6 - Halfway to the Moon

This week, the podcast shoots into the atmosphere as we explore the world of space junk.

Just above our heads is a tangled junkyard of old radioactive satellites and space shuttles, shooting round the earth at 24,000 km per hour and occasionally crashing to earth in spectacular fashion.

We look at this junkyard in the stars as well as the incredible story of Operation Morning Light, the cold war's worst kept secret.