100 CLICHÉS AND FUN FACTS

50 years ago, “one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”

There were only 29 secs of gas when Apollo 11 landed on the moon Buzz Aldrin was praying just before walking on the moon Russian cosmonauts landed in a wolvescrowded forest In 1997, two ships collided in space Alan Shepard played gulf on the moon ISS toilets were blocked for a few days An Italian cosmonaut almost drowned in space We can listen to whales' song on disc of Voyager 2

As extraordinary they are, all those facts are true. This book invites us to discover secret backstage of space
conquest, full of stories and fun facts.

Born in 1959, Luc Mary is a writer and an historian. L'Archipel published his essays on historical figures, such as Hannibal, Mary Stuart, Rasputin and Lenin.
Philippe Poinas is a Senior Thermal Engineer for European Space Agency.