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
BepiColombo lobster eyes and Apollo legends
After BepiColombo's recent flyby of Mercury, Space Boffins Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson hear from the University of Leicester's Dr Charly Feldman about its onboard lobster eye optics and their i…
00:45:35 |
Mon 01 Nov 2021
Europe leads the space station
ESA astronaut and soon to be Commander of the International Space Station, Samantha Cristoforetti, talks Dragons, Star City, and preparing for leadership. We hear from meteor expert Richard Greenwood…
00:54:34 |
Fri 10 Sep 2021
Space Station Commander
Shuttle pilot and International Space Station Commander, Terry Virts, chats to Space Boffins about flying the Shuttle, commanding the ISS, photographing the Earth ...and UFOs. And after the triumphan…
00:54:06 |
Thu 12 Aug 2021
Wally Funk Heads for Space
On the 10th anniversary of Space Boffins, BBC Science and Space Correspondent Jonathan Amos comes aboard to celebrate Mercury 13 legend Wally Funk as she prepares to launch to space with Jeff Bezos. …
00:54:42 |
Tue 13 Jul 2021
Mission to Europa
Two astronauts, one space hipster, a writer and a musician all feature in this month's Space Boffins. Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham are joined by podcaster and founder of the Space Hipsters, Emil…
00:59:54 |
Mon 14 Jun 2021
Britain's First Astronaut
In a podcast exclusive, Britain's first astronaut, Helen Sharman, joins the Space Boffins 30 years after her 1991 Juno mission. She describes the selection process, training in the Soviet Union and h…
01:04:12 |
Fri 14 May 2021
Celebrating 60 years of human spaceflight
In an epic edition of the Space Boffins Podcast we ambitiously celebrate the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's flight and the 40th anniversary of the first flight of the Space Shuttle. Richard Holli…
01:09:52 |
Fri 09 Apr 2021
Perseverance on Mars
AS NASA's Perseverance rover makes it safely to Mars, we chat to science writer Elizabeth Howell about the array of missions now studying the red planet. Also the European Space Agency's head of dive…
00:36:35 |
Thu 11 Mar 2021
Space Zombies
This month science journalist Katia Moskvitch joins the Space Boffins to discuss the zombies of the cosmos, neutron stars, as well as the European Space Agency's new astronaut recruitment and Yuri Ga…
00:44:10 |
Thu 11 Feb 2021
China on the Moon
Space journalist Andrew Jones and his cat join the Space Boffins this month to discuss China's ambitious plans for the Moon and beyond. Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham also talk to Nellie Offord fr…
00:52:38 |
Wed 13 Jan 2021
Tim Peake Reveals All
In a specially recorded face to (socially-distanced) face interview to mark the fifth anniversary of his mission to the International Space Station, British European Space Agency astronaut Tim Peake …
00:58:43 |
Tue 15 Dec 2020
Asteroids and Artemis
NASA has just collected a sample from an asteroid and work is well underway to land a woman on the Moon. Space journalist David Whitehouse chats about whether President Trump was good for space. Dr S…
00:43:55 |
Tue 17 Nov 2020
Space Station Special
To celebrate 20 years of people living on the International Space Station, we feature only ISS astronauts in this special edition of Space Boffins. NASA Astronaut Nicole Stott joins Richard Hollingha…
01:05:02 |
Wed 14 Oct 2020
America's first space station
Skylab's perilous and dramatic mission, life on Venus, the religion of Cosmism, and Brexit all get discussed this month. Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson are joined by astronomer and writer Dr Stuar…
00:42:57 |
Thu 17 Sep 2020
Space Boffins celebrate their century
Space Boffins celebrate their 100th Naked Scientists' edition with two major guests: NASA's head of science, Thomas Zurbuchen, and the UK Space Agency's head of human space exploration, Libby Jackson…
00:59:11 |
Wed 12 Aug 2020
2020 Missions to Mars
Mars is the destination of choice for three Mars missions this summer, with the US, China and the United Arab Emirates all preparing for launch. Also, UAE plans for a Mars habitat, the UK engineer wo…
00:43:19 |
Tue 14 Jul 2020
Splashdown!
Following the successful Crew Dragon launch, Apollo 8 commander Frank Borman talks about the terrors of splashdown, and Shuttle astronaut and aquanaut Kathy Sullivan describes the choreography of spa…
00:51:51 |
Mon 15 Jun 2020
Maiden Flight
With astronauts preparing for the first flight in the Dragon spacecraft, space reporter Sarah Cruddas discusses this new era in space travel. Richard and Sue hear about the space industry's response …
00:41:01 |
Sun 10 May 2020
The Loneliest Human: Space Boffins Special
In a special bonus episode of Space Boffins Richard Hollingham celebrates Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden, who died in March. The podcast features extracts from interviews Richard conducted with Al, in…
00:35:30 |
Fri 01 May 2020
Cubesats, Hubble and Apollo 13 Trouble
Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson celebrate Hubble's 30th birthday with Shuttle astronaut Kathy Sullivan, who deployed the space telescope, and hear from NASA engineer Jerry Woodfill about his warnin…
00:36:14 |
Tue 14 Apr 2020
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