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Space Explorers

Episode 9 of 10

Dr Maggie lifts the lid on the vehicles that explore our universe. Her star guest is Professor Andrew Coates and she reveals her top five longest-serving spacecraft.

In this episode, Dr Maggie lifts the lid on the rovers, landers, orbiters and probes that have been sent to explore our universe and tells the incredible story of Rosetta, the spacecraft that tried to land on a comet.

Dr Maggie’s star guest is Professor Andrew Coates, who talks about building a spacecraft to look for life on Mars.

And Maggie answers viewers’ space questions and catalogues the top five longest-serving spacecraft.

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11 minutes

Music Played

  • Sigma

    Changing (feat. Paloma Faith)

  • Paloma Faith

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Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Interviewed Guest Andrew Coates
Interviewed Guest Lauren Aderin-Pocock
Executive Producer Jaimi West
Executive Producer Miles Jarvis
Production Manager Clare Beasley
Editor Dominic Towey
Editor Nick Hutchins
Researcher Monalisa El-Behiry

Broadcasts

  • Sun 1 Nov 2020 09:30
  • Thu 11 Mar 2021 11:20
  • Thu 25 Mar 2021 11:20
  • Fri 11 Mar 2022 09:45
  • Thu 30 Jun 2022 09:55
  • Thu 13 Oct 2022 11:35
  • Thu 17 Nov 2022 11:45
  • Fri 13 Jan 2023 09:40
  • Thu 16 Mar 2023 11:30
  • Thu 25 May 2023 11:35
  • Thu 21 Sep 2023 11:45
  • Mon 11 Dec 2023 11:20
  • Fri 1 Mar 2024 11:20
  • Thu 28 Nov 2024 11:05