
How do you steer a spacecraft millions of kilometres away? Find out how radio signals carry instructions, why a Mars rover cannot be driven like a toy, why spacecraft need clocks, and how giant dish antennas hear faint signals.

How do you steer a spacecraft millions of kilometres away? Find out how radio signals carry instructions, why a Mars rover cannot be driven like a toy, why spacecraft need clocks, and how giant dish antennas hear faint signals.