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Mar 2024
27m 20s

Exploring space

Bbc World Service
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Zoe Kleinman visits a satellite earth station from the era of the first moon landings, and a spaceport developing horizontal rocket launches. Find out how tech is being used to communicate deep into space, and launch rockets from jet planes. Also on Tech Life, cyborg jellyfish could soon be swimming the ocean depths, providing valuable data to scientists. And an AI-generated internet radio station keeps you up to date with non-news.

PHOTO: Zoe Kleinman at Goonhilly Earth Station. Credit: BBC.

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