Helen Keen's It Is Rocket Science

Series 1

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 16^th Mar 2011, 23:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 30^th May 2023, 23:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Helen Keen's off-beat but true account of the history of space flight.

* How Wernher Von Braun went from SS officer to American space supremo to Disney children's presenter

* America's home-grown rocket genius Jack Parsons and his unhealthy interest in Satanism

* The surprising story of Fix the French Space Cat

Starring:

Helen Keen
Peter Serafinowicz
Susy Kane

Written by Helen Keen and Miriam Underhill.

Producer: Gareth Edwards

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2011. Show less