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Mar 2023
20m 40s

How to Build A Spacecraft

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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Spacecraft go through a lot - exploring dangerous worlds across the cold expanse of space. Not to mention the chaos of a launch! So how do we build a mission that can take on dangerous environments and the harrowing trip to reach them? Explore the world of mission-building with scientists from Venus’ DAVINCI mission. 
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