Space Boffins, from the Naked Scientists
Publishing monthly, Space Boffins brings you cutting edge conversation and debate about the past, present and future of space science.
- Update frequency
- every 30 days
- Average duration
- 44 minutes
- Episodes
- 153
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2025
Jim Lovell, space selfies and UK launch
We celebrate Apollo legend Jim Lovell in this month's Space Boffins as we mine the archives to look back on his extraordinary space career. Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham talk to Andy Saunders, NA…
01:06:38 |
Thu 04 Sep 2025
UK Astronaut, ESA DG and the Forge Awakens
Fresh from the UK Space Conference, Space Boffins Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson hear from UK astronaut Rosemary Coogan on life at the European Space Agency (ESA), and waiting for her first missio…
00:55:54 |
Wed 06 Aug 2025
NASA cuts, water mission and Skylab
Will China now get to the Moon first? NASA's former head of science, Thomas Zurbuchen, joins Space Boffins to discuss the proposed cuts to NASA's science budget. Richard visits SSTL to see an innovat…
01:13:34 |
Sat 28 Jun 2025
Factories in space, ET, and a space paraglider
Could factories in space be the future of manufacturing? Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham meet the head of the UK company, Space Forge, about to launch a (very small) factory into orbi…
00:48:48 |
Thu 29 May 2025
Two astronauts and a Shuttle
Dinner chat on the space station, landing in the Shuttle and flying with William Shatner! Hosts Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham chat to NASA astronaut Nicole Stott about painting in space and wheth…
01:09:07 |
Sat 10 May 2025
HALO, Gateway and Vigil
It's all about returning to the Moon and protecting the Earth this time with Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham. Sue goes to Thales Alenia Space in Italy to see HALO (Habitation and Logi…
00:53:52 |
Mon 07 Apr 2025
Biomass, living on Mars, and incoming asteroids!
Incoming! NASA's acting head of planetary defence, Kelly Fast, discusses asteroids, YR2 and how to protect our planet. The UK Space Agency's head of Earth Observation and Climate, Beth Greenaway, and…
00:59:57 |
Wed 26 Feb 2025
NASA, the BBC and the Soviet spacecraft on the Isle of Man
This month, recently-retired BBC space correspondent, Jonathan Amos, and former NASA employee Herb Baker, author of From Apollo to Artemis: Stories from my 50 years with NASA, discuss reporting from …
01:10:15 |
Mon 27 Jan 2025
UFOs... Is the truth out there?
Have we been visited by space aliens? This month space boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham delve into the history and science of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs). They discuss UFOs with Penns…
00:53:31 |
Tue 03 Dec 2024
Off to Europa, and life on Mars
NASA's Europa Clipper mission is about to head off on a five year mission to explore one of Jupiter's largest moons. Planetary geologist mission scientist Cynthia Phillips joins Sue Nelson and Richar…
00:54:54 |
Wed 02 Oct 2024
John McFall, Tim Peake and how to build a spaceport
Former paralympic athlete, surgeon and European Space Agency (ESA) reserve astronaut, John McFall joins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham to share his experiences of the Fly study to investigate whet…
01:03:25 |
Wed 28 Aug 2024
Challenger, and Space Barbie
Was the Space Shuttle fundamentally flawed? Richard Hollingham talks to Adam Higginbotham, author of a new book on the Space Shuttle to discuss the design, the dream, and the wishful thinking that le…
00:48:41 |
Thu 11 Jul 2024
Victor Glover, Starliner and Blue Origin
NASA astronaut and pilot of the Artemis II mission to the Moon, Victor Glover, joins Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham to discuss the first Starliner launch, SpaceX, Artemis, Orion, NAS…
00:48:45 |
Fri 31 May 2024
EarthCARE, Starliner and NASA's George Abbey
Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham discuss the upcoming ESA EarthCARE mission with scientist Robin Hogan, the status of the BepiColombo mission to Mercury which will arrive at its destin…
00:45:16 |
Mon 29 Apr 2024
Intuitive Machines and a nuclear reactor for the Moon
The Chief Scientist for Intuitive Machines, Ben Bussey, joins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham to talk through the first US soft landing on the Moon since 1972, IM-1. They discuss the landing, the b…
00:50:20 |
Fri 29 Mar 2024
America's return to the Moon and UK lunar ambitions
After the first soft Moon landing from the US in over 50 years, Ken Kremer shares his excitement for Intuitive Machine's Odysseus lander, NASA's ongoing lunar ambitions, and his concerns over China s…
00:53:19 |
Wed 28 Feb 2024
Moonwalkers, and NASA flight director Gerry Griffin
Legendary NASA flight director Gerry Griffin and award-winning filmmaker Chris Riley join Space Boffins after a showing of London's immersive Moonwalkers exhibition. Gerry discusses working on the Ap…
00:44:51 |
Mon 29 Jan 2024
Frank Borman - Apollo Legend
It's a seasonal special from Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham with a previously unbroadcast interview with Apollo-era legend Frank Borman. Commander of Gemini 7 and Apollo 8, Colonel B…
00:49:04 |
Mon 18 Dec 2023
Brits in Space!
With the announcement of a planned all-UK astronaut mission, hosts Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson chat to ESA reserve astronaut Meganne Christian about astronaut selection, life in Antarctica and …
01:03:04 |
Mon 30 Oct 2023
Shuttle Blankets and Space Burials
A Shuttle emergency you may not have heard of, sending your DNA into space, and a scientist studying the samples from asteroid Bennu. Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham meet Natural History Museum met…
00:58:34 |
Sun 08 Oct 2023
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