We are having such an brilliantweek here at now>press>play we are almost giddy. Finally we can reveal the reason behind our excitement, we are going into space! Yes real space!

We were approached by Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic company a few months ago. It turns out that one of the senior executives there has a child at a school with a now>press>play subscription. She had been really impressed by her child's positive feedback after a workshop and the description of a trip to Mars really caught her eye.Virgin Galactic are doing a lot to try and raise their corporate social responsibility and we are the lucky recipients. They have invited us and a small now>press>play class to travel into space. This of course won't be on the inaugural flight, studded with millionaires and celebrities but we have been promised it should happen in the first year of business.We are now wondering if our Mission to Mars experience is going to be enough to prepare us and the chosen children for such a huge encounter or whether we need to pull together another experience focusing solely on travelling to space to get us in the mood. Any suggestions from any space fans out there?