What will space exploration look like in 2069, a century after the first moon landing? In the fifth and final episode of podcast series, To the moon and beyond, we speak to space scientists about the missions they are dreaming about and planni

To the moon and beyond 4: What’s the point of going back to the moon?

Jul 24th, 2019 35m 58s

It’s been 47 years since the last time a man stepped on the moon, and yet now a host of countries – from the US, to Russia and China – are racing to send astronauts back there, and set up base. In the fourth episode of The Conversation’s To

To the moon and beyond 3: The new space race and what winning it looks like

Jul 17th, 2019 32m 30s

From Algeria to Vietnam, there are 72 countries with some sort of space programme. And the new space race involves a number of private companies too, that are becoming increasingly crucial to national missions.In the third episode of To the

To the moon and beyond 2: how humanity reacted to the moon landing and why it led to conspiracy theories

Jul 10th, 2019 34m 3s

In the second episode of The Conversation’s To the moon and beyond podcast series, we take a look at the impact going to the moon had on humanity – and why it generated so many conspiracy theories. While an estimated half a billion people tu

To the moon and beyond 1: What we learned from landing on the moon and why we stopped going

Jul 3rd, 2019 30m 55s

blank Welcome to the first episode of To the moon and beyond, a brand new global podcast series from The Conversation marking 50 years since the first moon landing in July 1969. Humanity has the moon landings to thank for a lot. But what did

To the moon and beyond podcast series – Trailer

Jun 26th, 2019 4m 57s

It’s been 50 years since Neil Armstrong made his giant leap for mankind by becoming the first person to set foot on the lunar surface. While the historic event was followed by six further crewed missions – five of which landed – nobody has bee

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