14/12/2015
Retired Nasa astronaut Ron Garan answers listeners' questions about the International Space Station as British astronaut Tim Peake prepares for lift-off.
Retired NASA astronaut Colonel Ron Garan has travelled 71,075,867 miles in 2,842 orbits of Earth during more than 178 days in space and has carried out four spacewalks. He answers listeners' questions about life on board the International Space Station as British astronaut Tim Peake prepares for lift off on his own mission to the ISS.
Plus advice for Tim Peake from Captain Al Bean, who travelled on the Apollo 12 mission in 1969, and was the fourth man on the moon: he is one of only eight people alive today to have walked on the moon.
Natalie Jamieson & Vanessa Thorpe discuss the entertainment stories of the week, including the Star Wars premiere in Los Angeles, the final of The X Factor, Golden Globe nominations and a late night live tweeting of Love Actually from an insider's perspective.
Leicester City & Chelsea fans have their say as the table-topping Foxes inflict further misery on the defending Premier League champions.
A consultant clinical psychologist who works with families explains what's behind the significant rise in the number of newborn babies being taken into care in England.
And university graduate Zoe Turner explains how her life has changed in the year since a near-fatal car crash, when the bodycon dress she was wearing helped save her life.
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- Mon 14 Dec 2015 22:30大象传媒 Radio 5 Live