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Aug 17th: Awesome Astronomy August 2022 Space Exploration Show
Time for space exploration news with @AwesomeAstroPod. We have Perseids meteor shower, NASA going back to the Moon, news from ISS. Also what would we like to see happen to the ISS instead of being deorbited? More at #365DaysOfAstro
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