Apollo 1, Frank De Winne, and Moon Museum
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's the bumper end of year edition featuring the first European Commander of the International Spac...
How to build a Moon lander, Eileen Collins, and space quilts
05 Nov 2025
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Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham get up-close with a Moon lander taking shape at Astrobotic in Pitt...
Life on White Mars, and a new space
03 Oct 2025
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One of the most isolated places on Earth is helping us understand how to live on a moon or another p...
Jim Lovell, space selfies and UK launch
04 Sep 2025
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We celebrate Apollo legend Jim Lovell in this month's Space Boffins as we mine the archives to look ...
UK Astronaut, ESA DG and the Forge Awakens
06 Aug 2025
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Fresh from the UK Space Conference, Space Boffins Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson hear from UK ast...
NASA cuts, water mission and Skylab
28 Jun 2025
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Will China now get to the Moon first? NASA's former head of science, Thomas Zurbuchen, joins Space B...
Factories in space, ET, and a space paraglider
29 May 2025
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Could factories in space be the future of manufacturing? Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollin...
Two astronauts and a Shuttle
10 May 2025
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Dinner chat on the space station, landing in the Shuttle and flying with William Shatner! Hosts Sue ...
HALO, Gateway and Vigil
07 Apr 2025
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It's all about returning to the Moon and protecting the Earth this time with Space Boffins Sue Nelso...
Biomass, living on Mars, and incoming asteroids!
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Incoming! NASA's acting head of planetary defence, Kelly Fast, discusses asteroids, YR2 and how to p...
NASA, the BBC and the Soviet spacecraft on the Isle of Man
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This month, recently-retired BBC space correspondent, Jonathan Amos, and former NASA employee Herb B...
UFOs... Is the truth out there?
03 Dec 2024
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Have we been visited by space aliens? This month space boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham del...
Off to Europa, and life on Mars
02 Oct 2024
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NASA's Europa Clipper mission is about to head off on a five year mission to explore one of Jupiter'...
John McFall, Tim Peake and how to build a spaceport
28 Aug 2024
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Former paralympic athlete, surgeon and European Space Agency (ESA) reserve astronaut, John McFall jo...
Challenger, and Space Barbie
11 Jul 2024
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Was the Space Shuttle fundamentally flawed? Richard Hollingham talks to Adam Higginbotham, author of...
Victor Glover, Starliner and Blue Origin
31 May 2024
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NASA astronaut and pilot of the Artemis II mission to the Moon, Victor Glover, joins Space Boffins S...
EarthCARE, Starliner and NASA's George Abbey
29 Apr 2024
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Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham discuss the upcoming ESA EarthCARE mission with scie...
Intuitive Machines and a nuclear reactor for the Moon
29 Mar 2024
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The Chief Scientist for Intuitive Machines, Ben Bussey, joins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham to t...
America's return to the Moon and UK lunar ambitions
28 Feb 2024
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After the first soft Moon landing from the US in over 50 years, Ken Kremer shares his excitement for...
Moonwalkers, and NASA flight director Gerry Griffin
29 Jan 2024
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Legendary NASA flight director Gerry Griffin and award-winning filmmaker Chris Riley join Space Boff...
Frank Borman - Apollo Legend
18 Dec 2023
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It's a seasonal special from Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham with a previously unbro...
Brits in Space!
30 Oct 2023
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With the announcement of a planned all-UK astronaut mission, hosts Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson...
Shuttle Blankets and Space Burials
08 Oct 2023
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A Shuttle emergency you may not have heard of, sending your DNA into space, and a scientist studying...
Gui Bluford, and the end of ESA's Aeolus
28 Aug 2023
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We celebrate the 40th anniversary of the flight of the first black astronaut, Gui Bluford and speak ...
Space junk, giant claws and dark skies
28 Jul 2023
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This month it's all about the space environment - how do you remove space debris from orbit and make...
Space broadcast legend and 20 years at Mars
19 Jun 2023
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Irish journalist Leo Enright joins us to discuss commentating on Apollo 17, an unfortunate celebrity...
Hitchin to Houston: NASA's new science head
02 May 2023
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NASA's new head of science, Dr Nicola Fox, joins Space Boffins to chat about Mars sample return, sol...
Juice to Jupiter and forgotten space shuttles
22 Mar 2023
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European Space Agency Juice mission to Jupiter's Michele Dougherty talks about icy moons, magnetic f...
Space Toilets and the New Guys
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What's the toilet like in SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft? ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer reveals what a m...
Talking about Time
01 Mar 2023
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Physicist and philosopher Sean Carrol talks to Naked Astronomy's Ben McAllister about the nature of ...
Mike Massimino and Meet the Minister
06 Feb 2023
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Hubble astronaut Mike Massimino and UK 'Space Minister' George Freeman MP talk about inspiration fro...
Multiverses, the Big Bang and laws of physics
11 Jan 2023
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Physicist and science populariser Paul Davies talks to Naked Astronomy's Ben McAllister about some o...
NASA's Dr Z
21 Dec 2022
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Nasa's outgoing head of science, Thomas Zurbuchen talks about saving the James Webb Space Telescope,...
Cute Mars Rovers
05 Dec 2022
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Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham celebrate the drama of the Spirit and Opportunity ro...
Last Man on the Moon: BONUS EPISODE
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this special bonus episode - for the first time in full - we play Richard's interview with the la...
Moon Trees
30 Oct 2022
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Astronaut Stuart Roosa was a real-life action hero - Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham speak to his ...
Space Tyranny!
30 Sep 2022
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How do you design a space settlement government without it descending into tyranny? Charles Cockell ...
Apollo Remastered
27 Aug 2022
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In a brave move, the Space Boffins attempt a podcast about pictures without any pictures! Joining th...
Poppy Northcutt and Launch UK
03 Jul 2022
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Apollo legend Poppy Northcutt joins Richard and Sue this month The only woman in mission control for...
Lessons from an Astronaut
27 May 2022
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Not one but four astronauts feature in this month's Space Boffins. Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham...
Return to the Moon
25 Apr 2022
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With the first Artemis mission on the launchpad, Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham loo...
Do we need astronauts?
01 Mar 2022
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It's the Space Boffins' most controversial episode yet, as Don Goldsmith talks about his new book wr...
Fiery Worlds and go for Mars
28 Jan 2022
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In a bumper new year edition, we hear the latest on the Webb space telescope, discuss volcanoes on d...
Flowers in Space
15 Dec 2021
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Gardeners of the Galaxy podcast host Emma Doughty discusses the challenges and joys of growing flowe...
James Webb and astronaut Jessica Meir
22 Nov 2021
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ESA's senior science advisor Mark McCaughrean joins Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham ...
BepiColombo lobster eyes and Apollo legends
01 Nov 2021
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After BepiColombo's recent flyby of Mercury, Space Boffins Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson hear fr...
SETI: Looking for Life across the Universe
29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This month, Naked Astronomy goes in search of the civilisations with which we might share this Unive...
Europe leads the space station
10 Sep 2021
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ESA astronaut and soon to be Commander of the International Space Station, Samantha Cristoforetti, t...
Space Station Commander
12 Aug 2021
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Shuttle pilot and International Space Station Commander, Terry Virts, chats to Space Boffins about f...
Wally Funk Heads for Space
13 Jul 2021
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On the 10th anniversary of Space Boffins, BBC Science and Space Correspondent Jonathan Amos comes ab...
Mission to Europa
14 Jun 2021
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Two astronauts, one space hipster, a writer and a musician all feature in this month's Space Boffins...
Finding the God Equation
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This month on Naked Astronomy, we're seeking the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything. We're ...
Britain's First Astronaut
14 May 2021
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In a podcast exclusive, Britain's first astronaut, Helen Sharman, joins the Space Boffins 30 years a...
Celebrating 60 years of human spaceflight
09 Apr 2021
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In an epic edition of the Space Boffins Podcast we ambitiously celebrate the 60th anniversary of Yur...
Storms on the Sun
31 Mar 2021
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This month on Naked Astronomy we're setting our sights on the Sun. How do storms form on the Sun? Ho...
Perseverance on Mars
11 Mar 2021
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AS NASA's Perseverance rover makes it safely to Mars, we chat to science writer Elizabeth Howell abo...
What might aliens look like?
26 Feb 2021
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This month on Naked Astronomy, we're waxing lyrical about aliens. What might they look like? Can we ...
Space Zombies
11 Feb 2021
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This month science journalist Katia Moskvitch joins the Space Boffins to discuss the zombies of the ...
Is There Liquid Water on Mars?
27 Jan 2021
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This month on Naked Astronomy, we're mulling over Mars. We'll be chatting about the question of liqu...
China on the Moon
13 Jan 2021
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Space journalist Andrew Jones and his cat join the Space Boffins this month to discuss China's ambit...
Lighting up Dark Matter
25 Dec 2020
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This month we're diving into dark matter, that unknown stuff that makes up a quarter of the Universe...
Tim Peake Reveals All
15 Dec 2020
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In a specially recorded face to (socially-distanced) face interview to mark the fifth anniversary of...
The largest telescope ever made
25 Nov 2020
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This month on Naked Astronomy, we're taking a closer look at the largest telescope ever to be built,...
Asteroids and Artemis
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
NASA has just collected a sample from an asteroid and work is well underway to land a woman on the M...
The End of the Universe
25 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Naked Astronomy we're taking a look at all the ways that the universe could come ...
Space Station Special
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
To celebrate 20 years of people living on the International Space Station, we feature only ISS astro...
America's first space station
17 Sep 2020
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Skylab's perilous and dramatic mission, life on Venus, the religion of Cosmism, and Brexit all get d...
Space Boffins celebrate their century
12 Aug 2020
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Space Boffins celebrate their 100th Naked Scientists' edition with two major guests: NASA's head of ...
2020 Missions to Mars
14 Jul 2020
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Mars is the destination of choice for three Mars missions this summer, with the US, China and the Un...
Splashdown!
15 Jun 2020
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Following the successful Crew Dragon launch, Apollo 8 commander Frank Borman talks about the terrors...
Maiden Flight
10 May 2020
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With astronauts preparing for the first flight in the Dragon spacecraft, space reporter Sarah Crudda...
The Loneliest Human: Space Boffins Special
01 May 2020
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In a special bonus episode of Space Boffins Richard Hollingham celebrates Apollo 15 astronaut Al Wor...
Cubesats, Hubble and Apollo 13 Trouble
14 Apr 2020
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Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson celebrate Hubble's 30th birthday with Shuttle astronaut Kathy Sull...
Solar Orbiter, stamps and exoplanets
10 Mar 2020
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The Sun, stamps and exoplanets in this edition. ESA's senior science advisor Mark McCaughrean reflec...
Hubble, TRUTHS and space Law
10 Feb 2020
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Live at Astrofest 2020, Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham talk to UK Space Agency chief scientist Ch...
Robot Arms and Space Toilets
10 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Shuttle astronaut Mike Mullane recounts stories of space sexism, toilets and M and Ms in the first S...
2020 State of the Universe Address
24 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On the tenth anniversary of Naked Astronomy, Dark Matter physicist Ben McAllister delivers our State...
Glove Actually and the Sew Sisters
13 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Rubber gloves, sew sisters and a mission to the Sun with Space Boffins Richard Hollingham and Sue Ne...
Moving to Mars
10 Nov 2019
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What would a house on Mars look like? Space Boffins Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson tackle the tri...
Cosmic Girl - from California to Cornwall
15 Oct 2019
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Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham visit Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne factory floor in Lo...
Boffins on Mars
10 Sep 2019
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How clean is really clean? This month, as Europe's Rosalind Franklin Mars rover leaves the UK, Space...
Lunar Heritage and Lost Meteorites
10 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Space Boffins Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson with a TinTin style headline for this month's podcas...
Apollo 11 Special (Part 2)
10 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is a Space Boffins podcast to blow your minds. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Moon lan...
Apollo 11 Special (Part 1)
09 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As mankind celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Moon landings, Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richar...
Remarkable Women: A hidden history
15 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Space Boffin Sue Nelson interviews two remarkable women for this podcast: Hidden Figure Christine Da...
Giant Rockets to the Moon
09 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Space Boffins get to see inside the NASA's famous Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space...
Spacecraft Reunited
11 Mar 2019
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This month Space Boffins contemplates the missing universe, the nature of humanity and reunites astr...
Astrofest Live!
11 Feb 2019
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Space Boffins are live on stage at Astrofest 2019 in London with a stellar line-up of guests to disc...
Flying hotdogs
16 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mice and flying hotdogs on the podcast as we report from NASA on how to save Apollo's famous mission...
Mission to the Moon
13 Dec 2018
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Apollo 8 commander, Frank Borman, joins Space Boffins Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson in this mont...
Don't call me Fruit Loops!
12 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Space Boffins podcast is in New York with NASA astronaut, engineer and Big Bang Theory star Mike...
Space Boffins Live ESA Special
09 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Astronaut Paolo Nespoli joins Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham for a podcast special ...
Spy Satellite Special
10 Sep 2018
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In a special edition of Space Boffins, Richard Hollingham meets a man rarer than a Moonwalker - a sp...
Space Boffins Blast Off!
09 Aug 2018
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It's a rocket special on this month's Space Boffins with Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham. As the U...
Rockets in the Jungle
09 Jul 2018
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It's the 7th anniversary of Space Boffins and Sue and Richard are joined by BBC Science Corresponden...
Magnificent Mercury: BepiColombo
09 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Magnificent Mercury is in full focus. Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham are at the Nat...
Sampling An Asteroid
10 May 2018
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Asteroid expert Professor Simon Green joins the Space Boffins to discuss missions to collect samples...
Water on Mars
09 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
After 2000 days on Mars, NASA's Curiosity rover is still going strong. In this month's Space Boffins...
Killer Asteroids
12 Mar 2018
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Could life on Earth be wiped out by a killer asteroid? The short answer is yes. This month the Space...
Space, Boffins & Rock Stars
09 Feb 2018
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Queen guitarist, rock star and astronomer Brian May adds some celebrity stardust and big hair on thi...