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Buzz Aldrin’s autobiography Magnificent Desolation is a call to arms for future space travellers

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Neil Armstrong touching down on the lunar landscape

Neil Armstrong touching down on the lunar landscape

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Read a review of a new movie called ‘Moon’, which envisions a future where corporations set up lunar mining bases. Also, enter our competition to win a moon rock

ON THE face of it, the many books hitting the shelves for the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11’s moon landing are merely a response to our desire to learn more about the people involved and the place they visited as the birthday jollies get…

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