, "Love goes beyond science."

"You got the answer right." Yang Rui pushed the drinking pipe to the side to avoid poking his chin when he turned his head. When he heard James say this, he nodded and said, "Love brings us together."

James turned on the power of the spacesuit and slowly lowered the oxygen mask until Yang Rui's handsome face was completely covered. He said: "I wish you good luck and don't be stupid."

Yang Zhong adjusted his body posture in the space suit, then turned on the communication module and replied: "In order to return to Earth as soon as possible and see my girlfriend, I will also follow the operating procedures."

"I hope so." James stretched his arms a little, floated into the operating cabin and said to Yang Rui through the microphone: "Enter the exit position and prepare for the last five minutes."

"Understood." Yang Rui, wearing a clumsy spacesuit, slowly got into the upper hatch of the living module, which was connected to the exit preparation room. At the last moment of getting in, Yang Rui did not forget to say hello to Kirov:

"See you soon, Russian."

Kirov waved to Yang Rui: "Although you are saving me, I won't miss you."

"**you!" Yang Rui cursed and completely disappeared into the preparation room.

James said to Yang Rui in the operation cabin: "Now start external decompression and check various instrument indexes."

Yang Rui raised his arm and saw that the oxygen, pressure, and sensor indexes on the comprehensive display mounted on his arm were all within the normal range. He said: "Everything is normal, it's over."

James was nervously operating the instruments and equipment, staring at all the monitor screens, and connected to the band of the ground command center in Houston and said: "Houston, the astronauts' vitality indicators are normal, requesting instructions. Over!"

Peter's voice came from the loudspeaker: "Permission to leave the cabin, keep in touch at any time, over."

James raised his voice and shouted: "Decompression is complete, open the outer hatch in thirty seconds."

Yang Rui heard the instructions in the earphones and replied: "Understood!"

"Open the outer hatch." James pressed the button and said to Yang Rui: "God is with you."

Yang Rui smiled and replied: "Relax, young man."

Before he finished speaking, he heard a special noise from the hydraulic transmission. Yang Rui felt like he was being lifted up by a huge suction force. He quickly stretched out his hands to grasp the handrails on both sides, and finally confirmed the installation of the traction protection chain.

After getting it right, he looked up at the top of his head.
Chapter completed!