Zero G
10 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sue bags a flight on Europe's 'Zero G' aircraft to experience microgravity. Back in the studio, Rich...
Space Highlights of 2017
11 Dec 2017
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Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson are joined by space journalist Sarah Cruddas and rocket insurer, D...
How to Leave the Planet
10 Nov 2017
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This month, TV science presenter Dallas Campbell joins Sue and Richard to discuss how to leave the p...
Space Boffins Explore ESTEC
09 Oct 2017
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Two astronauts and an Imperial Storm Trooper join the Space Boffins podcast from The Netherlands at ...
Cassini's Grand Finale
09 Sep 2017
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Space Boffins Sue Nelson, Richard Hollingham and studio guest Sarah Cruddas talk rockets, total ecli...
Extraterrestrial Humans
09 Aug 2017
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This month, European astronaut Luca Parmitano suggests a future for genetically engineered space tra...
Mission To Mercury
09 Jul 2017
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Space Boffins Sue Nelson and the Guardian's Stuart Clark are at the European Space Agency's ESTEC fa...
Missions to Mars
09 Jun 2017
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The Space Boffins return to Mars to hear about progress on the plus-sized US and petite European rov...
Space Alien Special
09 May 2017
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Richard is at SETI in California to hunt space aliens with the institute's chief astronomer, Seth Sh...
Mission Control
09 Apr 2017
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This month, Space Boffins highlights the unsung heroes of the space programme - mission controllers....
Space Tomatoes in Urine
10 Mar 2017
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SpaceX and NASA compete to get people back to the Moon, Richard meets a man who grows space tomatoes...
Space Boffins at Astrofest
10 Feb 2017
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The Space Boffins are at Astrofest in London in front of a live audience. Guests include an Antarcti...
Welcome to Mars
25 Jan 2017
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This time, we're journeying to the Ruby Red Planet, Mars. Elon Musk thinks he'll have people there b...
Double Hubble
10 Jan 2017
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Broadcaster Dallas Campbell joins the Space Boffins at the British Interplanetary Society to discuss...
The End of Night?
25 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
As we enter the darkest depths of winter, the days get shorter and the nights get longer. Or at leas...
The Best of Space Boffins
10 Dec 2016
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In a bumper end of year special, Space Boffins features Buzz Aldrin, last man on the Moon Gene Cerna...
Where is everybody?
25 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Most astrophysicists would agree that it's highly likely that there's life beyond Earth. But then wh...
X15: To Infinity and Beyond!
14 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Space Boffins' Sue Nelson was at ESA mission control recently when the ExoMars spacecraft arrived at...
Going Gaga Over Gaia
24 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Gaia launched back in 2013 and has been mapping the Milky Way ever since. In fact, it aims to give u...
Roving Over Mars
10 Oct 2016
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Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham are on Mars - which turns out to be behind a blue do...
Nursing NASA's Astronauts
09 Sep 2016
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The Space Boffins meet the Mercury 7 nurse, Dee O'Hara, recalling what it was like to work with Amer...
Connie won a meteorite
24 Aug 2016
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Fellow Naked Scientist Connie Orbach won a meteorite and so Graihagh Jackson made it her mission to ...
From The Blue Dot Festival
09 Aug 2016
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The Space Boffins are at the Blue Dot music festival at Jodrell Bank in Cheshire where they hear liv...
Jupiter: King of the Planets
24 Jul 2016
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NASA's Juno probe has reached Jupiter after a five year battle through our solar system and is orbit...
Jupiter's Juno Mission
09 Jul 2016
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Jupiter's Juno mission, the magical world of Pluto and spacewalking feature in this special fifth an...
Will we ever return to the moon?
24 Jun 2016
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It's nearly been 5 decades since Neil Armstrong took one small step for mankind... But will we retur...
Hot from Spacefest
09 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Last man on the Moon, Captain Gene Cernan, and Apollo 9 lunar module pilot Rusty Schweickart join Sp...
Reaching for the Stars
24 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This month, Graihagh Jackson is getting all starry eyed over our Sun. Where did it come from? Where ...
Have you been mis-sold time?
09 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This month the Space Boffins get to grips with relativity, watch as British astronaut Tim Peake mano...
Eyes on the Sky for Mercury
24 Apr 2016
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On 9 May, Mercury will be seen as a black dot silhouetted against the Sun and this rare event enable...
Riding on a Space Sofa
09 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham bring news of space sofas, super flat floors and Mar...
Adventures in Satspotting
25 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when we turn our astronomical instruments back to planet Earth? With the launch of over...
Buzz Aldrin and his master plan for Mars
10 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Buzz Aldrin is the legendary Apollo 11 and Gemini 12 astronaut who made history in 1969 when he beca...
The Next Revolution in Astronomy: Gravitational Waves
25 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
February 2016 marks one of the biggest discoveries in cosmology and astronomy: the LIGO team annouce...
Russian Lunar Rovers and Floating Number Twos
10 Feb 2016
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Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham talk Mars rovers, Russian lunar rovers and floating ...
Cosmic Quandries: The Origins of Time
25 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
One of the big questions in cosmology is what happened at the beginning of the universe? Astrophycis...
Surgery in Space
10 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The Space Boffins talk surgery in space with a real life Dr McCoy, NASA astronaut and physician Mich...
Christmas in Space
10 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham prepare for Tim Peake's launch to the International ...
Gravity and Guitars with Tim Peake
10 Nov 2015
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Richard sits down with British European Space Agency astronaut, Tim Peake, to discuss gravity, guita...
The First Woman in Space
09 Oct 2015
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Space Boffins Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson's star (and space) studded podcast includes the firs...
Done and Dusted: What's Next for Rosetta?
09 Sep 2015
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Space Boffins Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson are joined by the Rosetta's project scientist, Dr Ma...
Hello, this is the International Space Station
11 Aug 2015
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In a first for the Space Boffins podcast - an interview with astronauts in space! NASA's Scott Kelly...
Rocketing into Space
12 Jul 2015
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The Space Boffins celebrate their 4th year producing monthly podcasts in - aptly - a British rocket ...
How to Fly a Space Shuttle
09 Jun 2015
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In a Space Boffins special - Sue Nelson meets the first female Space Shuttle Commander, Eileen Colli...
Rosetta: Six Months Later
09 May 2015
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Space Boffins Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson are joined by astronomer, Guardian writer and guitar...
Out of this World: Britain's history in space
15 Apr 2015
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Space Boffins Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson are inside London's Science Museum with the museum's...
All Systems Go: NASA's new giant rocket
10 Mar 2015
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This month Richard sees NASA's new giant rocket, the Space Launch System, taking shape in New Orlean...
Recovering Beagle 2 from Mars
10 Feb 2015
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Space Boffins Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson discover why we should recover Beagle 2 from the sur...
Space Exploration in 2015
10 Jan 2015
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Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham are joined by the BBC's Jon Amos and ExoMars' Andrew...
Orion: the first step to Mars?
10 Dec 2014
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Sue Nelson joins space fans in Florida to witness the Orion launch and meets Mars candidate Elmo. Me...
Space: triumph and tragedy
14 Nov 2014
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Emotions are running high in this month's Space Boffins as Sue reports from Germany on Europe's come...
ESTEC: The heart of the European Space Agency
09 Oct 2014
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Space Boffin Sue Nelson is at the European Space Agency's technical heart - ESTEC in the Netherlands...
The Spacewalk from Hell
09 Sep 2014
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Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham hear from the Rosetta mission's Flight Director, And...
The Last Man on the Moon
09 Aug 2014
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In this special edition, the Last Man on the Moon, Gene Cernan, talks exclusively to Richard Holling...
Rescuing astronauts from space
09 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
How do you orbit a comet? Set up a government in space or rescue a space shuttle crew? These questio...
Drowning in Space
09 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
How do you design the inside of a starship? Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham talk to ...
Virtual Rides into Space
09 May 2014
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Aaron Knoll and Chris Bridges join Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham at the Surrey Spa...
The Mars Yard
09 Apr 2014
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The Space Boffins are in America to hear about Neil Armstrong and the hypersonic X-15 at the Edwards...
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
10 Mar 2014
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The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence and the challenge of looking for space aliens and why t...
Exo Mars and Crowd-funded SpaceCraft
10 Feb 2014
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Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham dodge a prototype Mars rover on location at Airbus D...
Chris Hadfield: How to fix a space toilet
10 Jan 2014
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Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham meet astronaut Chris Hadfield. In this special edit...
Astronomy in South Africa
25 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Meera Senthilingam takes a tour of the South African Large Telescope (SALT) and neighbouring facilit...
The future of lunar space missions
10 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Join Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham for a lunar love-in featuring Apollo 13 astro...
The Space Boffins look forward to ExoMars
25 Nov 2013
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Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham are joined by new Mars Society president Jerry Stone...
Looking forward to ExoMars
08 Nov 2013
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Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham are joined by new Mars Society president Jerry Sto...
Comet ISON is coming!
25 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
As Comet ISON draws near to its close approach with the Sun in November, much uncertainty remains ov...
Sue in a Centrifuge
09 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham discover what it's like to undergo G forces with a ...
Exploring the Solar System
24 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Dominic Ford reports from the European Planetary Science Congress, where he heard about the latest m...
Missions to Mars
09 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham present a Mars podcast special. Interviews includ...
Mapping out the Milky Way
24 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This autumn, the Gaia spacecraft will be launched on a mission to find out where the Milky Way's st...
NOAA's Space Weather Centre
09 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham are joined by a cosmic hedgehog with a report from ...
The National Astronomy Meeting 2013
24 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This month I've taken to the seaside to bring you a special episode of Naked Astronomy from the Nati...
Landing on a Comet
09 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Space Boffins Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson go to a comet, Mars and into space. This month's ...
Giant planets
24 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
How much detail can amateur astronomers see on Jupiter, and how can space scientists use this to pro...
Britain's First Official Astronaut
09 Jun 2013
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A full, frank and funny interview with Tim Peake, Richard goes inside NASA's 'crazy ideas', and Sue ...
The Milky Way's local black hole
24 May 2013
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We talk to astronomers who study the environments around black holes, ask what we can learn from a m...
Dodging Space Harpoons
09 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham dodge space harpoons, discuss whether Mars One will...
Measuring the Universe
24 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to Planck Scientists at the Kavli Institute in Cambridge, and Nick James, an amateur astrono...
Solar Science and Space Planes
09 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham are reduced to tears of laughter by Apollo 15 astron...
Radio Astronomy in the Australian Outback
25 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The SKA will soon be the world's most sensitive radio telescope, able to view some of the most dista...
The First Phone in Space
10 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Comets, Mars and the first phone in space are featured in the latest Space Boffins podcast. Recorded...
Captivated by Comets
25 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
2013 looks like a good year for comets! We find out where these balls of dust and ice come from and ...
Methane on Mars and Meeting Astronauts
10 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham meet British astronaut Tim Peake at the British Inte...
Don't Panic! Keeping Your Cool in Space
10 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This month in Space Boffins: why space can seriously damage your health, the cameras being installe...
Dealing With Debris
13 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
How can we solve the space debris problem? What will we learn from LOFAR? This edition of Naked As...
Space Boffins on the ISS
10 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This month in the Space Boffins podcast: a tour of the International Space Station, an Apollo astron...
Houston, we have a Podcast
10 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This time the award winning Space Boffins podcast comes from Houston to celebrate the 40th annivers...
New Science with NuSTAR
24 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
How can we measure some of the most energetic events in the universe? This month, we're exploring t...
Space Boffins Search for ET
09 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The Space Boffins Podcast comes to you this month from the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence ...
Excitement about ALMA
24 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
How can we see stars as they first come into being? This month, we're looking at ALMA - the Atacam...
Mars InSights, rings around Saturn and satellite docking games...
09 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Curiosity had barely scratched the surface of Mars when NASA announced another new mission to the re...
Martian Matters
23 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Why are we still curious about Mars? This month on Naked Astronomy, we're looking into Martian matt...
The First American Spacewalk
09 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This month on the Space Boffins Podcast, we will be exploring strange new worlds, discovering a Swed...
Finding Impossible Stars
24 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
When does the impossible become possible? Researchers have found Red Dwarf stars that simply should...
Work, rest and play: Mars and space tourism
09 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission lands on Mars next month after a nine-month journey acr...
Plant Pathogens Observed From Orbit
24 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
What can farmers learn from physicists? This month in Naked Astronomy we'll find out how satellite ...
Introducing Space Boffins!
09 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This week at Naked Astronomy, we're launching something very special. We've teamed up with the Spac...
The Dominant Force in the Universe
24 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
When did Dark Energy become the dominant force in the universe? In this month's Naked Astronomy, we...
The National Astronomy Meeting 2012
01 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
How do tornadoes form on the Sun? Why does Jupiter enhance our Meteor showers? And how can pulsars ...
Naked Astronomy AstroFest Special
25 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Is an asteroid impact more likely than winning the lottery? What can Moon rock tell us about the Ea...