Space

Video podcastDid 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

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

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

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

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.

ConspiracyDid NASA fake the Moon landing?

Conspiracy: was the moon landing faked?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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.

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. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

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

UFO history10 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. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

In their own words: the team behind Apollo 11 describe the 1969 mission to the Moon

Sending the first man into space. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The space race: everything you wanted to know

The space race: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Peter Mayhew, Harrison Ford, Alec Guinness and Mark Hamill, on-set of the film Star Wars

Star Wars: why did the film make history?

Astronauts being lifted from the Apollo 13 spacecraft after splashdown in the South Pacific,1970. (Photo by Alamy)

Apollo 13. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. (Photo by Getty Images)

Yuri Gagarin: 8 things you (probably) didn’t know about the first man in space

Miniature from an Apocalypse of Cambrai depicting the opening of the sixth seal: an earthquake occurs and the sun becomes black. Municipal library, Cambrai, France. (Photo by Leemage/Corbis via Getty Images)

Written in the stars: 7 celestial events that may have changed history

The race to save Apollo 13

Hidden Figures: the incredible real history behind the film

In pictures: Soviet cosmonauts and the birth of the space age

Q&AHow did Area 51 become associated with aliens?

NASA’s unknown Welsh hero: the story of Tecwyn Roberts

Kendrick Oliver explores the space race that led to the 1969 moon landing and considers the legacy of the momentous events of July 1969. (Photo by NASA/Newsmakers/Getty Images)

The race to the moon. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A cartoon showing a man in a suit of armour on the moon

Q&ADid NASA really pick the brains of the Tower of London armoury when designing the first space suits?

BBC Sky at Night MagazineWhere did the Apollo astronauts land on the Moon?