BBC World Service - Outlook

I learnt to fly a spaceship in just nine weeks

Astronaut Edward Lu's journey from flight engineer to asteroid hunter

Beverly Glenn-Copeland found fame in his 70s after his long-lost record became a cult hit

Writer Andrea di Robilant on coded letters that shaped his family’s fortunes

Extraordinary stories about people who dig metal - in all its forms

Maggie Robin raised a bear cub who grew into an extraordinary companion

Francois was homeless when he learned to play a train station piano from scratch

Accused of spying in rebel-held Syria, Loubna Mrie faces peril and a shattering loss

Loubna Mrie secretly filmed Syria’s uprising, despite her family’s loyalty to the regime

People who live on the edge and wouldn't have it any other way

Mauricio Hoyos was under water tagging sharks when one of them turned on him