4th October marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik 1, the first man-made object to be sent into an Earth orbit. It also marks the start of World Space Week. We pay homage to 50 years in space.
Space Shuttle Discovery will carry the sci-fi prop into space later this month.
On October 4 1957 history changed when the USSR successfully launched Sputnik I.
The Moon missions draw to a close but not before golf is played on the surface.
Saturn's rings caught for the first time, and the Space Shuttle's maiden voyage.
Space Station Mir crashes to Earth, space tourism begins, China joins space elite.
Sputnik I was launched on 4 October 1957. We look at how we reached outer space.
Endeavour has a successful launch on its first mission for almost five years
A competition has been launched to build a robot that can fly to the moon.
Have you ever seen strange lights in the sky or small men with large heads? Tell us here.
