The Beagle 2 Mission to Mars

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The Beagle 2 Mission to Mars

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Jan 6, 2016

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On Christmas Day 2003, a British space craft was due to land on Mars and begin searching for signs of life. The late Professor Colin Pillinger describes the daring mission. Originally broadcast December 2015.

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Jan 6, 2016

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

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