Naked Astronomy
Thrusting Space Science into the Audio Dimension... We look at the latest news from the stars, planets and other heavenly bodies. Plus interviews with professional astronomers and the answers to your space science questions.
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Done and Dusted: What's Next for Rosetta? - Naked Astronomy 15.09.10 -
Space Boffins Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson are joined by ...
Space Boffins Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson are joined by the Rosetta's project scientist, Dr Matt Taylor, to hear the latest on ESA's comet chasing mission now that perihelion is done and dusted. There's also NASA astronaut Cady Coleman on the i...
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Hello, this is the International Space Station - Naked Astronomy 15.08.12 -
In a first for the Space Boffins podcast - an ...
In a first for the Space Boffins podcast - an interview with astronauts in space! NASA's Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko are on a year long mission on board the International Space Station. They took time out from their duties to discuss ...
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Rocketing into Space - Naked Astronomy 15.07.13 -
The Space Boffins celebrate their 4th year producing monthly podcasts ...
The Space Boffins celebrate their 4th year producing monthly podcasts in - aptly - a British rocket lab. Richard Hollingham joins engineer Adam Baker at the University of Kingston to discuss recent rocket failures and talks to the new head of the Eur...
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How to Fly a Space Shuttle - Naked Astronomy 15.06.10 -
In a Space Boffins special - Sue Nelson meets the ...
In a Space Boffins special - Sue Nelson meets the first female Space Shuttle Commander, Eileen Collins. The retired astronaut - one of NASA's most experienced - reveals the challenges of flying the Shuttle, the flaws in its design and what happened i...
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Rosetta: Six Months Later - Naked Astronomy 15.05.10 -
Space Boffins Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson are joined by ...
Space Boffins Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson are joined by astronomer, Guardian writer and guitarist Stuart Clark for a Rosetta mission special - six months after it made history by landing on a comet. Pick up your backstage pass for behind the sc...
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Out of this World: Britain's history in space - Naked Astronomy 15.04.16 -
Space Boffins Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson are inside London's ...
Space Boffins Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson are inside London's Science Museum with the museum's curator of space, Doug Millard, and the original Apollo 10 capsule. Apart from a tribute to Apollo 11's crucial predecessor, they discuss Britain's h...
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All Systems Go: NASA's new giant rocket - Naked Astronomy 15.03.10 -
This month Richard sees NASA's new giant rocket, the Space ...
This month Richard sees NASA's new giant rocket, the Space Launch System, taking shape in New Orleans. In the studio the Space Boffins are joined by poet Simon Barraclough to discuss the poetic power of the Sun. Sue reports on Europe's new mission to...
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Recovering Beagle 2 from Mars - Naked Astronomy 15.02.10 -
Space Boffins Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson discover why we ...
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 in the eyes of British space scientists. There's als...
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Space Exploration in 2015 - Naked Astronomy 15.01.10 -
Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham are joined by ...
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 Tim Peake's forthcoming trip to the space station. Th...
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Orion: the first step to Mars? - Naked Astronomy 14.12.10 -
Sue Nelson joins space fans in Florida to witness the ...
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 International Space Station and we hear from the people br...
