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The Scientist Spies
Astrophysics Professor Tim O’Brien tells Marnie Chesterton how scientists operating Britain’s radio telescope at Jodrell Bank were first to detect signals from Soviet and American space probes – including the first pictures sent back from the moon.
Photo: Jodrell Bank Lovell Radio Telescope.
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