Space

Everything you ever wanted to know about the Apollo programme © NASA

Q&A special Everything you ever wanted to know about the Apollo programme

Hidden Figures: the incredible real history behind the film © Shutterstock

History Extra Hidden Figures: the incredible real history behind the film

What if we find alien life?

First contact What if we find alien life?

How to argue with a Moon landing denier © NASA Johnson/Flickr

Moon landing conspiracy How to argue with a Moon landing denier

Wernher von Braun: Director of the Marshall Space Flight Center/Saturn V Chief Architect © Evening Standard/Getty Images

Profile Wernher von Braun: Director of the Marshall Space Flight Center/Saturn V Chief Architect

Sir Patrick Moore’s memories of Apollo 11 © Getty Images

BBC Sky At Night Magazine Sir Patrick Moore’s memories of Apollo 11

Is there life on Mars? © Getty Images

Life on Mars Does the Red Planet harbour life?

The American flag heralds the flight of Apollo 11 © NASA

In pictures USA vs USSR - the race to the Moon

Neil Armstrong: Apollo 11 mission commander © Getty Images

Profile Neil Armstrong: Apollo 11 mission commander

Ladies who launch: the women behind the Apollo Program © NASA

Ladies who launch The women behind the Apollo Program

The mindset behind the Moon landing – Richard Wiseman (Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin walks on the surface of the Moon at Tranquility Base © Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)

Science Focus Podcast The mindset behind the Moon landing – Richard Wiseman

“We choose to go to the moon”: Read JFK’s Moon speech in full © Getty Images

“We choose to go to the Moon” Read JFK’s Moon speech in full

Cosmos: The Art and Science of the Cosmos by Roberta J.M. Olson and Jay M. Pasachoff is published on 31 July 2019 (£35, Reaktion)

Seven really, really big books about space

The Space Race: how Cold War tensions put a rocket under the quest for the Moon © NASA

How the Space Race was won