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The Wright Brothers
The story of the Wright brothers' first flight in North Carolina. How over a hundred years ago the first men to fly an aircraft revolutionised modern travel and mankind itself. Before they could get their motor to work, they needed to learn how to glide.
BBC World Service Archive
This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project
Space
The eclipses, spacecraft and astronauts changing our view of the Universe
The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry
A pair of scientific sleuths answer your perplexing questions. Ask them anything!
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Discovery
Explorations in the world of science.
