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Astronauts and explorers including Brian Blessed, Sir Patrick Stewart, Nicole Stott and Charlie Duke reveal the wonders, and challenges, of traveling into space.

Brian Cox and Robin Ince have delved into the Monkey Cage back catalogue to hear from astronauts and some very well known would-be space explorers about their passion for space travel. Brian Blessed has been dreaming of visiting Mars since the age of six, but will he ever reach the red planet? Sir Patrick Stewart has warp sped across the galaxy as Captain Picard, but has it ignited a real yearning to explore the final frontier? NASA\\u2019s Nicole Stott explains her feeling of awe when she first saw the earth as a little blue dot and Apollo astronaut Charlie Duke talks about breaking a high jump record during the \\u2018moon Olympics\\u2019 and why mission control were less than amused.

Episodes featured:\\nSeries 8: Space Tourism\\nSeries 7: Space Exploration\\nSeries 24: Astronauts\\nSeries 16: Astronaut special\\nSeries 22: An Astronaut\\u2019s Guide to Isolation

New episodes will be released on Wednesdays, but if you\\u2019re in the UK, listen to new episodes, a week early, first on BBC Sounds: bbc.in/3K3JzyF

Producer: Marijke Peters\\nExecutive Producer: Alexandra Feachem