Intro

    My name is Ryan. I'm 15 years old and I am a sophomore in high school. My favorite things to do are listen to music, play basketball, and read. I also like to play video games. My favorite video games are Jedi: Fallen Order, Marvel's Spider-Man (spiderman ps4), The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom, and Minecraft. I enjoy watching movies/tv shows with my family. A few of my favorites are Marvel and Star Wars. I like sleeping late but unfortunately I get up at 6:30 every day for school.

    I'm very interested in learning about space. It's so cool to think that there might be life on other planets. I think it would be really neat to go to space one day. I have been to the Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. several times. I like looking at the different types of spacecraft and planes in the museum. It's really cool to see how the designs and mechanics have changed over time. In July I went to NASA's Jet Propultion Laboratory. When I was there I learned about the Mars rovers and some of NASA's satellites. I also got to see JPL's control lab where the tour guide said that there are 3 giant satellite arrays on Earth that are used to communicate with satellites in space. When I was there I also saw engineers building a spacecraft that will go to Europa, one of Jupiter's moons. Europa has a thick layer of ice covering what is believed to be an ocean planet of sorts that is actually a moon. NASA is going to this moon because they believe that there could be life there under the ice.

Mars rovers on display at JPL


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