Children's & YA
March 2023
Little Major Tom. Vol.17 Rescue Mission to Pluto
by Bernd Flessner
Tom and Stella are on the moon when news arrive that the launch of an expensive research satellite orbitingPluto has failed. In order to save the research mission, Tom and Stella immediately launch through the wormholeto Pluto to capture the out-of-orbit satellite and return it to orbit. No easy task, because Pluto has five moonswhose gravitational forces act on the satellite. A slalom ride begins, but tt the end of the wild chase, they areable to capture the satellite and place it in orbit. Of course, a landing on Pluto also takes place and Plutinchen isallowed to walk on her namesake.Whether dangerous sandstorms on Mars, black holes in space or comet alarms: little Major Tom, the youngastronaut Stella and the clever robot cat Plutinchen set off from the space station Space Camp 1 to excitingadventures in space. With joint forces and as a strong team, the three friends master every challenge and learnalong the way about fascinating scientific phenomena around space and the planets.
