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Space

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

World Service,22 episodes

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Space Flight
Reusable rockets, a space station beyond the moon - what is the future of space flight?
49 mins13 Jul 2019
10, 9, 8, 7: Four Apollo missions
Taking place over eight months, four space missions paved the way for a Moon landing.
49 mins11 Jul 2019
How Do We Rule The Universe?
Space is no longer the playground of governments but companies that want to mine the moon
23 mins11 Jan 2018
The First Woman on the Moon
Wally Funk looks at mankind's return to the Moon and if a woman might actually get there
49 mins20 Nov 2017
Space 1977
Space probes Voyager 1 and 2 are still operating after 40 years in the depths of space
49 mins20 Aug 2017
Caravans in Space
The plans to set up human colonies in space and spaceships that will take us to the stars
26 mins
We Shall Fly - Part One
The surprising history of African space exploration
26 mins
Women with the Right Stuff
Aviator and aspiring astronaut Wally Funk meets the pioneering women of space travel
49 mins
The Beagle 2 Mission to Mars
On Christmas Day 2003, a British space craft was due to land on Mars to look for life
9 mins
Skylab Falls to Earth
The day when fragments of the US space station Skylab hit an Australian town in 1979.
9 mins
How to Survive in Space: Deep Space
How science, engineering and medicine come together to get human life safely into space.
26 mins
How to Survive in Space: Into Orbit
How science, engineering and medicine are trying to understand how to stay alive in space
26 mins
The Apollo 13 Space Emergency
One of the Apollo 13 astronauts describes the moment disaster struck in 1970.
9 mins
Why Does The Moon Fascinate Us So Much?
Why has the moon fascinated humans from every culture and for all time?
17 mins
Sounds of Space 2: Deep Space
Travel deeper into the universe. Some sounds are recorded, others are data.
26 mins
The First Woman in Space
Salute Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who went into orbit in June 1963.
9 mins
Launching the Hubble Space Telescope
Launching the telescope into space in 1990 didn't quite go according to plan
9 mins
Sounds of Space 1: The Solar System
Take a sonic journey through the Solar System with astronomer, Dr Lucie Green
26 mins
Space Medicine
Examining how the human mind and body copes in space
26 mins
Enceladus: Is There Life On Saturn's Moon?
The best place to search for extra-terrestrial life among the planets.
26 mins
Monkeys in Space
For the first time, America sends two monkeys into space and brings them back alive.
9 mins
'I Nearly Drowned in Space'
Luca Parmitano was on a space walk when water started leaking into his helmet.
16 mins

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