Human spaceflight
Witness History. The Moon Landing. Audio, 9 minutes
In July 1969, Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong took the first steps on the Moon.
- AttributionBBC World Service
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Witness History. Valentina Tereshkova, cosmonaut. Audio, 9 minutes
The Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to be sent into space
- AttributionBBC World Service
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Witness History. Dennis Tito - the first space tourist. Audio, 9 minutes
In April 2001 an American multi-millionaire paid Russia to send him into space
- AttributionBBC World Service
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CrowdScience. When will an African visit Mars? Audio, 33 minutes
We head to South Africa’s biggest science festival for a debate before a live audience
- AttributionBBC World Service
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CrowdScience. What is the future of space travel? Audio, 27 minutes
CrowdScience goes interstellar to examine the future of space travel
- AttributionBBC World Service
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Between the Ears. Message from the Moon. Audio, 29 minutes
On a journey to the Moon, astronauts reflect on creation, God and our place in the cosmos.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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Witness History. Apollo 8. Audio, 9 minutes
How the first mission to orbit the Moon captured the world's imagination in December 1968
- AttributionBBC World Service
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Science Stories. 17th-Century Space Flight: The Real Cyrano de Bergerac. Audio, 28 minutes
Philip Ball reveals the real Cyrano de Bergerac and his 17th-century spaceship.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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The Life Scientific. Ellen Stofan on being NASA chief scientist. Audio, 28 minutes
Ellen Stofan, former chief scientist at NASA, talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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The Life Scientific. Helen Sharman, the first British astronaut (2016) Audio, 28 minutes
Helen Sharman talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the ups and downs of being in space.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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