Space Podcast
A collection of radio documentary programmes broadcast on the BBC World Service, with one thing in common – space.
Episodes to download
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Space Flight
Sat 13 Jul 2019
Reusable rockets, a space station beyond the moon - what is the future of space flight?
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10, 9, 8, 7: Four Apollo missions
Thu 11 Jul 2019
Taking place over eight months, four space missions paved the way for a Moon landing.
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How Do We Rule The Universe?
Thu 11 Jan 2018
Space is no longer the playground of governments but companies that want to mine the moon
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The First Woman on the Moon
Mon 20 Nov 2017
Wally Funk looks at mankind's return to the Moon and if a woman might actually get there
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Space 1977
Sun 20 Aug 2017
Space probes Voyager 1 and 2 are still operating after 40 years in the depths of space
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Caravans in Space
Sat 14 Jan 2017
The plans to set up human colonies in space and spaceships that will take us to the stars
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Women with the Right Stuff
Sun 17 Jul 2016
Aviator and aspiring astronaut Wally Funk meets the pioneering women of space travel
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The Beagle 2 Mission to Mars
Wed 6 Jan 2016
On Christmas Day 2003, a British space craft was due to land on Mars to look for life
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Skylab Falls to Earth
New Year's Day 2016
The day when fragments of the US space station Skylab hit an Australian town in 1979.
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How to Survive in Space: Deep Space
Thu 31 Dec 2015
How science, engineering and medicine come together to get human life safely into space.
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How to Survive in Space: Into Orbit
Wed 30 Dec 2015
How science, engineering and medicine are trying to understand how to stay alive in space
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The Apollo 13 Space Emergency
Sun 27 Dec 2015
One of the Apollo 13 astronauts describes the moment disaster struck in 1970.
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Why Does The Moon Fascinate Us So Much?
Boxing Day 2015
Why has the moon fascinated humans from every culture and for all time?
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Sounds of Space 2: Deep Space
Wed 23 Dec 2015
Travel deeper into the universe. Some sounds are recorded, others are data.
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The First Woman in Space
Mon 21 Dec 2015
Salute Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who went into orbit in June 1963.
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Launching the Hubble Space Telescope
Sun 20 Dec 2015
Launching the telescope into space in 1990 didn't quite go according to plan
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Sounds of Space 1: The Solar System
Fri 18 Dec 2015
Take a sonic journey through the Solar System with astronomer, Dr Lucie Green
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Enceladus: Is There Life On Saturn's Moon?
Thu 17 Dec 2015
The best place to search for extra-terrestrial life among the planets.
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Monkeys in Space
Wed 16 Dec 2015
For the first time, America sends two monkeys into space and brings them back alive.
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'I Nearly Drowned in Space'
Mon 14 Dec 2015
Luca Parmitano was on a space walk when water started leaking into his helmet.
Stargazing
Dava Sobel explores our fascination with the cosmos, from Copernicus to recent innovation
The Space Collection
Astronauts, moon walks and surviving in space
The Space Archive
Innovation, the space race and the first heroes to boldly go
