Before blasting off into space, young astronauts need a basic knowledge of what lies beyond Earth's atmosphere. This book provides information including facts about the sun, moon, planets, and our own Earth. Topics such as black holes, asteroids, and space missions are explained through simple text. The book also contains fun facts, practical activities and a final quiz for self-assessment.

Space is huge -- Meet the neighbors -- Sunny stuff -- Our planet -- Our orbiting rock -- Closest to the sun -- Mission Mars -- What else is in space? -- Mighty Jupiter -- Farthest from the sun -- Super stars -- Star types -- Giant galaxies -- Stargazing -- Awesome astronomy -- Space bound -- Explorers -- Amazing astronauts -- Living in space -- Strange space -- Glossary -- Test your memory.