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This is Ground Control to Major Tom.... just who are you exactly? David Bowie's iconic fictional astronaut has long been a part of rock legend, yet his full identity has remained a mystery - until now. ‌

A treasure trove of 90,000 items from the late Starman singer's archive, now housed in the VandA's new East Storehouse, reveals a handwritten synopsis for a film called Young Americans that sheds new light on his identity. ‌

The two pages of A4 paper tell the tale of "British jet-ace.....Major Tom Brough", who is involved in a scheme to fake the Moon landings. At one point, Bowie seems to reference his famous lyric from 1969's Space Oddity by writing: "Ground Control are tense and alert as Tom descends his ladder." ‌

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