Space

BBC World Service

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

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22 episodes
Updated Jul 13, 2019

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Jul 13, 2019 · 49 min
Space Flight
Reusable rockets, a space station beyond the moon - what is the future of space flight?
Jul 11, 2019 · 49 min
10, 9, 8, 7: Four Apollo missions
Taking place over eight months, four space missions paved the way for a Moon landing.
Jan 11, 2018 · 23 min
How Do We Rule The Universe?
Space is no longer the playground of governments but companies that want to mine the moon
Nov 20, 2017 · 49 min
The First Woman on the Moon
Wally Funk looks at mankind's return to the Moon and if a woman might actually get there
Aug 20, 2017 · 49 min
Space 1977
Space probes Voyager 1 and 2 are still operating after 40 years in the depths of space
Jan 14, 2017 · 26 min
Caravans in Space
The plans to set up human colonies in space and spaceships that will take us to the stars
Jan 12, 2017 · 26 min
We Shall Fly - Part One
The surprising history of African space exploration
Jul 17, 2016 · 49 min
Women with the Right Stuff
Aviator and aspiring astronaut Wally Funk meets the pioneering women of space travel
Jan 6, 2016 · 9 min
The Beagle 2 Mission to Mars
On Christmas Day 2003, a British space craft was due to land on Mars to look for life
Jan 1, 2016 · 9 min
Skylab Falls to Earth
The day when fragments of the US space station Skylab hit an Australian town in 1979.
Dec 31, 2015 · 26 min
How to Survive in Space: Deep Space
How science, engineering and medicine come together to get human life safely into space.
Dec 30, 2015 · 26 min
How to Survive in Space: Into Orbit
How science, engineering and medicine are trying to understand how to stay alive in space
Dec 27, 2015 · 9 min
The Apollo 13 Space Emergency
One of the Apollo 13 astronauts describes the moment disaster struck in 1970.
Dec 26, 2015 · 17 min
Why Does The Moon Fascinate Us So Much?
Why has the moon fascinated humans from every culture and for all time?
Dec 23, 2015 · 26 min
Sounds of Space 2: Deep Space
Travel deeper into the universe. Some sounds are recorded, others are data.
Dec 21, 2015 · 9 min
The First Woman in Space
Salute Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who went into orbit in June 1963.
Dec 20, 2015 · 9 min
Launching the Hubble Space Telescope
Launching the telescope into space in 1990 didn't quite go according to plan
Dec 18, 2015 · 26 min
Sounds of Space 1: The Solar System
Take a sonic journey through the Solar System with astronomer, Dr Lucie Green
Dec 18, 2015 · 26 min
Space Medicine
Examining how the human mind and body copes in space
Dec 17, 2015 · 26 min
Enceladus: Is There Life On Saturn's Moon?
The best place to search for extra-terrestrial life among the planets.