Howard and Doris, two small cats, live in The Howard Doris Community Care Centre in Lochcarron, a small village in the Highlands of Scotland. Life among the residents is happy, but perhaps a little too peaceful at times? The cats have learned to read and are enjoying the books on flight, space travel and the universe, so much that they decide to have an adventure; they will leave home for a while and fly into space, by rocket. Enlisting the help of their wild 'outside' friends, a pine marten and an owl, as well as two of the Centre's human residents, they set out to organise their trip. Can cats fly into space? How will they build their rocket? This is a charming tale that will captivate readers from eight to 80.