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
Britain's First Official Astronaut
A full, frank and funny interview with Tim Peake, Richard goes inside NASA's 'crazy ideas', and Sue meets with 'astrogirls'. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
00:31:44 |
Sun 09 Jun 2013
Dodging Space Harpoons
Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham dodge space harpoons, discuss whether Mars One will encourage Big Brother in space and report from the Mojave desert on why risk is encouraged at its…
00:34:13 |
Thu 09 May 2013
Solar Science and Space Planes
Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham are reduced to tears of laughter by Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden, enlightened by studio guest and space scientist Dr Lucie Green, and XCOR's Jeff Grea…
00:34:09 |
Tue 09 Apr 2013
The First Phone in Space
Comets, Mars and the first phone in space are featured in the latest Space Boffins podcast. Recorded at the Royal Astronomical Society in London, Richard and Sue are joined by Rosetta mission scienti…
00:30:08 |
Sun 10 Mar 2013
Methane on Mars and Meeting Astronauts
Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham meet British astronaut Tim Peake at the British Interplanetary Society. They are joined by space scientist Jane MacArthur, whose methane experiment is …
00:34:07 |
Sun 10 Feb 2013
Don't Panic! Keeping Your Cool in Space
This month in Space Boffins: why space can seriously damage your health, the cameras being installed on the Space Station to give live views of Earth and crisis management tips from an Apollo 13 Fl…
00:37:45 |
Thu 10 Jan 2013
Space Boffins on the ISS
This month in the Space Boffins podcast: a tour of the International Space Station, an Apollo astronaut and the mission to the edge of the Solar System. Space Boffins Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelso…
00:34:08 |
Mon 10 Dec 2012
Houston, we have a Podcast
This time the award winning Space Boffins podcast comes from Houston to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the last man on the Moon. Richard visits the Apollo 17 capsule and talks to an Apollo veter…
00:28:50 |
Sat 10 Nov 2012
Space Boffins Search for ET
The Space Boffins Podcast comes to you this month from the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) in Silicon Valley California and features the search for life and Earth 2.0. Richard talks t…
00:29:56 |
Tue 09 Oct 2012
Mars InSights, rings around Saturn and satellite docking games...
Curiosity had barely scratched the surface of Mars when NASA announced another new mission to the red planet. It's called InSight and Dr Tom Pike, from Imperial College London, will be part of the t…
00:29:53 |
Sun 09 Sep 2012
The First American Spacewalk
This month on the Space Boffins Podcast, we will be exploring strange new worlds, discovering a Swedish spaceport, and celebrating the first American space walk. Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson me…
00:29:45 |
Thu 09 Aug 2012
Work, rest and play: Mars and space tourism
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission lands on Mars next month after a nine-month journey across our Solar System. On arrival the most advanced suite of instruments ever sent to the red plane…
00:29:55 |
Mon 09 Jul 2012
Introducing Space Boffins!
This week at Naked Astronomy, we're launching something very special. We've teamed up with the Space Boffins podcast to bring you even more space science. Each month, Richard Hollingham and Sue Nel…
00:30:04 |
Sat 09 Jun 2012
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