The Sky at Night · SEASON 63
Return to the Moon
Episode 5 · 2019-06-09
- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
In the first of two programmes to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo Moon landings, the Sky at Night team take a look at the latest plans to return to the Moon. Recently, China, Israel and India have all sent major missions to the Moon. The Europeans and Americans are planning to build a space station in permanent orbit around the Moon. And NASA has just announced that they plan to land astronauts on the Moon’s surface within five years. It all suggests that we are on the verge of a new golden age in lunar exploration.
Season 63 episodes
1. Beyond Pluto2019-01-13
2. Is Cosmology in Crisis?2019-02-10
3. Marsquake!2019-04-14
4. Supermassive Black Hole2019-05-12
5. Return to the Moon2019-06-09
6. The Moon, the Mission and the BBC2019-07-14
7. Space Mission Special2019-08-11
8. Alien Worlds2019-09-08
9. Question Time2019-10-13
10. Rosetta: The Comet's Tale2019-11-10
11. Review of the Year2019-12-08
