# The Secret History of a Space Mission

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Podcast: [AWESOME ASTRONOMY](https://stenobird.com/podcast/awesome-astronomy-857558)
Published: 2026-06-19T22:38:36+00:00
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## Resource

The idea that sparked a billion-dollar space telescope was recorded in the most unlikely of places: a scrap of paper fished out a pocket while gondolas sailed by in Venice. In this talk, award-winning astrophysicist and science communicator Steve Eales of Cardiff University takes us on the unlikely journey of the Herschel Space Observatory, the most sensitive far-infrared space telescope yet launched. This talk wes recorded at the recent AstroCamp in Cwmdu, Wales Produced by Paul, Jen, John, Damien & Dustin

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