The Journey to Mars

By: Sunny Chen

On April 14, 2024, there were three astronauts:

Edward, James, and Jeff. They are ready to start the
journey to Mars. The Big Falcon Rocket, which will take
them to Mars, is sitting on the launch pad at pad 39A at
the Kennedy space center in Florida, USA. At 4:30 p.m.,
the rocket lifted off the launch pad and it was on its
journey to Mars! Eight minutes into the flight, the
astronauts can see the Earth below, and was about to
depart to Mars. Forty minutes into the flight, a tanker
arrived to refuel the spaceship. When the refueling was
done, the astronauts would set on a course to Mars.
After nine months of sleeping, eating, resting, and
showering, the astronauts finally reached Mars. As they
begin their descent on Mars, the astronauts can get an
exciting view of the surface below. As they landed on
Mars, they begin to colonize the planet and build
artificial domes that will protect them from the radiation
Mars gets exposed to. Every day the astronauts grow
crops, eat, sleep and rest. After ninety days of colonizing
Mars and finding new elements, it was now time to head
home. The crew returned to the spaceship and pressed
the ascent or liftoff switch to blast off from the Martian
atmosphere. But when Edward pressed the switch, the
rocket will not blast off. So, he told the other two
astronauts to see if there are any problems with the
engine compartment. They checked and checked, but
there was no evidence to adjust the problem. So, they
tried to find any Martian dust stuck in the engines. And
there it was! The Martian dust had severely jammed
engine no. 5. so, the astronauts fix and cleaned engine
no.5. And tried to press the switch again. It worked! The
spaceship successfully lifted off the Martian surface and
it was about to head back to Earth. As the astronauts
reached Earth, but the oxygen supplies almost ran out
and they only had five minutes before running
completely out of oxygen. The crew already knew that
their oxygen was running out and that the spaceship was
about to crash or explode. But get this: the crew
managed to land the spaceship just 2 minutes before
their oxygen supplies depleted. When they land their
spaceship, everyone cheered and awarded them! It was a
successful conclusion!