The Knight Bus rolled through the darkness, scattering bushes and bollards, telephone boxes and trees, and Harry lay, restless and miserable, on his feather bed.
The two-tonne lander, roughly the size of a telephone box, is carrying six NASA payloads that are intended to pave the way for future human visits and a potential long-term presence.
The grilles slid shut with a crash and the lift ascended slowly, chains rattling all a while, while the same cool female voice Harry had heard in the telephone box rang out again.