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Don't Miss: NASA's first steps toward new moon mission via Orion trial

24 August 2022

 

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Artemis 1 is NASA’s test of its Orion capsule, Space Launch System rocket and the ground systems at Kennedy Space Center. Register for free to see it launch en route for the moon at 1.33pm BST/8.33am EDT on 29 August.

 

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Taxi from Another Planet records the unlikely conversations between astrobiologist Charles Cockell and taxi drivers about aliens and space exploration. So is Mars our plan B? Will we understand aliens? And what if we are alone? On sale from 30 August.

 

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