Chapter 1

Chapter 1 is the first chapter of Astra Lost in Space.

Synopsis
It is the year 2063 A.D. and young girl Aries Spring is preparing to leave home for camp on another planet called Planet McPa for five days. At the Mousanish Spaceport, Aries is merrily singing but accidentally knocks over her belongings. An elderly lady helps her gather her items and the two talk about camping on another planet, when a thief suddenly grabs her bag. A young man comes running after the thief and manages to leap over a fountain with anti-grav shoes to subdue the thief. As Aries thank the young man for his help, he is carried away by patrol-bots for assault and battery.

Elsewhere in the spaceport, a man is counting the number of students and notes that there are two missing, saying it is not a good sign of things to come. Aries is able to join up with the group and introduces herself to them. The man speaks to the kids about what they will do on the other planet before turning to Quitterie Raffaelli and her sister Funicia, saying that though she is younger than the rest, she will be joining them on their journey. When Aries sees that there is still one more person missing, the young man who had saved her comes up, being carried by the patrol-bots. He introduces himself as Kanata Hoshijima and that he will be the captain of their group, much to most everyone's displeasure.

Some time later, the group boards a spaceship and sets off for Planet McPa. It takes four hours for them to reach their destination, so the students begin walking around and socializing with each other. Aries thanks Kanata for helping her out at the spaceport. When she asks Kanata what made him want to be the captain, he says that while he was growing up, he wanted to become an explorer with his own ship and crew. He spoke of a person whom had passed away in the past and wants to carry on that person's dreams. Aries is moved and says that she will cheer him on, believing that his dream will come true someday.

After some hours have passed, their ship successfully lands on Planet McPa and the students steps outside to marvel in the new sight. However, they noticed a strange sphere that chased after and sucked them all inside it. They found themselves in the middle of space with a spaceship nearby them. They were able to get inside the spaceship but realizes that Aries is still outside floating around. Kanata thinks back to the time that his teacher fell to his death and volunteers to rescue Aries. With a cord tied to him, he goes back into space but finds that he is too short to reach her. He unclipped the wire and is able to reach Aries, bringing her inside the spaceship.

Inside, Aries thanks Kanata for saving her and Kanata suggests that they get in touch with their school to let them know what happened to them. However the boy with glasses says that they are nowhere near Planet McPa and that they are 5,012 light-years away from their original location. The chapter ends with Aries writing a planet camp diary about how they became stranded in the outskirts of space.