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Yuri and me
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When the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin came to visit Karl Marx's tomb in Highgate, local schoolchildren turned out to see him, among them young... Read more : Yuri and me
The dirty window
NASA/ESA/JPL-Caltech
Astronomers have great difficulty looking at the stars. John Zarnecki explains why. Read more : The dirty window
My first five minutes in space
Production team
X-rays, fireworks and kangaroos - John tells the story of his first five minutes in space. Read more : My first five minutes in space
Brewing Hubble
NASA/ESA/JPL-Caltech
Part of the team that created the Hubble Space Telescope, John Zarnecki looks back at his time on the project - and shares some of... Read more : Brewing Hubble
Chasing a comet
David Malin and the Anglo-Australian Observatory (www.aao.gov.au)
The Giotto Project was Europe’s kamikaze mission to Halley’s comet. Discover the challenges of chasing a comet. Read more : Chasing a comet
Brave Giotto
Source ESA
Giotto was approching Halley's Comet. Would the DIDSY team come good? Read more : Brave Giotto
The flight of Beagle 2
The Open University
John Zarnecki's team contributed to the ill-fated Beagle 2 mission. What were they hoping to uncover on Mars, and what went wrong? Read more : The flight of Beagle 2
The Penetrometer
Source: ESA
Seventeen years of work, seven years of space flight, all for one second of data from the Huygens Penetrometer. John relives the white knuckle... Read more : The Penetrometer
Crème brûlée
Source: ESA
What was the point of Huygens? John shares the discoveries his team made from the probe. Read more : Crème brûlée
Disappointments and science fiction
NASA
'Disappointments and science fiction' is part 10 of The OU Lecture 2007 - Fingers Crossed: 50 years of space exploration by John Zarnecki Read more : Disappointments and science fiction
Fifty Years In Space: Listen to the lecture
The Open University
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 Read more : Fifty Years In Space: Listen to the lecture
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