Space Exploration: The Next Frontier
Exploring the mysteries of the universe and mankind's journey to the stars
Asteroids - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly—Horizon, 2010-2011
Looking at how asteroids are responsible for both life and death on our planet.
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Jupiter: Up Close and Personal—The Sky at Night
How Nasa's Juno spacecraft's images of Jupiter provide new scientific insight.
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Volcanoes of the Solar System—Horizon, 2017
Discover the parallels between Earth's volcanoes and those elsewhere in the solar system.
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Episode 1—Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?, Series 1
Twelve candidates are put through a series of gruelling physical and psychological tests.
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Tim Peake Special: How to Be an Astronaut—Horizon, 2016
Tim Peake's video diary of the lead-up to his arrival at the International Space Station.
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A Short Trip into Space—Horizon, Shorts
Short film about travelling around the cosmos.
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The Last Man on the Moon
Documentary about astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon in December 1972
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Planets—The Sky at Night, Guides
Using the archives, a voyage of discovery through our exploration of the planets.
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Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race
Documentary telling the story of how the Russians led us into the space age.
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Britain's Star Men: Heroes of Astronomy
Four British astronomers take a road trip through the US to revisit great observatories.
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One Small Step—NASA: Triumph and Tragedy
The story of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's mission to the Moon.
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Unveiling Titan—The Sky at Night
Patrick Moore talks to Professor John Zarnecki about Titan, a moon of Saturn. (2005)
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Do We Really Need the Moon?
Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock explores the moon's relationship to our planet.
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The Horizon Guide to Space Shuttles
A biography of the space shuttle, from triumphs to tragedies, using the BBC archive.
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The Search for a New Earth
Professor Stephen Hawking explores how humans might one day relocate to different planets.
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The 21st Century Race For Space
Brian Cox discovers whether the space billionaires can make mass space flight a reality.
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Mars: A Traveller's Guide—Horizon, 2017
Leading experts on Mars discuss where they would go and what they would need to survive.
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Destiny—Wonders of the Universe
Brian Cox seeks to understand the nature of time and its role in creating the universe.
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Cassini: The Gamechanger—The Sky at Night
How future space exploration has been changed by the discoveries of the Cassini mission.
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James May at the Edge of Space
James May takes a rare and privileged flight 70,000 feet above Earth in a U2 spy plane.
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Can We Make a Star on Earth?—Horizon, 2008-2009
Professor Brian Cox journeys in search of the energy source of the future, nuclear fusion.
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Seeing Stars—Horizon, 2011-2012
How a new generation of supertelescopes are helping astronomers explore the universe.
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The Race to Ruin—Horizon, 1981-1982
Examining the US fear that the Russians are ahead of them in the space race. (1981)
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Man in Space
Horizon reports from the spacecraft centre in Houston, Texas. (1966)
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