Astronauts and the future of space exploration

宇航员与太空探索的未来

The Documentary Podcast

2026-01-03

24 分钟
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The first crew arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) 25 years ago. Since then, almost 300 people from some 20 nations have visited the orbiting laboratory. If you were born after November 2000, for your entire life, there has always been someone living in space. Astronauts Tim Peake and Nicole Stott share their experiences of living on the ISS. Nasa’s latest venture, Artemis II, is due for launch in the next few months. The ten-day mission will carry four astronauts further than any human has gone before, in a loop far beyond the Moon. It’s the latest stage of the US-led plan to eventually land humans on the lunar surface for the first time since 1972. We bring together astronaut Mike Massimino, who has flown to space twice and starred (as an astronaut) in The Big Bang Theory. We also hear from former Nasa researcher and AI expert, Kiri Wagstaff, and Les Johnson, former senior engineer at Nasa and now the CEO of Infinite Frontiers Consulting. This edition of The Documentary is from BBC OS Conversations, where we bring people together to share their experiences of major events and news stories.
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  • This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK.

  • Hello, I'm Luke Jones.

  • Welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service.

  • In BBC OS Conversations, we bring people together to share their experiences.

  • This time, we're heading out of this world to bring together astronauts.

  • If you were born after November 2000,

  • for your entire life there has always been someone living up in space.

  • So the first crew of the International Space Station has reached their home.

  • That first crew arrived at the International Space Station 25 years ago.

  • And since then, almost 300 people from some 20 nations have visited the orbiting lab.

  • Later, as the United States begins its return to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years,

  • we will discuss what the future holds for humans in space.

  • But first,

  • two astronauts who have lived on the ISS have been sharing their experiences with my colleague James Reynolds.

  • British European Space Agency astronaut Tim Peake launched the space station 10 years ago,

  • where he lived for six months,

  • and NASA astronaut Nicole Stott has flown to space twice, spending a total of 104 days in orbit.

  • It felt like I was coming to a second home when I got there.

  • almost immediately.

  • And of course, you adapt, right?