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The OU Lecture - Fifty Years Of Space Exploration

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Professor John Zarnecki giving lecture
Professor John Zarnecki giving lecture
[source: Open University]

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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