May Naked Astronomy podcast released

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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 spaceport. Recorded on location at Astrium, Europe's largest space company, engineer Katherine Bennell and space scientist Ralph Cordey join the Space Boffins to demonstrate how to remove space junk with a flying harpoon. Interview guests include Mars One's Bas Lansdorp, as well as the CEO of the Mojave Air and Space port Stuart Witt, plus David Masten, founder of Masten Space Systems. ... 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 23 Feb 2026

The sky on 23 February 2026
Sunrise
06:25
Sunset
17:42
Twilight ends
19:06
Twilight begins
05:02


Waxing Crescent

48%

6 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 07:03 13:03 19:02
Venus 07:04 12:49 18:33
Moon 09:56 17:18 00:47
Mars 06:02 11:25 16:48
Jupiter 13:32 20:41 03:51
Saturn 07:44 13:43 19:41
All times shown in PST.

Source

This information was taken from the Naked Astronomy website.

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