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  1. To Call Space Soon

    Date released
    6 Feb 1966
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    66/11
    NoS ID
    111945
    Story no
    3 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    A new British radio telescope nears completion and will extend the frontiers of the science of radio astronomy.

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  2. Planet Pluto, The: Maligned but Not Forgotten

    Subject
    Astronomy

    Dr. Dale Cruikshank from NASA reviews what we know about Pluto (including its atmosphere, of which he was the co-discoverer), why Pluto was re-classified as a dwarf planet in the fall of 2006, and what the...

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  3. The night is young (1988)

    Genre
    Interview

    Gill Pyrah talks on The Night is Young to the most famous astronomer in Britain, Patrick Moore. He’s written countless books on the subject and has had a long running television series, called The Sky At...

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  4. Morning Call Archive No.18: A selection of interviews: Patrick Moore; Clare Francis. Living in the 17th Century Exhibition - nd [1985]

    Morning Call Archive No.18: A selection of interviews from Radio Victory’s Morning Call series, compiled as an archive reel by the station. TRACKS 1-3 PATRICK MOORE. Describes Saturn as seen through...

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  5. Brian Hayes show (1977)

    Genre
    Interview; Phone-in

    Hayes at the Weekend. Brian Hayes interviews Simon Mitton of the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, on the new Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Astronomy and how information is gathered by...

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  6. NASA USSS Endeavour launch (1995)

    Genre
    News report; Special; Interview

    Jason Kaye reports on the US space shuttle Endeavour launching from Cape Canaveral in Florida for a 16 day astronomy mission orbiting the Earth. Includes NASA launch commentary from Lisa Malone and...

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  7. Radio Telescope

    Date released
    24 Oct 1960
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    304
    NoS ID
    120963
    Story no
    1 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NoS Summary - Shows the radio telescope at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory of the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge.

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  8. GEOS satellite mission (1977)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with unidentified male speaker about the GEOS (Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite) satellite mission. Male interviewer not identified.

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  9. Meteor shower to hit Earth (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Astronomer Dr John Gribbin discusses the likelihood of a meteor shower on Earth, which has occurred before, and is a natural phemomenon. This is nothing to be worried about, he says, and is comparable to a...

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  10. Ian Ridpath on European space mission (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Astronomer and author Ian Ridpath on the launch of Eastern Europeans into space. He talks in detail about the Russians’ attempt to break the record for time spent in space. Male interviewer not identified.

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