Today is our first day in Outer Space! We hit blast off about 3 hours ago and we are now headed off to Mars. The view from here is amazing! Earth has so many different colors and so much of it is covered in clouds. I can see the great Oceans and I can clearly see the huge (but becoming very small) land mass of North America. Earth is the only planet that has liquid on the surface and that is very obvious from up here. After Mercury and Venus, I can see that Earth is the third planet from the sun, which my scientific calculations tell me it is 92,933,000 miles away from that big star full of gas! After Earth is Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and way off in the distance is Pluto which us Astronauts are still undecided on calling a planet. I know this is going to be a long trip and with 12 hours of work needed from each of us every day it will probably be a tiring one too! It is important that we exercise at least 2 hours per day in order to keep our bodies and our minds healthy and in shape for such a demanding trip. Our food is freeze dried into blocks... no need for microwaves up here! Everything is dried into nutritious portions that help us keep up our energy on our exciting exploration into space. The other members of my crew come from different places all over the world and maybe after our visit to Mars we will have crew members from across the Universe. Over and out for now!
Astronaut Alicia
Mars Crew
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