The Overview Effect
\nWhat is it that draws astronauts to gaze at the Earth? Psychologists are just beginning to study the effect of looking at our home planet and whether it is more important to our well-being than merely existing as place to live in.<\/p>\n
Farewell Messenger
\nLaunched almost 13 years ago, NASA\u2019s Messenger spacecraft is a triumph of spacecraft engineering and a landmark in planetary exploration, becoming the first to orbit Mercury. We take a look at its accomplish-ments as we say farewell.<\/p>\n
M for Monster
\nSpace historian Dwayne Day opens the files on a cryogenic rocket motor which could have powered ad-vanced versions of the Saturn rocket to found out why it never flew.<\/p>\n
SpaceX takes NAA to Mars!
\nThe US space agency has signed a deal with SpaceX to support a Dragon mission to Mars in 2018, a key step to putting humans on the Red Planet.<\/p>\n
MOL\/DORIAN Files Opened
\nDr Neil Da Costa reports on another tranche of previously classified documents on the history of one of the most publicised spy satellites of all time and explores why it never got off the ground.<\/p>\n
Higher and Faster \u2013 The Evolution of Rocket Planes
\nMichel van Pelt tracks the background to the developing story of rocket planes and connects a very old mar-riage to the possibilities for rocket flight in the future.<\/p>\n
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