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Searching the Heavens

Chris Riley travels to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California to find out about the extraordinary propulsion systems of the future.

Chris Riley travels to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California to find out about the extraordinary propulsion systems of the future - how ion engines and solar sails will soon be propelling us past the edge of our Solar System and on into interstellar space.Kathy Sykes talks to Paul Murdin, director of the British National Space Centre, whose discovery of a 'dark star' in 1971 finally confirmed the existence of the black hole.Plus a look at how tonnes of debris make journeys in space incredibly perilous.

30 minutes

Last on

Thu 31 Jan 2002 15:00

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  • Wed 21 Mar 2001 08:30
  • Wed 21 Mar 2001 11:30
  • Wed 21 Mar 2001 14:30
  • Wed 21 Mar 2001 17:30
  • Wed 21 Mar 2001 20:30
  • Wed 21 Mar 2001 23:30
  • Sun 17 Jun 2001 09:00
  • Sun 17 Jun 2001 12:00
  • Sun 17 Jun 2001 15:00
  • Sun 9 Sep 2001 09:00
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  • Sun 9 Sep 2001 18:00
  • Wed 17 Oct 2001 20:00
  • Thu 31 Jan 2002 09:00
  • Thu 31 Jan 2002 12:00
  • Thu 31 Jan 2002 15:00