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Episode 1: Astronaut Driving lessons

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This month: Tim Peake tries his hand at driving a rover from the ISS, comedian Ben Miller on aliens and an unfortunate weasel at CERN Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

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