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Chapter 1: 
First day at the 
moonbase
“Welcome to the Moon!”
The six youth astronauts smile nervously as the 
crew of the Shackleton Lunar Base clap and cheer. 
The base commander, Alice Hopper, holds up her 
hands for quiet and then speaks again.
“Humans returned to the Moon and flew around 
it in Artemis 2. In the twenty five years since those 
A note for teachers
You may have been sent this book as part of the national Space 
to Learn programme, in which case you will have multiple 
copies. A minimum of five students reading together would 
be ideal, as there are five parallel characters, but you can adapt 
to whatever group you have. An online version is available 
for free via the National Space Academy website, should you 
need extra copies. The age range the book has been written 
for is 9-13 years old. The whole text is accessible to the full 
age group. However, chapters 2C – Astronaut: Kamari, 
and 2D – Engineer: Devon are a little more challenging than 
the other three characters.
We propose that you read the first chapter aloud as a group. 
Allocate or allow the children to pick their character and then 
read their own Chapter 2 in silence. Then you can read Chapter 
3 aloud together before discussing and allowing them to vote 
on which ending to pick. This should fill a one-hour time slot. 
Hopefully, they will then be intrigued enough to want to go 
back and read the other characters and ending by themselves.
 

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