Student design - here we look at the different ways the NASA continues its development through business ideas and student innovations. Olympic security - satellite technology is now being incorporated into security protection at high profile events such as the Olympics. Mir space station - a look back at the history of Russian exploration in space focusing on the ill fated Mir space station that was sunk in the pacific in 2002. IRAS - this infra red astronomical satellite uses a special lens to look at bodies in the galaxy in a completely different light. Pioneer 10 - launched in 1972 this satellite was the first man made object to leave our solar system and continues to provide vital data from millions of mile away. Gemini 3 - here we look at an important set of missions in the early 1960s that helped answer many vital questions for NASA and have helped it reach the level it has today.