Sailor Moon In Orbit

Chapter 03:

"Training"

By: The Crystal Knight

Rated: PG-13 (T = Teens ages thirteen and up.)

Notes:

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This was Sailor Moon's first day training to launch in space. Doug Thomas the
shuttle commander took Sailor Moon in one of NASA's training jets that was used to
fly high in the sky. He explained to her that the plane was to represent the shuttle Enterprise
and this was the way to help her to understand how the shuttle is flown in the air. Mercury
helped Usagi learn English quickly. Sailor Moon had to take a crash course on English so
she could converse with her teammates.

"How fast can this jet go?"

Sailor Moon asked the shuttle commander.

"Oh, this jet can easily make mach three in no time flat, but it still isn't as powerful as the
space shuttle. The space shuttle can be high in the atmosphere after launch within two
minutes."

Doug explained to her and Sailor Moon was surprised by the facts. Both him and Sailor
Moon suited up to fly.

"These suits will protect us when we go faster than the speed of sound and even you
must wear a suit like this to protect your body from massive pressure!"

Doug explained to Sailor Moon and she wanted to keep herself safe from harm.

"I understand. There's no need of causing harm to oneself."

Sailor Moon gave an answer to Doug in keeping herself safe.

"When we fly, it will be like we are balancing the plane."

Doug explained once again and Sailor Moon understood what he meant. She could balance her
moon tiara with ease and flying a jet plane would be no different. They boarded the jet plane
and both of them put on their helmets and took off in the air. The jet plane hit mach three in
no time flat and Usagi heard a slight sound once hitting mach three. Doug showed her many
flying maneuvers and even allowed her to fly the plane. Sailor Moon had trouble at first, but
she got the hang of it and actually enjoyed flying the plane. In an hour, they returned to the
ground and they went back to crew quarters and they were shown footage of the roll out of the
Enterprise from the Palmdale, California facilities. Then the Enterprise was put on a Shuttle
Craft Carrier which was a 747 jet plane. And it was bound for the Kennedy Space Center
and soon the Enterprise and Sailor Moon would have the same mission.

"She's a grand lady destined for flight. Don't you think so Sailor Moon?"

Amanda Williams asked Sailor Moon. She was the Enterprise's shuttle pilot.

"Yes, that's a beautiful space shuttle. They will mount the space shuttle to a shuttle
stack, correct?"

Sailor Moon asked Amanda in a curious tone.

"Yes, but when it arrives at the Kennedy Space Center it has to be inspected first and if it
all goes will it will go to the Vehicle Assembly Building and there it will be mounted to the
twin SRB's and the External Fuel Tank. Then it will be rolled out to the launch pad."

Amanda explained to Sailor Moon about the process of the Enterprise being prepared for
launch.

"Then the Enterprise is go for launch?"

Sailor Moon asked again to Amanda.

"Not exactly, after it arrives at the launch pad, the Enterprise's engines will undergo 'Flight
Readiness Firing.' That will make sure the Enterprise's engines will be ready for launch on
launch day."

Amanda explained to Sailor Moon and Sailor Moon understood what would happen.
The next day, Sailor Moon and all the crew did underwater training to resemble a spacewalk.
Although, there would be no spacewalk on the shuttle flight, except Sailor Moon would be the
only one going outside of the Enterprise to destroy a rouge and dead satellite.

That night after training, Sailor Moon was worn out from all the intense training, Sailor Moon
went on the balcony of the crew quarters to feel the cool breeze. She thought how much the
whole world was depending on her to destroy this satellite.

Every day, there was some type of training. There was a simulator simulation of a space shuttle
launch and a space shuttle mission and the ones who performed the test provided errors for the
crew to solve and they all worked together as a team to solve those errors. And soon it would
come the day for the historic space shuttle launch with the most precious cargo... Sailor Moon.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Completed on: 03/08/2019