Mars

I am packing my bag. Not for a friend’s house or my cousin’s house. It is 2046 and I am going on my first trip to Mars. I am 34, so I will be the youngest person to be on Mars if we get there. When I was in fifth grade I wanted to be an astronaut and here I am. I am so excited. I have been to Earth’s moon once, but never to Mars. Actually no one has been to Mars before. My crew and I will be the first people on Mars if we make it there. I will also be the first woman to be on Mars too. Multiple astronauts have tried to get to Mars but they have only made it to the moon and back. But, I have a pretty good feeling about going. We leave in a couple of weeks.

I am up in the spacecraft on my way to Mars now. It will take us about eight months to get there so it will take a while to get there. There is a lot to do up here though. There is also a gorgeous view. I can’t wait until we get there. Our beds are so weird because I’m not really in a bed; it is so different from our beds at home.

We are on Mars now. None of us have left the spacecraft yet. I think we will go out tomorrow. We are finally walking on Mars! It is so cool. I am officially the first woman and youngest person to be on Mars. Our journey is sadly ending. It was so fun up here. Now we are on our way home. We have about two more months until we get home now.

I am back on Earth. It took forever to get home. Sometimes it feels weird because I was so used to floating all the time. When I sleep it also feels weird because I was used to sleeping on the wall. I’m so glad I am home because it was so tight up there. It did not feel like home at all. I missed my family so much. My family also missed me a lot.

I don’t know what my future will be like. I don’t know if I will go to space again or quit and do a different job. Anyways it was so fun up there. You should become an astronaut too!