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A collection of radio documentary programmes broadcast on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service, with one thing in common – space.

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Episodes available: indefinitely

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    Space Flight

    Sat 13 Jul 2019

    Reusable rockets, a space station beyond the moon - what is the future of space flight?

  • 10, 9, 8, 7: Four Apollo missions

    Thu 11 Jul 2019

    Taking place over eight months, four space missions paved the way for a Moon landing.

  • How Do We Rule The Universe?

    Thu 11 Jan 2018

    Space is no longer the playground of governments but companies that want to mine the moon

  • The First Woman on the Moon

    Mon 20 Nov 2017

    Wally Funk looks at mankind's return to the Moon and if a woman might actually get there

  • Space 1977

    Sun 20 Aug 2017

    Space probes Voyager 1 and 2 are still operating after 40 years in the depths of space

  • Caravans in Space

    Sat 14 Jan 2017

    The plans to set up human colonies in space and spaceships that will take us to the stars

  • We Shall Fly - Part One

    Thu 12 Jan 2017

    The surprising history of African space exploration

  • Women with the Right Stuff

    Sun 17 Jul 2016

    Aviator and aspiring astronaut Wally Funk meets the pioneering women of space travel

  • The Beagle 2 Mission to Mars

    Wed 6 Jan 2016

    On Christmas Day 2003, a British space craft was due to land on Mars to look for life

  • Skylab Falls to Earth

    New Year's Day 2016

    The day when fragments of the US space station Skylab hit an Australian town in 1979.

  • How to Survive in Space: Deep Space

    Thu 31 Dec 2015

    How science, engineering and medicine come together to get human life safely into space.

  • How to Survive in Space: Into Orbit

    Wed 30 Dec 2015

    How science, engineering and medicine are trying to understand how to stay alive in space

  • The Apollo 13 Space Emergency

    Sun 27 Dec 2015

    One of the Apollo 13 astronauts describes the moment disaster struck in 1970.

  • Why Does The Moon Fascinate Us So Much?

    Boxing Day 2015

    Why has the moon fascinated humans from every culture and for all time?

  • Sounds of Space 2: Deep Space

    Wed 23 Dec 2015

    Travel deeper into the universe. Some sounds are recorded, others are data.

  • The First Woman in Space

    Mon 21 Dec 2015

    Salute Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who went into orbit in June 1963.

  • Launching the Hubble Space Telescope

    Sun 20 Dec 2015

    Launching the telescope into space in 1990 didn't quite go according to plan

  • Sounds of Space 1: The Solar System

    Fri 18 Dec 2015

    Take a sonic journey through the Solar System with astronomer, Dr Lucie Green

  • Space Medicine

    Fri 18 Dec 2015

    Examining how the human mind and body copes in space

  • Enceladus: Is There Life On Saturn's Moon?

    Thu 17 Dec 2015

    The best place to search for extra-terrestrial life among the planets.

  • Monkeys in Space

    Wed 16 Dec 2015

    For the first time, America sends two monkeys into space and brings them back alive.

  • 'I Nearly Drowned in Space'

    Mon 14 Dec 2015

    Luca Parmitano was on a space walk when water started leaking into his helmet.

Stargazing

Dava Sobel explores our fascination with the cosmos, from Copernicus to recent innovation

The Space Collection

Astronauts, moon walks and surviving in space

The Space Archive

Innovation, the space race and the first heroes to boldly go

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