What makes the extract interesting

insights and effect on the astronauts space travel

element of danger

personal experience account

subj matter

lack of knowledge

emotional

We floated down through a bank of clouds as big and lush as the ocean they covered.

We floated down through a bank of clouds as big and lush as the ocean they covered.

We floated down through a bank of clouds as big and lush as the ocean they covered.

The change was impressive.

We landed with all the grace of an old freight elevator.

an enormous thwack, as jarring as it was noisy

my hand was jammed painfully down beside me

all of us grunted in distress;

jammed painfully down beside me.

All of us grunted

We sat in silence, three men alone together with their
private thoughts.

We sat in silence, three men alone together with their
private thoughts.

We sat in silence, three men alone together with their
private thoughts.

It brings a smile now

but its mist seeping
in smelled good.