Three, two, one. Turn the page and find out how people get all the way up there, and how they get home again.
Most of that tall rocket is not machine at all. Most of a rocket's weight is propellant, the fuel it burns, so what you are really looking at is a giant stack of tanks with engines bolted underneath.
When an astronaut climbs out of the spacecraft it is called an extravehicular activity, or EVA, and everybody just says spacewalk. One usually lasts somewhere between five and eight hours, so it is a whole working day outside.
The International Space Station flies about 250 miles above your head at around 17,500 miles per hour, which means it goes all the way round Earth roughly every 90 minutes. While you eat your breakfast, it does a whole lap.
Coming home from the Moon, NASA's Orion capsule hits the top of the air at nearly 25,000 miles per hour. Squashing the air that hard makes it glow at about 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit, which is around half as hot as the surface of the Sun.
This book isn't open yet. Check back soon!