Why Does The Moon Fascinate Us So Much?

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Why Does The Moon Fascinate Us So Much?

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Dec 26, 2015

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Why has the moon fascinated humans for so long? The moon in culture, how it affects life on Earth and what the moon is really like. Originally broadcast 21 July 2014.

Released:

Dec 26, 2015

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Podcast episode

Titles in the series (22)

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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The First Woman in Space: Salute Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who went into orbit in June 1963. 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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Space Medicine: Examining how the human mind and body copes in space 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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