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A Secret British Base Just Helped NASA Track Astronauts in Space!

Thursday 9 April 2026 β€’Newsround (BBC)
A special listening station called Goonhilly in Cornwall, England, has been using its enormous dish antennas [giant metal bowls that catch radio signals] to help NASA track astronauts flying to the Moon! This amazing base that's been around since the 1960s is now part of a brand new mission called Artemis II, which means British scientists are helping humanity explore space like never before. How cool is it that a place in the UK is connected to people traveling through outer space right now?
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