Join our pilot mission into space

Pink spherical object with a textured surface, surrounded by pink rings resembling a planet with rings.
Illustration of a satellite with solar panels and antennas
A yellow lemon with textured skin.
A stylized, abstract drawing of the moon with craters on its surface, depicted with light green scribbles and shading.
A purple donut with a black background
A stylized digital illustration of a meteor or fireball with a red and orange glowing head and a yellow tail, appearing to streak downward across a black background.

Space Chariot takes writing by children and young people into space

Pattern of small purple and blue dots scattered randomly on a transparent background.
Drawing of earth in blue and green colors
Close-up of a single, ripe orange with a textured peel.
Illustration of two paper airplanes, one slightly behind the other.
A yellow pencil with a gray eraser tip, shooting yellow spark-like particles from the eraser end.
A 3D illustration of a brown cube.

We invite you to be inspired by the resources on this website to write something inspired by space and share it with the world – and the stars!

Get inspired

watch one of our short writing workshops with amazing children’s writers like Tom Percival, Jess Bradley, Nadine Aisha Jassat and Jonathan Meres.

Light blue snowflake with intricate branching patterns on a black background.
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Get writing

pick up and pen and paper and start scribbling. Not sure where to begin? Download a free worksheet to help you get started.

A yellow pencil with a gray eraser tip, shooting yellow spark-like particles from the eraser end.
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Get involved

submit your poem, short story or comic to Space Chariot and be part of our pilot mission taking writing by children and young people into space.

Submit your work

“Imagine you are a child and can say to yourself and others, ‘my story is now a part of the universe’ and will live forever.”

— Prof. Philip Lubin, Professor of Physics UC Santa Barbara

Space Chariot Partners

Digital illustration of a fiery meteor with a red and orange gradient leaving a trail of glowing particles against a black background.
A pencil with a rocket flame, shooting upward with yellow sparkles.