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
Recovering Beagle 2 from Mars
Space Boffins Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson discover why we should recover Beagle 2 from the surface of Mars; why we need the Uranus Pathfinder mission; and how exoplanets are putting a twinkle i…
00:33:51 |
Tue 10 Feb 2015
Space Exploration in 2015
Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham are joined by the BBC's Jon Amos and ExoMars' Andrew Coates. They look ahead at the most exciting missions of 2015 so expect New Horizons, Ceres and Ti…
00:37:30 |
Sat 10 Jan 2015
Orion: the first step to Mars?
Sue Nelson joins space fans in Florida to witness the Orion launch and meets Mars candidate Elmo. Meanwhile, Richard Hollingham talks to the DG of the UK Space Agency, David Parker, about the Interna…
00:36:27 |
Wed 10 Dec 2014
Space: triumph and tragedy
Emotions are running high in this month's Space Boffins as Sue reports from Germany on Europe's cometary landing. And, following the SpaceShipTwo tragedy and Antares explosion, Sue and Richard discus…
00:38:52 |
Fri 14 Nov 2014
ESTEC: The heart of the European Space Agency
Space Boffin Sue Nelson is at the European Space Agency's technical heart - ESTEC in the Netherlands - where spacecraft undergo a crucial 'shake and bake' before launch. She's joined by astronauts P…
00:29:02 |
Thu 09 Oct 2014
The Spacewalk from Hell
Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham hear from the Rosetta mission's Flight Director, Andrea Accomazzo, about choosing a landing site on comet 67P - plus Apollo astronaut and last man on t…
00:34:21 |
Tue 09 Sep 2014
The Last Man on the Moon
In this special edition, the Last Man on the Moon, Gene Cernan, talks exclusively to Richard Hollingham about the final step, mortality and his disappointment about the way the space programme has de…
00:27:21 |
Sat 09 Aug 2014
Rescuing astronauts from space
How do you orbit a comet? Set up a government in space or rescue a space shuttle crew? These questions and more in the latest edition of Space Boffins. Sue and Richard are at University College Londo…
00:29:37 |
Wed 09 Jul 2014
Drowning in Space
How do you design the inside of a starship? Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham talk to space architect Rachel Armstrong about journeys to the stars. They also meet Luca Parmitano, the as…
00:34:02 |
Mon 09 Jun 2014
Virtual Rides into Space
Aaron Knoll and Chris Bridges join Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham at the Surrey Space Centre for a virtual ride into space. Plus science minister David Willetts argues for a spacepor…
00:28:42 |
Fri 09 May 2014
The Mars Yard
The Space Boffins are in America to hear about Neil Armstrong and the hypersonic X-15 at the Edwards Air Force base, and they're also reporting from the surface of Mars. More precisely, from the UK's…
00:33:31 |
Wed 09 Apr 2014
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence and the challenge of looking for space aliens and why they never attack Belgium is under scrutiny this month. Plus, Richard Hollingham also reports from t…
00:35:55 |
Mon 10 Mar 2014
Exo Mars and Crowd-funded SpaceCraft
Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham dodge a prototype Mars rover on location at Airbus Defence and Space in Stevenage - where the future Exo Mars mission rover is going to be built. They'…
00:29:54 |
Mon 10 Feb 2014
Chris Hadfield: How to fix a space toilet
Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham meet astronaut Chris Hadfield. In this special edition of the podcast, Commander Hadfield talks about fixing a space toilet, how rifle practice helpe…
00:26:17 |
Fri 10 Jan 2014
The future of lunar space missions
Join Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham for a lunar love-in featuring Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell and studio guests David Baker, author of the latest Apollo 13 Haines Manual, and t…
00:38:01 |
Tue 10 Dec 2013
Looking forward to ExoMars
Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham are joined by new Mars Society president Jerry Stone and aspiring astronaut Kate Arkless Gray. Sue reports from the UK control room of the Mars SAFE…
00:39:31 |
Fri 08 Nov 2013
Sue in a Centrifuge
Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham discover what it's like to undergo G forces with a special podcast from QinetiQ's centrifuge facility - the only one of its kind in the UK. As Sue s…
00:37:45 |
Wed 09 Oct 2013
Missions to Mars
Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham present a Mars podcast special. Interviews include Curiosity Rover's Principal Investigator for its Radiation Assessment Detector, and the British …
00:36:35 |
Mon 09 Sep 2013
NOAA's Space Weather Centre
Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham are joined by a cosmic hedgehog with a report from NOAA's space weather centre in Colorado and details on how to own the latest affordable pocket spa…
00:38:26 |
Fri 09 Aug 2013
Landing on a Comet
Space Boffins Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson go to a comet, Mars and into space. This month's podcast is from the Open University's Rosetta mission room and includes NASA's Curiosity rover mis…
00:34:36 |
Tue 09 Jul 2013
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