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BBC World Service

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

#22

Space Flight

What is the future of space flight? With a successful Nasa landing on Mars and more commer... more

13 Jul 2019

49 MINS

49:32

13 Jul 2019

#21

10, 9, 8, 7: Four Apollo missions

Taking place over just eight months, four perilous and eventful space missions laid the fo... more

11 Jul 2019

49 MINS

49:54

11 Jul 2019

#20

How Do We Rule The Universe?

Governing moon miners, asteroid hunters and space junk sounds pretty tricky, but we better... more

11 Jan 2018

23 MINS

23:37

11 Jan 2018

#19

The First Woman on the Moon

If history had been kinder, aviator Wally Funk might have become the first woman on the Mo... more

20 Nov 2017

49 MINS

49:49

20 Nov 2017

#18

Space 1977

Voyager 1 and 2: Still operating after 40 years in the depths of space. Voyager 1 is curre... more

20 Aug 2017

49 MINS

49:19

20 Aug 2017

#17

Caravans in Space

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

14 Jan 2017

26 MINS

26:28

14 Jan 2017

#16

We Shall Fly - Part One

Why African nations are so keen to journey into the future as a space-going continent. Spa... more

12 Jan 2017

26 MINS

26:29

12 Jan 2017

#15

Women with the Right Stuff

The first footsteps on the Moon were one giant step for 'man', but from the early days of ... more

17 Jul 2016

49 MINS

49:47

17 Jul 2016

#14

The Beagle 2 Mission to Mars

On Christmas Day 2003, a British space craft was due to land on Mars and begin searching f... more

06 Jan 2016

09 MINS

09:22

06 Jan 2016

#13

Skylab Falls to Earth

In 1979, the American space station, Skylab, re-entered the Earth's atmosphere. Large frag... more

01 Jan 2016

09 MINS

09:13

01 Jan 2016

#12

How to Survive in Space: Deep Space

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

31 Dec 2015

26 MINS

26:51

31 Dec 2015

#11

How to Survive in Space: Into Orbit

How science, engineering and medicine are trying to understand the limits of human physiol... more

30 Dec 2015

26 MINS

26:52

30 Dec 2015

#10

The Apollo 13 Space Emergency

In 1970, three American astronauts were heading to the moon when disaster struck. Astronau... more

27 Dec 2015

09 MINS

09:23

27 Dec 2015

#9

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 o... more

26 Dec 2015

17 MINS

17:53

26 Dec 2015

#8

Sounds of Space 2: Deep Space

Take a sonic tour of the universe - this time, deep into the cosmos. Some sounds are recor... more

23 Dec 2015

26 MINS

26:53

23 Dec 2015

#7

The First Woman in Space

Salute Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova. In June 1963, she boarded Vostok 6 at Baikon... more

21 Dec 2015

09 MINS

09:22

21 Dec 2015

#6

Launching the Hubble Space Telescope

In 1990 the Hubble Telescope was launched into space, but the first pictures it sent back ... more

20 Dec 2015

09 MINS

09:13

20 Dec 2015

#5

Sounds of Space 1: The Solar System

The previously silent world of outer space is getting noisier. Listen in to sounds recorde... more

18 Dec 2015

26 MINS

26:52

18 Dec 2015

#4

Space Medicine

The skin suit that combats the effects of microgravity, pushing human physiology and psych... more

18 Dec 2015

26 MINS

26:53

18 Dec 2015

#3

Enceladus: Is There Life On Saturn's Moon?

Saturn’s moon Enceladus has giant geysers blasting water into space at supersonic speeds. ... more

17 Dec 2015

26 MINS

26:53

17 Dec 2015

#2

Monkeys in Space

For the first time, America sends two monkeys into space and brings them back alive. It's ... more

16 Dec 2015

09 MINS

09:22

16 Dec 2015

#1

'I Nearly Drowned in Space'

Astronaut Luca Parmitano was performing maintenance on the International Space Station whe... more

14 Dec 2015

16 MINS

16:02

14 Dec 2015

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#22

Space Flight

#21

10, 9, 8, 7: Four Apollo missions

#20

How Do We Rule The Universe?

#19

The First Woman on the Moon

#18

Space 1977

#17

Caravans in Space

#16

We Shall Fly - Part One

#15

Women with the Right Stuff

#14

The Beagle 2 Mission to Mars

#13

Skylab Falls to Earth

#12

How to Survive in Space: Deep Space

#11

How to Survive in Space: Into Orbit

#10

The Apollo 13 Space Emergency

#9

Why Does The Moon Fascinate Us So Much?

#8

Sounds of Space 2: Deep Space

#7

The First Woman in Space

#6

Launching the Hubble Space Telescope

#5

Sounds of Space 1: The Solar System

#4

Space Medicine

#3

Enceladus: Is There Life On Saturn's Moon?

#2

Monkeys in Space

#1

'I Nearly Drowned in Space'