A funny and fascinating how-to guide for budding astronauts, providing a crash course on what it takes to travel into space. Discover how you become an astronaut, the training you must undertake, how you travel into space and what you do when you’re up there.

Answers all the big questions about space travel, from “How do rockets work?” and “What do astronauts do all day?” to “How do you go to the toilet on a spaceship?”

Includes internet links to recommended websites to find out more.

With a foreword from ESA astronaut Tim Peake, the first British astronaut to embark on a mission to the International Space Station in 2016, and exclusive insights from the UK Space Agency and ESA who have provided expert advice on this book.

Age: 8 years +

Author: Louis Stowell

Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd

Size: 13.1cm x 20cm x 1.1cm