5. Star City, 12 September 2010

1 In accordance with convention, Russian and Soviet astronauts are referred to in this work as cosmonauts.

29. International Space Station, 24 November 2014

1 Italo Calvino, The Baron in the Trees.

31. International Space Station, 2 December 2014

1 Oriana Fallaci, If the Sun Dies.

38. International Space Station, 28 April 2015

1 Towel Day is celebrated every year on 25 May by fans of Douglas Adams’ books, who carry around a towel as recommended by The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

40. International Space Station, 11 June 2015

1 A quote from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams and the title of the fourth volume in the eponymous series. In the novel, the dolphins are saying goodbye to the Earth before it’s demolished.

42. Namibia, November 2015

1 Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own, Chapter 4.

Glossary

1 Compiled by Paolo Amoroso. This glossary is intended to support the reading of the text and not as an exhaustive definition of terms. Where a term may have a wider usage, the definition here is restricted to its meaning in the context of this work.