Falling!
Editor: Henyee Translations
In fact, Starlight arrived 79 hours earlier than Lu Zhou had expected.
After 41 days and 2 hours of flying, the fiery red planet gradually appeared in the view of the Starlight porthole.
Liu Biao squinted and looked outside the porthole. He watched as the bright sun slowly rose from the edge of the fiery red silhouette. He watched the billowing sand waves tumble like a sea of fire.
"This is a mess… But the scenery is quite pretty."
"Yeah." Xu Zhenghong nodded and pressed his helmet. He said, "This is Starlight, we have entered Mars' gravitational system. Successfully entered orbit a-1."
They waited quietly for about five minutes.
A noisy unstable sound came from Earth, which was tens of millions of kilometers away.
"This is the ground command center, congratulations on completing your mission… Please begin active braking procedures and prepare to approach Mars. Orbital navigation will be handled by the onboard computer. Good luck."