Over the Moon, Literally
by
Archit Aggarwal, Grade 7
Have you ever done something as
extraordinary as stepping on the moon? Well, I have, and it was a moment of
immense pride.
Taking off from Earth was not easy. We
were sitting in a gigantic spaceship, wearing hefty spacesuits, and a heavy
helmet with Anti-Ultraviolet Rays glass. The spaceship was pure white. It had
three parts, the top part, the middle part and the bottom part. The launching
pad was mostly reddish pink, with a speck of orange.
Soon, the launching time arrived, and
everyone in the spaceship started tapping their foot and muttering that they
will miss Earth. The spaceship started emitting smoke from the rocket engines.
10 seconds later, a blazing fire poured out of the engines, and the rocket
started going vertically towards the fluffy clouds above us. From far, I could
see people rejoicing our launch, and a few were jumping with joy.
Once the rocket reached mid atmosphere,
the sun started blinding us and we had to put our helmets on. We could not hear
anything, and our noses could not track anything that was going on. Soon the
main engine fell off and we were left with only the rocket.
Suddenly, all of us felt a very
tingling sensation, and we started flying here and there, bumping into each
other. Everyone in the spaceship started rejoicing! The people on Earth radioed
into our spaceship and congratulated us on escaping Earth’s gravitational
force. Our spaceship was now roaming in permanent darkness.
Few minutes after we left Earth, the
big, heavy bottom part of the spaceship fell out. And then the middle part fell
out too. This part of the journey to moon was the most relaxing part. We had to
sail in complete darkness for two more months.
Whenever I woke up to my most-annoying
alarm, which was scheduled to wake me up at 6, I felt as if it was still 2 in
the morning. Food was not that great due to the absence of Gravity.
One month later, we finally were able
to see the moon from close. It looked like an enormous, white golf ball. My
colleague said that it looked like a huge slice of provolone, which kind of
made sense. No one else said a beep and they looked as red as tomatoes; they
were so excited and nervous.
The next month, the most difficult part
of the journey was about to happen. We would have to capture the gravity of the
moon and land on it without being flattened like a pancake.
After the whole procedure, we finally
landed on the huge golf ball. It had so many craters, more that anyone was able
to count that it looked like someone had continuously smashed rocks into it. We
got off the spaceship, and I was the first to set my foot on the moon. I felt very
proud and my chest puffed up so much that I looked like the spaceship
itself.
I could jump almost a mile when I was
on the moon. Wherever I walked, I left a footprint, which was permanent. We
walked on the moon, and from far we could see Earth, half light and half dark.
It looked pretty, like a hot ball of white and blue paint. I was too proud for words!
The return to Earth was the same as it
was when we lifted up. We landed smoothly on Earth, and all the citizens of our
country came to visit and congratulate us. I could not believe that I had
finally accomplished my dream and I became famous after that!
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