The Sky at Night: Return to the Moon

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Look up! Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Professor Chris Lintott present the iconic, inspirational look at cutting-edge space science and the incredible universe all around us.

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Michael Lachmann

Steve Crabtree

Return to the Moon

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Fifty years after the first lunar landing in 1969, a new race to visit the Moon has begun.

In 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first astronaut to set foot on the moon. Fifty years on, are we on the verge of a new golden age in lunar exploration?

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.

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