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Destination Moon!
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Destination Moon!

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landings at Dynamic Earth and experience humanity’s first voyage to another world through fun, family activities and demos. Watch explosive rocket launches, zoom across the lunar surface on a VR moon buggy and even create your own astronaut mission patch badge to take home. To top off…

Meet the Moon
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Meet the Moon

The Earth’s celestial companion is a familiar sight in the night sky. But go there, and you’d find a very unfamiliar world: a world of extreme hot and cold, light and dark, a world where footprints last millennia, and where the light plays tricks on your senses. Even the journey to the Moon packs a…

To the Moon & Back Again
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To the Moon & Back Again

It’s our nearest celestial neighbour, but only 24 humans have ever made the epic voyage to the Moon and back. With the 50th anniversary of the Moon landings fast approaching, journey to the Moon and back with the help of three astronomy nerds from the Royal Observatory Edinburgh. A very general guide on the ‘what’,…