Starry Night is a newly minted astronaut of Equestria's century-old space program. Assigned to a routine refueling run as her first mission, she isn't expecting much in the way of excitement. But decades of spaceflight haven't made space itself any less dangerous, and she'll soon find her skills put to the test millions of miles out from Equestria's safe shores.

A novella I've been wanting to write about ponies in space, inspired in part by a large number of space-related media. Cover image not mine.

Proofread by Tiki Bat and some online friends.