Question

When the countdown reached zero, our rocket boosters began to fire. I felt nervous as our spaceship began to shudder. It felt like an eternity, but it was only a few seconds before our ship lifted off the ground and began to rise into the sky. The pressure built on our bodies as our rocket picked up speed. Then, we broke through the sky and reached space. When our rockets shut off, I undid my safety straps and removed my helmet, placing it in a storage cabinet. After taking off my gloves, I watched them drift through the small cockpit. I began to sit up and noticed that my body didn't stay to the floor of the ship. With a bit of unease, I began to drift through the air. Being weightless was an amazing sensation. Although I enjoyed being in space for the first time, I realized that we had a lot of work to do. We needed to dock with the space station before we could begin our numerous tests. All of our testing instruments and equipment were locked away in cabinets on our ship. We needed to access those cabinets before we could prepare for the tests. Before going into the testing room to meet with the other crew members, I checked to see how our spaceship was doing. All of the readings on the computer screen seemed to be fine, so I made my way down the cabin—or should I say, I floated through the cabin. Which of the following is a characteristic of ""Space Journey""?

A) It describes the author's nervousness during liftoff.
B) It focuses on the weightless sensation experienced in space.
C) It details the author's personal thoughts on space travel.
D) It emphasizes the spaceship's docking with the space station.

Answer 1

The story 'Space Journey' focuses on the weightless sensation experienced in space.

Step-by-step explanation:

The characteristic of the story 'Space Journey' that is focused on in the given options is B) It focuses on the weightless sensation experienced in space. The passage describes the author's experience of being weightless in space and the amazing sensation it creates. This is shown through the author's description of feeling their body float and drift through the spaceship, and their enjoyment of being weightless for the first time.