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Space Episodes

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    Women with the Right Stuff

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

  2. Why Does The Moon Fascinate Us So Much?

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

  3. What Would it Take to Put a Human on Mars?

    Nasa is planning a manned mission to Mars. But the challenges are enormous

  4. Welcome to Space

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  5. We Shall Fly - Part Two

    The official space agencies and programmes on the continent of Africa

  6. We Shall Fly - Part One

    The surprising history of African space exploration

  7. The First Woman on the Moon

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

  8. The First Woman in Space

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

  9. The First Woman in Space

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

  10. The Beagle 2 Mission to Mars

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

  11. The Apollo 13 Space Emergency

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

  12. Star Wars - C3PO's story

    The actor behind the galaxy's most famous protocol droid remembers the first Star Wars.

  13. Space Wars

    War in space is not just Hollywood fantasy - it's a fast-approaching threat

  14. Space Medicine

    Examining how the human mind and body copes in space

  15. Space Flight

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

  16. Space 1977

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

  17. Sounds of Space 2: Deep Space

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

  18. Sounds of Space 1: The Solar System

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

  19. Skylab Falls to Earth

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

  20. Reaching for the Stars

    What does the future hold for human space exploration?

  21. Monkeys in Space

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

  22. Launching the Hubble Space Telescope

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

  23. Is There Anybody Out There?

    Such as extra-terrestrials or any other signs of life beyond Earth?

  24. How to Survive in Space: Into Orbit

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

  25. How to Survive in Space: Deep Space

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

  26. How Do We Rule The Universe?

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

  27. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔr, Hagrid and the Incredible Hulk

    Ben Hammersley investigates fictional universes, from Harry Potter to Game of Thrones.

  28. Food on Mars

    As the pressures on earth intensify, will growing food in space become our only option?

  29. Enceladus: Is There Life On Saturn's Moon?

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

  30. Enceladus: Is There Life On Saturn's Moon?

    In the hunt for extra-terrestrial life among the planets - is there life on this moon?

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