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Every weekday, your Sci-Fi 5 brings you five minutes of science fiction history. Our panel of hosts present the background stories and details about the creators and context around the stories you love. Brought to you by Roddenberry, the first name in science fiction.

Sep 13, 2021

On September 13, 1999, the moon broke away from Earth's orbit after a devastating nuclear explosion. Hear a first-person account from a Moonbase Alpha technical comms officer who was there when it happened. Good luck, John Koenig. Godspeed Moonbase Alpha.

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Written and hosted by Norman Lao

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