A narrative account

My name is Richard Pryor and today I’m leaving for my first trip towards space exploration. This is the first time I am attempting to keep a journal and have decided to because it will be kind of like a souvenir from my travels to "the unknown". And it is also something I can show my children one day and be able to say “See this is what Daddy does, this is want goes on while flying up by the stars.” I have decided to write down my experiences, my feelings, and the things I see while in space.
I am extremely nervous and every excited for today’s flight. Nervous because I am only the sixth person to attempt to any type of space exploration and because of how many things may go wrong, I am scared that although I have extremely intensive tr...