It's been a few weeks since Chell was out of Aperture Science with her faithful companion. She discovered an abandoned farmhouse a few miles away from the Aperture Science with supplies that would last for years. Chell hadn't found any signs of human life yet, but she was still optimistic about finding a person. One day, Chell was exploring the woods when she stumbled upon an area that belonged to Aperture Science.

I didn't expect this to be out here, Chell thought.

Chell discovered an Aperture Science spaceship with three trailers on the right side. The spacecraft was about the size of a tank. It had Aperture Science's signature orange color with its logo on its left side. Chell looked around one of the trailers to find books, notes about the spaceship, and a letter.

Dear Astronaut, We are testing this new Aperture Science spaceship. We want you to be the first to travel further into space where no man has gone before, making those NASA boys look silly. Now listen to the lab boys and girls, and everything will go smoothly.

From Cave Johnson

Chell wonders if the spaceship was still functional for however long it was abandoned. She left the trailer and went up to the ship to find a way to open it. But it seemed to be locked by a unique lock on the ship's right. Chell decided it would be best to look into the other two trailers. She went into the second trailer to find a blue and orange space suit with a helmet and boots that were just like the old ones she wore during testing. The only difference was that they were black instead of white. Other than that, there were no keys. She checked the last trailer to find the key to the ship and a few computers, but at the end of the room was a portal gun in a glass case, but it wasn't like the ones she used in the past. It had a more blocky design. It had a blue and orange stripe on each side.

Chell wondered if Glados was watching, but she would have known about a spaceship that would be out in the woods. She grabbed the keys and went into the spaceship. She opened the door to the ship to find it had two seats in the console, a cryo sleep bed, a dining table at the end, a couple of cabinets, and science equipment.

If I read some of the files and books in the trailers, I might be able to fly this if it could start and actually fly. Chell thought

She put the keys into the ship's ignition, and the engine started. The whole ship turned on.

Time to learn to fly a spaceship, she thought.

For about a month, Chell learned all about the ship and space travel. She kept her body in shape until the day she was ready. Since she can live without eating any food for months, she doesn't have to bring any on trips. Now she was ready to fly the spaceship. She put on the spacesuit and the new boots. Then she brought her companion cube and the portal gun into the ship. Chell started the ship, and she looked at the fuel. Surprisingly, it had tons of fuel left in it.

Alright, time to take off. Chell thought

Chell got in gear, and the ship floated off the ground, then started to fly up in the air and fly straight into orbit. She kept the spaceship under control as it exited earth's atmosphere and entered space. This was the second time she was in space, and she wondered if Wheatly and that other personality core were still floating. Then a ship started to flash red lights and a warning.

What the hell is going on, Chell thought?

She looked into the ship's radar and saw that it said "wormhole approaching." Chell looked to see a black spiraling black hole that the ship was flying toward. Chell tried to fly the ship away from the wormhole, but it was too strong and sucked up the ship. What was a minute in real time, but for Chell, it felt like an hour seeing millions of stars flying past her until she made it out of the wormhole? Before she could react, the ship flew onto a moon, and she crashed, landed on it on the belly side, and hit the rock formation. Chell got knocked out from the impact and slumped onto her chair.

Unknown to her, a space station known as Helios was floating near the moon. One person noticed the ship crash, and that person was interested.