In 1956 and 1960 Detgiz published the book K. A. Gil * Winter "Journey to Distant Worlds," which became widely known in our country and abroad, translated into many languages ​ ​ and reprinted in several countries. The book was a fascinating encyclopedic story about astronautics. The author's new book on the space theme is, as it were, a development of the first. She leads the reader through the remarkable achievements of astronautics to its exciting future. The main idea of ​ ​ the book is the historical inevitability of space exploration and its connection with the future of mankind.