Skip to Main Content

Ad Astra: An Illustrated Guide to Leaving the Planet

About The Book

A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener.

About The Author

Dallas Campbell is a broadcaster who has presented some of television’s best known science and technology programmes: The Gadget Show, Bang Goes the Theory,TheSky at Night and Stargazing Live. His BBC documentaries have taken him all over the world and include the epic engineering series Supersized Earth, the aviation series City In the Sky (with Dr Hannah Fry), Voyager: To the Final Frontier and The Drake Equation: The Search for Life. In 2017 he was awarded the Arthur C. Clarke Centenary Media Award for his work in popularising Space to a wide audience. He is an honorary fellow of the British Science Association which helps promote science to non-scientists as an integral part of our culture and society. Dallas has never left the planet. And never will.

About The Reader

Dallas Campbell is a broadcaster who has presented some of television’s best known science and technology programmes: The Gadget Show, Bang Goes the Theory,TheSky at Night and Stargazing Live. His BBC documentaries have taken him all over the world and include the epic engineering series Supersized Earth, the aviation series City In the Sky (with Dr Hannah Fry), Voyager: To the Final Frontier and The Drake Equation: The Search for Life. In 2017 he was awarded the Arthur C. Clarke Centenary Media Award for his work in popularising Space to a wide audience. He is an honorary fellow of the British Science Association which helps promote science to non-scientists as an integral part of our culture and society. Dallas has never left the planet. And never will.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio UK (October 5, 2017)
  • Runtime: 6 hours and 47 minutes
  • ISBN13: 9781471167492

Browse Related Books

Raves and Reviews

‘A wonderful, wise and witty guide for space explorers everywhere’

– Richard Osman

‘A must read both for intrepid space explorers and misty-eyed dreamers. Now, to space!

– Hannah Fry

‘Few people are more knowledgeable, celebratory and witty about space travel than Dallas Campbell’

– Adam Rutherford

‘The next best thing to actually heading off into space’

– Jim Al-Khalili

Resources and Downloads

High Resolution Images