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- ↑ NASA. "SCaN remembers a fellow colleague, Adrian Hooke", nasa.gov, 13 January 2013. Retrieved on 12 April 2020.
- ↑ CCSDS. "CCSDS Hall of Fame - Adrian Hooke", CCSDS.org. Retrieved on 12 April 2020.
- ↑ InterPlanetary Networking Special Interest Group (IPNSIG). "Remembering Adrian", ipnsig.org, 13 January 2013. Retrieved on 12 April 2020.