Space exploration

Witness History. Laika, the first dog in space. Audio, 9 minutes
The Russian stray was the first dog to be sent into orbit around the earth
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BBC World Service
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France announces new space defence command
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Europe
Posted
13 July 2019
Blast-off for Russian rocket carrying telescope. Video, 00:00:26
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Science & Environment
Posted
13 July 2019
Powerful X-ray telescope launches to map cosmos
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Science & Environment
Posted
13 July 2019
50 Things That Made the Modern Economy. CubeSat. Audio, 10 minutes
How a student engineering challenge has changed the way we use space
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Would-be African astronaut dies in road crash
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Africa
Posted
8 July 2019
Nasa puts up deep-space atomic clock
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Science & Environment
Posted
25 June 2019
German court halts hamster space experiments
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News from Elsewhere
Posted
24 June 2019
Curiosity rover senses methane spike
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Science & Environment
Posted
24 June 2019
European spacecraft to intercept a comet
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Science & Environment
Posted
19 June 2019
Spy satellites reveal rapid Himalayan glacier melt
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Science & Environment
Posted
19 June 2019
The super-tough drones and robots going where we can't
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Business
Posted
14 June 2019
Glaciers to honour 'satellite heroes'
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Science & Environment
Posted
7 June 2019
Push on to take Cornwall into orbit
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Science & Environment
Posted
4 June 2019
30 Animals That Made Us Smarter. Desert spider and Mars robot. Audio, 15 minutes
The cartwheeling spider acrobat that could help us explore the red planet. #30Animals
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year