Latest Space boffins Astronomy Podcast Episodes
Hitchin to Houston: NASA's new science head
Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists - May 02, 2023 09:49 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingNASA's new head of science, Dr Nicola Fox, joins Space Boffins to chat about Mars sample return, solar missions and asteroids. Also, ESA new astronaut recruit, Pablo Alvarez, and experienced astronaut Alexander Gerst on preparations for the Artemis missions to the Moon, and we discuss the joy of ...
Hitchin to Houston: NASA's new science head
Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists - May 02, 2023 09:49 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsNASA's new head of science, Dr Nicola Fox, joins Space Boffins to chat about Mars sample return, solar missions and asteroids. Also, ESA new astronaut recruit, Pablo Alvarez, and experienced astronaut Alexander Gerst on preparations for the Artemis missions to the Moon, and we discuss the joy of ...
Hitchin to Houston: NASA's new science head
Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists - May 02, 2023 09:49 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 8 ratingsNASA's new head of science, Dr Nicola Fox, joins Space Boffins to chat about Mars sample return, solar missions and asteroids. Also, ESA new astronaut recruit, Pablo Alvarez, and experienced astronaut Alexander Gerst on preparations for the Artemis missions to the Moon, and we discuss the joy of ...
Juice to Jupiter and forgotten space shuttles
Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists - March 22, 2023 08:12 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsEuropean Space Agency Juice mission to Jupiter's Michele Dougherty talks about icy moons, magnetic fields and life elsewhere in the solar system, and the UK Space Agency's Caroline Harper discusses the Juice launch preparations in French Guiana. Also, the hidden history of Space Shuttle Enterpris...
Juice to Jupiter and forgotten space shuttles
Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists - March 22, 2023 08:12 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 8 ratingsEuropean Space Agency Juice mission to Jupiter's Michele Dougherty talks about icy moons, magnetic fields and life elsewhere in the solar system, and the UK Space Agency's Caroline Harper discusses the Juice launch preparations in French Guiana. Also, the hidden history of Space Shuttle Enterpris...
Juice to Jupiter and forgotten space shuttles
Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists - March 22, 2023 08:12 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingEuropean Space Agency Juice mission to Jupiter's Michele Dougherty talks about icy moons, magnetic fields and life elsewhere in the solar system, and the UK Space Agency's Caroline Harper discusses the Juice launch preparations in French Guiana. Also, the hidden history of Space Shuttle Enterpris...
Space Toilets and the New Guys
Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists - March 01, 2023 23:36 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsWhat's the toilet like in SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft? ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer reveals what a mission in the Dragon is like, from business class seats and spacious interior, to privacy curtain and dramatic return to Earth. Also, his Cosmic Kiss mission to the International Space Station and ...
Space Toilets and the New Guys
Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists - March 01, 2023 23:36 - 51 minutes ★★★★ - 8 ratingsWhat's the toilet like in SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft? ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer reveals what a mission in the Dragon is like, from business class seats and spacious interior, to privacy curtain and dramatic return to Earth. Also, his Cosmic Kiss mission to the International Space Station and ...
Space Toilets and the New Guys
Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists - March 01, 2023 23:36 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWhat's the toilet like in SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft? ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer reveals what a mission in the Dragon is like, from business class seats and spacious interior, to privacy curtain and dramatic return to Earth. Also, his Cosmic Kiss mission to the International Space Station and ...
Talking about Time
Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists - March 01, 2023 09:54 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingPhysicist and philosopher Sean Carrol talks to Naked Astronomy's Ben McAllister about the nature of time. Is it something truly fundamental to our Universe, or simply an illusion? Along the way they chat about space, relativity, the various ways to travel through time, and how that all relates to...
Talking about Time
Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists - March 01, 2023 09:54 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 8 ratingsPhysicist and philosopher Sean Carrol talks to Naked Astronomy's Ben McAllister about the nature of time. Is it something truly fundamental to our Universe, or simply an illusion? Along the way they chat about space, relativity, the various ways to travel through time, and how that all relates to...
Talking about Time
Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists - March 01, 2023 09:54 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsPhysicist and philosopher Sean Carrol talks to Naked Astronomy's Ben McAllister about the nature of time. Is it something truly fundamental to our Universe, or simply an illusion? Along the way they chat about space, relativity, the various ways to travel through time, and how that all relates to...
Mike Massimino and Meet the Minister
Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists - February 06, 2023 10:43 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsHubble astronaut Mike Massimino and UK 'Space Minister' George Freeman MP talk about inspiration from Apollo, Artemis, Hubble and what astronaut legend John Young imparted about going to the toilet on the Moon. We also touch on launches from the UK, the recent European Space Agency (ESA) Council ...
Mike Massimino and Meet the Minister
Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists - February 06, 2023 10:43 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 8 ratingsHubble astronaut Mike Massimino and UK 'Space Minister' George Freeman MP talk about inspiration from Apollo, Artemis, Hubble and what astronaut legend John Young imparted about going to the toilet on the Moon. We also touch on launches from the UK, the recent European Space Agency (ESA) Council ...
Mike Massimino and Meet the Minister
Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists - February 06, 2023 10:43 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingHubble astronaut Mike Massimino and UK 'Space Minister' George Freeman MP talk about inspiration from Apollo, Artemis, Hubble and what astronaut legend John Young imparted about going to the toilet on the Moon. We also touch on launches from the UK, the recent European Space Agency (ESA) Council ...
Multiverses, the Big Bang and laws of physics
Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists - January 11, 2023 08:13 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsPhysicist and science populariser Paul Davies talks to Naked Astronomy's Ben McAllister about some of the toughest questions cosmologist are grappling with: how did the Universe begin and how will it end, what provoked the Big Bang, and are we part of a "Multiverse"? The duo also take in Dark Mat...
Multiverses, the Big Bang and laws of physics
Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists - January 11, 2023 08:13 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 8 ratingsPhysicist and science populariser Paul Davies talks to Naked Astronomy's Ben McAllister about some of the toughest questions cosmologist are grappling with: how did the Universe begin and how will it end, what provoked the Big Bang, and are we part of a "Multiverse"? The duo also take in Dark Mat...
Multiverses, the Big Bang and laws of physics
Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists - January 11, 2023 08:13 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingPhysicist and science populariser Paul Davies talks to Naked Astronomy's Ben McAllister about some of the toughest questions cosmologist are grappling with: how did the Universe begin and how will it end, what provoked the Big Bang, and are we part of a "Multiverse"? The duo also take in Dark Mat...
NASA's Dr Z
Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists - December 21, 2022 09:28 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsNasa's outgoing head of science, Thomas Zurbuchen talks about saving the James Webb Space Telescope, future missions to the Moon and Mars, and research into UFOs. The team also visit the Science Museum's sci-fi exhibition and talk to its curator, Glyn Morgan, about Aliens, Star Trek and AI. Plus,...
NASA's Dr Z
Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists - December 21, 2022 09:28 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingNasa's outgoing head of science, Thomas Zurbuchen talks about saving the James Webb Space Telescope, future missions to the Moon and Mars, and research into UFOs. The team also visit the Science Museum's sci-fi exhibition and talk to its curator, Glyn Morgan, about Aliens, Star Trek and AI. Plus,...
NASA's Dr Z
Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists - December 21, 2022 09:28 - 58 minutes ★★★★ - 8 ratingsNasa's outgoing head of science, Thomas Zurbuchen talks about saving the James Webb Space Telescope, future missions to the Moon and Mars, and research into UFOs. The team also visit the Science Museum's sci-fi exhibition and talk to its curator, Glyn Morgan, about Aliens, Star Trek and AI. Plus,...
Cute Mars Rovers
Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists - December 05, 2022 07:59 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 8 ratingsSpace Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham celebrate the drama of the Spirit and Opportunity rover missions with NASA rover engineer Doug Ellison and JPL research scientist Abigail Fraeman from the film Goodnight Oppy. Recalling how the robots developed personalities, they talk about the mis...
Cute Mars Rovers
Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists - December 05, 2022 07:59 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsSpace Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham celebrate the drama of the Spirit and Opportunity rover missions with NASA rover engineer Doug Ellison and JPL research scientist Abigail Fraeman from the film Goodnight Oppy. Recalling how the robots developed personalities, they talk about the mis...
Cute Mars Rovers
Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists - December 05, 2022 07:59 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingSpace Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham celebrate the drama of the Spirit and Opportunity rover missions with NASA rover engineer Doug Ellison and JPL research scientist Abigail Fraeman from the film Goodnight Oppy. Recalling how the robots developed personalities, they talk about the mis...
Last Man on the Moon: BONUS EPISODE
Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists - November 15, 2022 08:58 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this special bonus episode - for the first time in full - we play Richard's interview with the last man on the Moon, Gene Cernan. Recorded in summer 2016, it's thought to be the astronaut's last broadcast interview. In a wide-ranging and candid conversation, Cernan describes his "spacewalk fro...
Last Man on the Moon: BONUS EPISODE
Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists - November 15, 2022 08:58 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsIn this special bonus episode - for the first time in full - we play Richard's interview with the last man on the Moon, Gene Cernan. Recorded in summer 2016, it's thought to be the astronaut's last broadcast interview. In a wide-ranging and candid conversation, Cernan describes his "spacewalk fro...
Last Man on the Moon: BONUS EPISODE
Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists - November 15, 2022 08:58 - 54 minutes ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this special bonus episode - for the first time in full - we play Richard's interview with the last man on the Moon, Gene Cernan. Recorded in summer 2016, it's thought to be the astronaut's last broadcast interview. In a wide-ranging and candid conversation, Cernan describes his "spacewalk fro...
Moon Trees
Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists - October 30, 2022 10:11 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAstronaut Stuart Roosa was a real-life action hero - Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham speak to his daughter about the Apollo 14 Command Module Pilot's life, mission and the seeds he carried with him to the Moon. Sue visits a real Moon Tree down the road from Space Boffins HQ, and we chat to the ...
Moon Trees
Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists - October 30, 2022 10:11 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 8 ratingsAstronaut Stuart Roosa was a real-life action hero - Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham speak to his daughter about the Apollo 14 Command Module Pilot's life, mission and the seeds he carried with him to the Moon. Sue visits a real Moon Tree down the road from Space Boffins HQ, and we chat to the ...
Moon Trees
Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists - October 30, 2022 10:11 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsAstronaut Stuart Roosa was a real-life action hero - Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham speak to his daughter about the Apollo 14 Command Module Pilot's life, mission and the seeds he carried with him to the Moon. Sue visits a real Moon Tree down the road from Space Boffins HQ, and we chat to the ...
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