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A discussion on how our understanding of space has been forged both by art, film, music and science. Originally broadcast 22 December 2015.
Published 12/25/15
What would it take to grow food extra-terrestrially? We explore the science that is being developed to grow food in space. Originally broadcast 8 November 2015
Published 12/24/15
Take a sonic tour of the universe - this time, deep into the cosmos. Some sounds are recorded sound, others are data that have been sonified. Originally broadcast 7 July 2015.
Published 12/23/15
Salute Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova. In June 1963, she boarded Vostok 6 at Baikonur cosmodrome and went into orbit. Originally broadcast 21 June, 2013.
Published 12/21/15
In 1990 the Hubble Telescope was launched into space, but the first pictures it sent back to earth were out of focus. Originally broadcast 23 April 2010.
Published 12/20/15
War in space is not just Hollywood fantasy - it's a fast-approaching threat. Military minds believe wars will be fought on Earth - and above it. Broadcast on 19 December 2015.
Published 12/19/15
The previously silent world of outer space is getting noisier. Listen in to sounds recorded on board spacecraft and sonifications of space data. Originally broadcast 30 June 2015.
Published 12/18/15
The skin suit that combats the effects of microgravity, pushing human physiology and psychology to the limit, and the 'Overview' effect.Originally broadcast on 16 December 2015
Published 12/18/15
Saturn’s moon Enceladus has giant geysers blasting water into space at supersonic speeds. Does it also harbour life beneath its crust? Originally broadcast on 14 Dec 2016.
Published 12/17/15
The actor who plays the galaxy's most famous protocol droid remembers filming the first Star Wars movie in the mid-1970s. Originally broadcast 17 December 2015.
Published 12/17/15
For the first time, America sends two monkeys into space and brings them back alive. It's a watershed moment for the US space agency, Nasa. Originally broadcast on 22 May, 2012.
Published 12/16/15
Astronaut Luca Parmitano was performing maintenance on the International Space Station when he noticed water leaking into his helmet. Originally broadcast on 14 Dec 2015.
Published 12/14/15
Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti - back on Earth after 200 days in space - recalls life at the International Space Station.
Published 12/13/15
Ben Hammersley meets creators and fans to investigate how extended fictional universes, from Harry Potter to Game of Thrones, took over global culture.
Published 12/12/15
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