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NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission lands on Mars next month after a nine-month journey across our Solar System. On arrival the most advanced suite of instruments ever sent to the red planet will get to work. In this edition of the podcast, geologist and MSL scientist Professor Sanjeev Gupta, from Imperial College London, discusses the excitement and science behind the mission with Spaceflight UK's Jerry Stone and Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham. Plus, a report from the recent European space tourism conference where the major players pitched their space trips and a... 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 16 May 2025

The sky on 16 May 2025
Sunrise
06:13
Sunset
20:40
Twilight ends
22:32
Twilight begins
04:22

19-day old moon
Waning Gibbous

83%

19 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:39 12:28 19:17
Venus 04:20 10:35 16:49
Moon 00:06 04:21 08:38
Mars 11:46 18:55 02:04
Jupiter 08:00 15:28 22:55
Saturn 03:58 09:53 15:48
All times shown in EDT.

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This information was taken from the Naked Astronomy website.

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39.96°N
83.00°W
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