I woke up this morning to find a letter that said 'Report to room 43 for mission briefing'.I walked into the room and saw two men and my partner, whose name was Mias. The man pointed to a board behind him and said 'This is the satellite you two will be fixing'. Pictures of a device were shown on the board behind him. He went on explaining everything we had to do, step by step. It took about 2 hours for him to explain. He told us that most satellites are too far up to repair but this one is a bit lower then most satellites. The satellite is very large; the fifth biggest in space. They have been facing some technical difficulties with it.
The pay is also good. The man said it was 180,000$ for the trip, but I would go to space with no pay. I will be staying in space for about a month. My partner and I will stay at the ISS(International Space Station). Mias and I have become very good friends for some reason we just click. This is also the first time he went to space we are both very excited and curious.
26th of June
It is the day I have been waiting for my whole life;lift off. I got up and violently shook my sleeping partner. I said with delight 'Wake up we are lifting off today", today's the day!' We walked out to the platform where a few photographers were waiting. When we stepped into the shuttle I felt a massive butterfly in my stomach. They secured me onto the seat. It was very tight and uncomfortable, but I didn't mind. I heard them counting down 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 LIFT OFF!I thought in my head this is what I have dreamed of. I thought of how proud my dad would be.The force of the launch was very strong. I was so caught up in my thoughts that the force surprised me. I stole a glance at Mias and saw a grin on his face.
It was amazing. Floating up in space. I had to push my self of the walls of the shuttle to get around and it was quite hard to move around in the beginning. After a while I got used to it. Play time was over, it was time to get down to work we had to fly the ship to the ISS. I was the co pilot because Mias used to be a fighter pilot for the US air force so he had more experience at flying.
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