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SPACE ROCKS BEHIND THE SCENES

On 21 September 2019, Space Rocks returned to indigo at The O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom, for a second year, and it didn’t disappoint. The All About Space team had the pleasure of attending this event of space, science, science-fiction and music all rolled into one. Not only that, we had the opportunity to have a peak behind the curtain and talk to some of the people who made this event another stupendous, highly enjoyable and highly educational day of family fun.

Space Rocks, presented in association with the European Space Agency (ESA), had great success in its previous year, winning ‘Event of the Year’ at the Prog Music Awards, and was also nominated for a Sir Arthur Clarke Award by the British Interplanetary Society. This time it was back with some old faces, some new faces and the gob-smacked faces staring at the stage in front of them.

The day began with the Space Academy session, where some of the smartest minds

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