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is NASA鈥檚 test of its Orion capsule, Space Launch System rocket and the ground systems at Kennedy Space Center. Register for free to see it launch en route for the moon at 1.33pm BST/8.33am EDT on 29 August.

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records the unlikely conversations between astrobiologist Charles Cockell and taxi drivers about aliens and space exploration. So is Mars our plan B? Will we understand aliens? And what if we are alone? On sale from 30 August.

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takes us back to J. R. R. Tolkien鈥檚 Middle-earth, where Morfydd Clark (below) plays a younger (but still ancient) Galadriel in Amazon鈥檚 bid to tell Sauron鈥檚 origin story. On Prime Video from 2am BST on 2 September.

Morfydd Clark (Galadriel)
Morfydd Clark (Galadriel)
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