The eclipse, visionary astronomers and our fascination with the cosmos
Luca Parmitano was on a space walk when water started leaking into his helmet.
How science, engineering and medicine are trying to understand how to stay alive in space
Edgar Mitchell one of twelve people to have walked on the moon has died.
Astronaut Mike Barratt on how to keep meals nutritious
Charles Duke, an astronaut on the Apollo 16 lunar mission, describes lift off.
Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov on how that mission did not go according to plan.
Kevin Fong escapes earth鈥檚 gravity to examine the challenges on the body
British scientists hijacked Russian signal to fax the first picture of the moon鈥檚 surface
An interview with the only geologist to explore the moon's surface, Harrison Schmitt
What does the future hold for human space exploration?
Harrison Schmitt describes the Moon landscape and man's potential to settle there.
NASA postpones mission to Mars after leaks were discovered in one instrument
Luca Parmitano was on a space walk when water started leaking into his helmet
The gruelling training faced by the American women who almost made it to space.
Examining how the human mind and body copes in space
The best place to search for extra-terrestrial life among the planets.
A panel of experts to discuss the relationship between art and space
Canyons, craters and mountains: The spectacular Martian terrain carved by swathes of water
The alien mountains, canyons and craters that inspire scientists and writers
Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti is back on Earth after 200 days in space.
How fictional universes, from Star Wars to Harry Potter took over global culture
Science on the International Space Station
Voyaging further into deep space, with astronomer, Dr Lucie Green.
In June 1963 Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova went into orbit.
