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Yuri and me
When he met the first man in space, it kick-started John’s career. He tells the story in Yuri and me.
The dirty window
Astronomers have real problems looking at stars through the atmosphere, the dirty window.
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![The Orion Nebula [Image: NASA]](http://www.open2.net/open2static/source/file/root/0/58/45/240463/onionnebula_wide.jpg)
The Open University's 2007 Annual Lecture by John Zarnecki reviews some nail-biting moments from the first 50 years of mankind's journey into space
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Content last updated: 12/06/2007
