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Stories that are out of this world.

According to The Astronaut Selection Test Book, 'of the estimated 100 billion people who have ever lived, only 557 people have travelled to space'. While your chances of actually travelling to outer space might be slim, the books below can take you on a journey through the cosmos. BYO astronaut ice cream!

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