Astronauts is a new project from Dan Carney, previously of critically acclaimed East London alt-folkers Dark Captain.The Astronauts (in Polish Astronauci) is the first science fiction novel by Polish writer Stanislaw Lem published as a book, in 1951,

To write the novel, Lem received advance payment from publishing house Czytelnik (Warsaw). The book became an instant success and was translated into several languages (first into Czech, published in 1956). This success convinced Lem to switch to the career of a science-fiction author.

The Astronauts, written for the youth, is set in the Communist utopian future. To get published under the communist regime in Poland, Lem had to insert frequent references to the ideals of communism