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Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists

The Naked Scientists

Naked Astronomy: the Naked Scientists' Astronomy and Space Science Podcast - audio that's out of this world...

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231 episodes
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Episodes231

Nov 15, 2022 · 54 min
Last Man on the Moon: BONUS EPISODE
For the first time in full, our interview with the last man on the Moon, Gene Cernan...
Oct 30, 2022 · 1 hr 11 min
Moon Trees
Stuart Roosa, Moon Trees and the UAE mission to Mars...
Sep 30, 2022 · 1 hr 2 min
Space Tyranny!
How do you design a space settlement government without it descending into tyranny?
Aug 27, 2022 · 1 hr
Apollo Remastered
Pictures of Neil Armstrong's face on the Moon, and other remastered images from the Apollo era...
Jul 3, 2022 · 48 min
Poppy Northcutt and Launch UK
Poppy Northcutt discusses retrieving astronauts from the Moon, the Apollo 13 drama, and what was on channel 53...
May 27, 2022 · 48 min
Lessons from an Astronaut
Not one but four astronauts feature in this month's Space Boffins...
Apr 25, 2022 · 44 min
Return to the Moon
With the first Artemis mission on the launchpad, a look ahead to the next footsteps on the Moon...
Mar 1, 2022 · 54 min
Do we need astronauts?
Are we seeing the end of astronauts and the rise of robotic spacefarers in our stead?
Jan 28, 2022 · 59 min
Fiery Worlds and go for Mars
Looking ahead to Europe's mission to the red planet, and what's next for the James Webb...
Dec 15, 2021 · 52 min
Flowers in Space
This time, horticulture in orbit, 3d-printed space rovers and cleaning up space rubbish...
Nov 22, 2021 · 1 hr 11 min
James Webb and astronaut Jessica Meir
The next big leap for mankind in telescope terms, and the first all-woman spacewalk...
Nov 1, 2021 · 45 min
BepiColombo lobster eyes and Apollo legends
How BepiColombo looked down on Mercury as it flew by recently...
Sep 29, 2021 · 31 min
SETI: Looking for Life across the Universe
Naked Astronomy goes in search of the civilisations with which we might share the cosmos...
Sep 10, 2021 · 54 min
Europe leads the space station
Soon to be Commander of the International Space Station, Samantha Cristoforetti, talks Dragons, Star City, and preparing for leadership...
Aug 12, 2021 · 54 min
Space Station Commander
Pilot and International Space Station Commander, Terry Virts, on flying the Shuttle...
Jul 13, 2021 · 54 min
Wally Funk Heads for Space
We celebrate the Mercury 13 mission and Wally Funk's return to the void...
Jun 14, 2021 · 59 min
Mission to Europa
The prospects for finding life on Jupiter's icy moon...
May 26, 2021 · 23 min
Finding the God Equation
Could a 1-inch equation describe all of physics?
May 14, 2021 · 1 hr 4 min
Britain's First Astronaut
Helen Sharman joins the Space Boffins to mark 30 years since her Juno mission...
Apr 9, 2021 · 1 hr 9 min
Celebrating 60 years of human spaceflight
Marking the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's flight and 40 years of the Space Shuttle...