Contents Flying through the asteroid belt is easy page 6 and other facts about asteroids Comets are dirty space snowballs page 8 and other facts about comets Asteroids can have their own moons page 10 and other facts about asteroid moons Earth destroys a car sized asteroid every year page 12 and other facts about asteroids and Earth
Shooting stars are not stars at all page 14 and other facts about meteors Scientists landed a spacecraft on a comet page 16 and other facts about the Rosetta Mission Humans are leaving junk in space page 18 and other facts about space junk Most meteorites are smaller than an orange page 20 and other facts about meteorites
We have sent out messages for aliens page 22 and other facts about Voyager 1 and the Golden Record Toys are flying through space right now page 24 and other facts about the Juno Mission Even More Facts page 26 Glossary page 28 Further Information page 31 Index page 32
