Ever since the Apollo 17 lunar mission in December 1972, no one had ever ventured beyond Earth's orbit and stepped on the surface of the Moon. The Skyglow sailing on the Earth-Moon orbit was like a lonely boat in the sea.
The view out of the porthole was pitch black; it was different from the night on earth, a different kind of silence and cold. This kind of darkness seemed to come from another world. The kind of dark that was 10-kilometer deep in the sea.
After nearly forty hours of the voyage, they were getting close to the dark grey planet.
Nie Yun, who was holding the joystick, looked at the Moon and took a deep breath.
"This is Skyglow, we have entered the 12-hour orbit, closing in on the Moon…"
Liu Zhengwen was sitting behind him in the passenger seat. As he stared at the approaching planet, his heartbeat increased.
This was a feeling he couldn't describe.
After five minutes, he suddenly remembered something.