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Afternoon Reading: Sputnik

Afternoon Reading: Sputnik: Episode 5: The First King of Mars

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Episode 5: The First King of Mars

The First King of Mars

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By Nick Walker. There is plenty of time to think during the long journey to Mars.

By Nick Walker. There is plenty of time to think during the long journey to Mars. And the new colony will need governance. Read by Peter Capaldi.

A selection of stories specially commissioned to celebrate the Russian satellite which started the space race.

By Nick Walker, read by Peter Capaldi.

There is plenty of time to think during the long journey to Mars. And the new colony will need governance.

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Stories celebrating the Russian satellite which started the space race in 1957

A selection of stories celebrating the Russian satellite which started the space race in 1957

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