Orla,
thanks for sharing the story of Sam and Zoey going to space
“Chicken in Space” by Adam Lehrhaupt.
https://youtu.be/LtL0jj1u3iU?si=ou59yxErzTuOXtpM
very imaginary and lots of opportunity for the children to share what they might know about real asteroids, comets or alien attach vessels.
We meet the Balloon Rockets in Module 5: https://www.sfi.ie/site-files/primary-science/media/pdfs/col/rocket_launch.pdf