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The First Woman in Space

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

• 9 mins

Sounds of Space 2: Deep Space

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

• 26 mins

Why Does The Moon Fascinate Us So Much?

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

• 17 mins

The Apollo 13 Space Emergency

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

• 9 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

How to Survive in Space: Deep Space

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

• 26 mins

Skylab Falls to Earth

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

• 9 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

Women with the Right Stuff

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

• 49 mins

We Shall Fly - Part One

The surprising history of African space exploration

• 26 mins

Caravans in Space

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

• 26 mins

Space 1977

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

• 49 mins

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 mins

How Do We Rule The Universe?

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

• 23 mins

10, 9, 8, 7: Four Apollo missions

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

• 49 mins

Space Flight

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

• 49 mins