Available online| Series: | ExoMars Mission special |
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| Episode | 5 |
| Recording date: | 21-10-2016 |
| Published: | 2016 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all Digital Archive web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:20:11 |
| Note: | The description on the site is several pages long, so have left it out of this entry. |
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| Presenter: | Karen Foley |
| Contributor: | Jan Raack |
| Publisher: | The Open University |
| Link to related site: | Internal url: http://studenthublive.open.ac.uk/abstract/surface-mars-jan-raack?event=ExoMars%20Mission%20special |
| Production number: | SHL00096 |
| Available to public: | yes |
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