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Space

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Stories, opinion and debate from the final frontier – including a guide on how to live in space, 20th century legends and the stories of missions past and present.

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Listen to Space, a Religion & Spirituality podcast by BBC. Stream 22 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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Space Flight

What is the future of space flight? With a successful Nasa landing on Mars and more commercial space travel in development than ever before,...

49:32Jul 13, 2019

10, 9, 8, 7: Four Apollo missions

Taking place over just eight months, four perilous and eventful space missions laid the foundations for a successful Moon landing. Each push...

49:54Jul 11, 2019

How Do We Rule The Universe?

Governing moon miners, asteroid hunters and space junk sounds pretty tricky, but we better get our act together. This year the majority of s...

23:37Jan 11, 2018

The First Woman on the Moon

If history had been kinder, aviator Wally Funk might have become the first woman on the Moon. In the early 1960s, she was one of 13 female p...

49:49Nov 20, 2017

Space 1977

Voyager 1 and 2: Still operating after 40 years in the depths of space. Voyager 1 is currently some 20 billion kilometres from Earth travell...

49:19Aug 20, 2017

Caravans in Space

The plans to set up human colonies in space and spaceships that will take us to the stars. Richard Hollingham travels to the Tennessee Valle...

26:28Jan 14, 2017

We Shall Fly - Part One

Why African nations are so keen to journey into the future as a space-going continent. Space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock visits Nigeria,...

26:29Jan 12, 2017

Women with the Right Stuff

The first footsteps on the Moon were one giant step for 'man', but from the early days of aeronautics women have also been involved in space...

49:47Jul 17, 2016

The Beagle 2 Mission to Mars

On Christmas Day 2003, a British space craft was due to land on Mars and begin searching for signs of life. The late Professor Colin Pilling...

9:22Jan 6, 2016

Skylab Falls to Earth

In 1979, the American space station, Skylab, re-entered the Earth's atmosphere. Large fragments hit SW Australia instead of the Indian Ocean...

9:13Jan 1, 2016

How to Survive in Space: Deep Space

How science, engineering and medicine come together to get fragile human life safely into space. Where should our ambitions lie? Originally...

26:51Dec 31, 2015

How to Survive in Space: Into Orbit

How science, engineering and medicine are trying to understand the limits of human physiology to ensure survival in space. Originally broadc...

26:52Dec 30, 2015

The Apollo 13 Space Emergency

In 1970, three American astronauts were heading to the moon when disaster struck. Astronaut Fred Haise describes what happened. Originally b...

9:23Dec 27, 2015

Why Does The Moon Fascinate Us So Much?

Why has the moon fascinated humans for so long? The moon in culture, how it affects life on Earth and what the moon is really like. Original...

17:53Dec 26, 2015

Sounds of Space 2: Deep Space

Take a sonic tour of the universe - this time, deep into the cosmos. Some sounds are recorded sound, others are data that have been sonified...

26:53Dec 23, 2015

The First Woman in Space

Salute Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova. In June 1963, she boarded Vostok 6 at Baikonur cosmodrome and went into orbit. Originally broa...

9:22Dec 21, 2015

Launching the Hubble Space Telescope

In 1990 the Hubble Telescope was launched into space, but the first pictures it sent back to earth were out of focus. Originally broadcast 2...

9:13Dec 20, 2015

Sounds of Space 1: The Solar System

The previously silent world of outer space is getting noisier. Listen in to sounds recorded on board spacecraft and sonifications of space d...

26:52Dec 18, 2015

Space Medicine

The skin suit that combats the effects of microgravity, pushing human physiology and psychology to the limit, and the 'Overview' effect.Orig...

26:53Dec 18, 2015

Enceladus: Is There Life On Saturn's Moon?

Saturn’s moon Enceladus has giant geysers blasting water into space at supersonic speeds. Does it also harbour life beneath its crust? Origi...

26:53Dec 17, 2015

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