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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Space Flight Archive
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![This monthòÀÙs image is a NASA diagram of the classic 1960s Gemini spacecraft.ˆà Ten of these craft carried twenty astronauts into orbit between March 1965 and November 1966, filling the […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Image-of-gemini-spacecraft-115x115.jpg "Gemini: Image of the Month")
Gemini: Image of the Month
Posted on September 30, 2011 | 11 CommentsThis monthòÀÙs image is a NASA diagram of the classic 1960s Gemini spacecraft.ˆà Ten of these craft carried twenty astronauts into orbit between March 1965 and November 1966, filling the […] -
![On 14 September ˆà2011, NASA revealedˆà the design of its new rocket, the Space Launch System. This titanic vehicle may send American astronauts to the Moon, Near Earth Asteroids or […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/File_2011914125723-115x115.jpg "NASA Reveals Giant Rocket For Mission to Nowhere")
NASA Reveals Giant Rocket For Mission to Nowhere
Posted on September 15, 2011 | 7 CommentsOn 14 September ˆà2011, NASA revealedˆà the design of its new rocket, the Space Launch System. This titanic vehicle may send American astronauts to the Moon, Near Earth Asteroids or […] -
![The Lunar Module was an iconic spacecraft which carried two-man crews to and from the MoonòÀÙs surface during NASAòÀÙs Apollo Program of the 1960s and òÀØ70s.ˆà Along with the Saturn […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Image-of-LM-at-NASM-115x115.jpg "NASA’s Lunar Module: Everything You Need to Know")
NASA’s Lunar Module: Everything You Need to Know
Posted on September 2, 2011 | 127 CommentsThe Lunar Module was an iconic spacecraft which carried two-man crews to and from the MoonòÀÙs surface during NASAòÀÙs Apollo Program of the 1960s and òÀØ70s.ˆà Along with the Saturn […] -
![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 […] -
![Spirit, one of NASA’s Mars Exploration Rovers has finally transmitted its last data back to Earth. We look back upon the career of this valiant space explorer. Our neighbouring planet […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Image-of-MER-115x115.jpg "Spirit, this was your life!")
Spirit, this was your life!
Posted on July 5, 2011 | 1 CommentSpirit, one of NASA’s Mars Exploration Rovers has finally transmitted its last data back to Earth. We look back upon the career of this valiant space explorer. Our neighbouring planet […] -
![Space technology is transforming archeology. Use of satellite imagery is revealing details of the past previously inaccessible to scholars of ancient times. Studying the ancient civilizations of the past is […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Image-of-egypt-by-satellite-115x115.jpg "How space is revolutionising archeology")
How space is revolutionising archeology
Posted on June 29, 2011 | No CommentsSpace technology is transforming archeology. Use of satellite imagery is revealing details of the past previously inaccessible to scholars of ancient times. Studying the ancient civilizations of the past is […] -
![The Shuttle era is coming to an end this year thirty years after the launch of Columbia. ˆàWhile 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. ˆàWhile it can boast many successes and certainly caught the imagination of the […] -
![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 […] -
![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 […]