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Video podcast Did our ancestors think the world was flat? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin on the moon's surface

The history of the first moon landing: the road to Apollo 11

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Video podcast Tim Peake on the human history of space . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Astronomy history: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Still from Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), directed by Steven Spielberg (Photo by Allstar Picture Library Limited/Alamy Stock Photo)

“Nasa has finally been dragged back into the UFO debate”: David Clarke on the history of flying saucers . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A composite image showing an astronaut on the moon against a purple sky.

Conspiracy Did NASA fake the Moon landing?

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A United Arab Emirates postage stamp issued in 1971 commemorating Laika, the Soviet dog who in 1957 became the first animal in orbit

Animals in space: the creatures who paved the way for human travel beyond Earth . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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An old man penetrating the earth's firmament to see the workings of the universe beyond

A brief history of astronomy . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Apollo 8 crew in a capsule during training

Apollo 8: why NASA’s Christmas mission to the Moon was a bright end to a dark year

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Stephen Walker tells Rhiannon Davies about the history of animals in space, from fruit flies and monkeys to Laika the Soviet space dog. (Image by Getty Images)

Animals in space: from Laika to jellyfish & tortoises . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Dr David Clarke explains how the idea of extra-terrestrials in mysterious flying saucers developed from its origins in the Cold War to become an enduring modern myth. (Image by Getty Images)

The history and mystery of UFOs . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

On the evening of 13 March thousands of people in Phoenix, Arizona, and surrounding areas see a triangular formation of lights drifting above the city. Fife Symington, the governor of Arizona at the time, was one of the witnesses and he described the UFO as “otherworldly”. This image shows something similar to what was reported at the time. (Photo by Alamy)

UFO history 10 top sightings and a timeline

A UFO photographed in New Mexico by a government employee. The image was released by the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization after careful study. It is unknown what the image shows.(Photo by Getty Images)

How UFOs conquered the world – without firing a shot