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Narrative Essay About Space Exploration

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“T MINUS TEN!... NINE!... EIGHT!...” My heart raced with excitement and fear. I could hardly breathe. Thoughts sped through my head at lightning speed. This was all I had worked so hard to be a part of my entire life. I was about to become a part of one of the greatest events in history. “SEVEN!... SIX!”, the loudspeaker boomed. Today was the day that my astronaut crew would take space exploration to a new level. The world’s greatest scientists and engineers had been planning for this day for over a century. “FIVE!... FOUR!” We were going on the first manned mission to the rugged planet of Mars! Suddenly a giant roar awoke me from my thoughts. The intense chant of the crowd as they shouted with excitement “3!... 2!... 1!” and the gigantic “Boom!” …show more content…

Although our rocket’s capsule was big enough to house all three of us astronauts, our contentment and ability to remain calm in the claustrophobic atmosphere soon began to wear off as some of us began to develop “space fever”-the anxiety and stress of being in the massive environment of space, being in a cramped space with only 3 other people, and the homesickness of being away from Earth. During the last few months of our history making journey to mars, life in the capsule was miserable and tensions were high. When we were going about are daily routine on the 20th day of the fourth month of our expedition and we got our first view of Mars, the image of the solid mass of matter seemed to taunt us and made us even more miserable than before. When we came to the terminus of our space travels, the great planet of Mars, we were eager to finally step outside of the miniature environment that our rocket provided. Immediately upon our arrival to the outer layer of Mars’s atmosphere, my commander impatiently jumped on his communications radio and requested permission to land on the surface of

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