April Naked Astronomy podcast released

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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 Greason meets Richard in the Mojave Desert to discuss the risks of flying in their new space plane. Kate Arkless-Gray also discusses her progress on securing a seat on XCOR's space plane in the Lynx Space Challenge and the attempts to get more women applying, resulting in Sue deciding to enter and become one of the lucky astronaut winners herself. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

More details of the podcast are posted here, and on the Naked Astronomy website.

The sky on 18 Mar 2026

The sky on 18 March 2026
Sunrise
06:56
Sunset
19:01
Twilight ends
20:25
Twilight begins
05:32


Waning Crescent

0%

29 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 06:00 11:44 17:28
Venus 07:46 14:02 20:19
Moon 06:44 12:45 18:55
Mars 06:22 12:03 17:44
Jupiter 13:00 20:09 03:19
Saturn 07:21 13:22 19:24
All times shown in PDT.

Source

This information was taken from the Naked Astronomy website.

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