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Hello, IтАЩm Colin, welcoming you to Astronotes, the PlanetariumтАЩs official blog. Here you will find the latest news and views from the fascinating worlds of astronomy and space exploration. We hope you will come here to learn what is hot and exciting, profound or even weird from worlds beyond ours . So that's the introduction out of the way, now on with the Universe!
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![“Is there life on Mars?” More than fifty years into the Space Age and there still is no definitive answer. Completing our series of posts on this mystery, we look […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Image-of-Happy-Mars-Astronaut-115x115.jpg "The Truth about Life on Mars (Part 3)")
The Truth about Life on Mars (Part 3)
Posted on August 11, 2011 | 1 Comment“Is there life on Mars?” More than fifty years into the Space Age and there still is no definitive answer. Completing our series of posts on this mystery, we look […] -
![Apollo 15 was sent to the Moon in July 1971, its primary mission goals to explore the spectacular Hadley-Appenine region, carry out scientific experiments from orbit and evaluation of new […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Image-of-Hadley-base-115x115.jpg "Apollo 15: Into the Mountains of the Moon")
Apollo 15: Into the Mountains of the Moon
Posted on July 28, 2011 | 13 CommentsApollo 15 was sent to the Moon in July 1971, its primary mission goals to explore the spectacular Hadley-Appenine region, carry out scientific experiments from orbit and evaluation of new […] -
![The Shuttle era is coming to an end this year thirty years after the launch of Columbia. €аWhile it can boast many successes and certainly caught the imagination of the […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Image-of-Final-Shuttle-Patch-115x115.jpg "NASA’s Space Shuttle: End of an Era")
NASA’s Space Shuttle: End of an Era
Posted on June 24, 2011 | 1 CommentThe Shuttle era is coming to an end this year thirty years after the launch of Columbia. €аWhile it can boast many successes and certainly caught the imagination of the […] -
![Has lurid fiction like the movie Iron Sky any basis in fact? €аEveryone knows that WW2 Germany developed rockets far in advance of the Allies, but some argue that in […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Image-of-Silverbird-in-flight-115x115.jpg "Nazis in Space: The Truth about Hitler’s Space Program")
Nazis in Space: The Truth about Hitler’s Space Program
Posted on June 23, 2011 | 37 CommentsHas lurid fiction like the movie Iron Sky any basis in fact? €аEveryone knows that WW2 Germany developed rockets far in advance of the Allies, but some argue that in […] -
![It is June 30 1971, and a ground crew in Kazakhstan are waiting to recover three cosmonauts from the Soyuz 11 spacecraft. The trio, the first space station crew, are […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Image-of-Soyuz-11-Crew-115x115.jpg "Soyuz 11: The Truth About the Salyut 1 Space Disaster")
Soyuz 11: The Truth About the Salyut 1 Space Disaster
Posted on June 22, 2011 | 4 CommentsIt is June 30 1971, and a ground crew in Kazakhstan are waiting to recover three cosmonauts from the Soyuz 11 spacecraft. The trio, the first space station crew, are […] -
![NASA’s Space Shuttles have become a familar sight in their thirty years of service, but there have been other shuttle designs which never left the ground.Some were ingenious alternative concepts […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Image-of-C-1057-concept-115x115.jpg "10 Space Shuttles which never flew")
10 Space Shuttles which never flew
Posted on May 12, 2011 | 22 CommentsNASA’s Space Shuttles have become a familar sight in their thirty years of service, but there have been other shuttle designs which never left the ground.Some were ingenious alternative concepts […] -
![The first American in space, Alan Shepard, made his historic flight fifty years ago. Part of Project Mercury, the flight of Freedom 7 followed mere weeks after Yuri Gagarin’s pioneering […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Image-of-Freedom-7-launch-115x115.jpg "Alan Shepard: First American in Space")
Alan Shepard: First American in Space
Posted on May 4, 2011 | 5 CommentsThe first American in space, Alan Shepard, made his historic flight fifty years ago. Part of Project Mercury, the flight of Freedom 7 followed mere weeks after Yuri Gagarin’s pioneering […] -
![Yuri Gagarin made history fifty years ago, in the midst of the Cold War, the USSR succeeded in putting him in space. Aspects of his mission were kept secret at […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Image-of-Vostok-1_mission_patch-115x115.jpg "Vostok 1: Secrets of the first spaceflight")
Vostok 1: Secrets of the first spaceflight
Posted on April 11, 2011 | 12 CommentsYuri Gagarin made history fifty years ago, in the midst of the Cold War, the USSR succeeded in putting him in space. Aspects of his mission were kept secret at […] -
![Yuri Gagarin, Soviet cosmonaut, paved the way for space exploration and truly went where no man had been before. He was the first human in space, Sinead McNicholl tells his […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/yuri-gagarin1-115x115.jpg "Yuri Gagarin: First Man in Space")
Yuri Gagarin: First Man in Space
Posted on April 11, 2011 | 20 CommentsYuri Gagarin, Soviet cosmonaut, paved the way for space exploration and truly went where no man had been before. He was the first human in space, Sinead McNicholl tells his […] -
![This year will see both the end of space flights by NASA’s Shuttle fleet and the thirtieth anniversary of the first orbital mission by this historic spacecraft. Our coverage of […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Image-of-shuttle-from-above-115x115.jpg "Space Shuttle: A thirty year history of tragedy and triumph")
Space Shuttle: A thirty year history of tragedy and triumph
Posted on April 7, 2011 | 11 CommentsThis year will see both the end of space flights by NASA’s Shuttle fleet and the thirtieth anniversary of the first orbital mission by this historic spacecraft. Our coverage of […]