Welcome to Astronotes
Hello, IòÀÙm Colin, welcoming you to Astronotes, the PlanetariumòÀÙs 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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Neil Armstrong R.I.P.
Posted on August 25, 2012 | 4 CommentsNeil Armstrong was born in 1930 in Ohio and died in 2012 in Ohio. Between those two dates he became immortal on the Moon. Think about it, as long as […] -
Wings into Orbit: the Skylon Spaceplane Project
Posted on August 17, 2012 | 4 CommentsIòÀÙm sure youòÀÙve heard the one:what do you get if you cross a sheep and a spacecraft?Or what about:what do you get if you cross a plane and a spaceship?Well […] -
Putting Wheels on Mars
Posted on August 7, 2012 | 1 CommentNASA’s Curiosity rover’s safe arrival in Gale Crater,Mars,thanks to some innovative technology,ˆà is still being applauded throughout the world.It is easy to forget that the one-tonne robot is not the […] -
Curiosity on Mars: How did NASA do it?
Posted on August 6, 2012 | 2 CommentsNASA Mars Exploration Program Team are now achieving such a level of accuracy in landing craft on the Martian surface that the targeted landing area for Curiosity was like an […] -
Welcome to Mars!
Posted on August 6, 2012 | 1 CommentI had my doubts, but NASA didn’t let us down when the Agency’s Curiosity rover was successfully landed in Gale Crater, Mars at 5.14 UTC on 6 August 2012. […] -
Curiosity Goes to Gale Crater
Posted on July 31, 2012 | 3 CommentsOn 6 August, while many of us are enjoying the Olympics, staff at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will be nervously watching their monitors, waiting for a message from Mars.If all […] -
Sally Ride, Astronaut, Scientist and Teacher
Posted on July 24, 2012 | No CommentsSpace enthusiasts world-wide have been shocked and saddened by the death of NASA astronaut Sally Ride after a prolonged struggle with cancer.Dr Ride, a physicist, was recruited by NASA in […] -
X-37: Speculation, Secrets and Espionage?
Posted on May 10, 2012 | 7 CommentsThe Boeing X-37, also called the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), is an unmanned American spacecraft.ˆà Its first orbital mission was on 22 April 2010 returning back to Earth on 3 […] -
2012: Year of the Dragon?
Posted on April 12, 2012 | 2 CommentsIn the upcoming weeks you will be hearing in the news the words òÀÜDragon SpacecraftòÀÝ, so Sinead McNicholl has the full story on what exactly this new vehicle is and […] -
Apollo 16: 40 Years On
Posted on April 3, 2012 | 20 CommentsThree years later after the first men walked on the Moon, the Apollo 16 mission, launched 16 April 1972 ,ˆà landed men on the moon successfully for the fifth time […]