Broadcast: Monday 15th July 2019 (CBBC 5:30pm / on iPlayer from 8th July)

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Summary: Comedian and space nerd Dara Ó Briain joins Rattus as guest host for a special show that marks the anniversary of the 1969 moon landings. The first use of rocket power, the Space Race, and poo floating in the Apollo 10 cockpit - it’s all here! 

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Sketches: Written by Ben Ward, Madeline Brettingham, Dave Cohen, The Dawson Brothers, George Sawyer and Henri Ward

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• Neil Armstrong is the first man to walk on the moon, while Buzz Aldrin gets a less glamorous first.

• A Babylonian king is told that the heavens have foretold that terrible things will happen to the king, but he has a loophole.

• Historical Educating: John Wilkins, 17th-century philosopher and supply teacher, tells his class about their upcoming field trip to the moon.

• Song: The Earth Spins Round the Sun - The terrific astronomical trio of Copernicus, Issac Newton and Galileo explain how they each came to their universal scientific conclusions.

• Lagâri Hasan Çelebi achieves the first manned rocket-powered flight at a celebration for the Sultan.

• The Russians and Americans compete in sending things to space; the Russians sending a spooky (and annoying) satellite

• Historical PR: The Americans enlist in the help of Sophie and Sebastian for some more unique ideas

• The Russians return, sending a dummy reciting recipes for borscht into space.

• Yuri Gagarin is the first man in space, but his father isn't impressed.

• iKatherine Johnson: Meet America's solution to finally getting ahead in the race and getting a man on the moon: a "computer" called Katherine Johnson (advertisement).

• The Apollo 10 crew is faced with the horror of someone's poo floating around in the cockpit.

• Michael Collins has a livestream while he waits to pick up Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, but his chat isn't impressed.

• Song: Flying to the Moon - The Space Race is on and President JF Kennedy wants to put a man on the moon because it is there – but so does Nikita Krhushchev.

Cast & crew: See Series 8 page

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