Welcome to Astronotes
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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Concept Spacecraft Archive
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![A research group called the Eagleworks at NASAтАЩs Johnson Space Center in Texas is tasked with investigating novel space propulsion techniques. These include both warp drive concepts to enable faster […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image-of-moon-from-Apollo-12-115x115.jpg "NASA’s Space Drive Experiments: The Plot Thickens")
NASA’s Space Drive Experiments: The Plot Thickens
Posted on May 11, 2015 | 3 CommentsA research group called the Eagleworks at NASAтАЩs Johnson Space Center in Texas is tasked with investigating novel space propulsion techniques. These include both warp drive concepts to enable faster […] -
![The good news first: a major aerospace contractor is researching how to build a reusable spaceplane that could dramatically cut the cost of accessing low Earth orbit. Now the bad […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/image-of-Northrop_Grumman_XS1-boster-115x115.jpg "XS-1: Spaceplane of the Future?")
XS-1: Spaceplane of the Future?
Posted on August 20, 2014 | No CommentsThe good news first: a major aerospace contractor is researching how to build a reusable spaceplane that could dramatically cut the cost of accessing low Earth orbit. Now the bad […] -
![June 2014 saw excited reports that NASA was working on a faster than light warp drive starship. Astonishingly, weeks later we are being told that NASA has also successfully tested […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/image-of-icy_surface_of_enceladus-115x115.jpg "No, NASA has not verified an impossible space drive!")
No, NASA has not verified an impossible space drive!
Posted on August 4, 2014 | 133 CommentsJune 2014 saw excited reports that NASA was working on a faster than light warp drive starship. Astonishingly, weeks later we are being told that NASA has also successfully tested […] -
![There has been a lot of excitement over reports that NASA is developing a faster than light starship propelled by a warp drive capable of making journeys to nearby stars […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/image-of-NGC-3572-115x115.jpg "No, NASA is not building a warp drive starship!")
No, NASA is not building a warp drive starship!
Posted on June 13, 2014 | 42 CommentsThere has been a lot of excitement over reports that NASA is developing a faster than light starship propelled by a warp drive capable of making journeys to nearby stars […] -
![Could humanity ever travel to the stars? Today this is an unattainable dream but world-wide researchers are studying the possibilities of starships. One concept for an interstellar craft is the […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/image-of-ngc2035-115x115.jpg "Whatever Happened to Photon Rockets?")
Whatever Happened to Photon Rockets?
Posted on December 5, 2013 | 8 CommentsCould humanity ever travel to the stars? Today this is an unattainable dream but world-wide researchers are studying the possibilities of starships. One concept for an interstellar craft is the […] -
![Our image this month shows a pair of NASA astronauts boarding a brand new spacecraft (at last). On 13 June 2013, Cady Coleman and Ricky Arnold stepped through a hatch […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Image-of-Orion-crew-module-115x115.jpg "Astronauts Boarding Orion Spacecraft: Image of the Month")
Astronauts Boarding Orion Spacecraft: Image of the Month
Posted on June 26, 2013 | No CommentsOur image this month shows a pair of NASA astronauts boarding a brand new spacecraft (at last). On 13 June 2013, Cady Coleman and Ricky Arnold stepped through a hatch […] -
![NASA wants to find an asteroid, capture it, bring it towards us and send it into an orbit around our Moon. This isnтАЩt a plot for a new Hollywood Blockbuster […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/image-of-Astronaut-on-asteroid-115x115.png "How NASA Will Catch an Asteroid")
How NASA Will Catch an Asteroid
Posted on May 24, 2013 | No CommentsNASA wants to find an asteroid, capture it, bring it towards us and send it into an orbit around our Moon. This isnтАЩt a plot for a new Hollywood Blockbuster […] -
![Imagine taking two human beings and sealing them in a box for 500 days. The pair must survive on only the boxes of food and water crammed around them. Throughout […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Image-of-mars-from-hubble-115x115.jpg "Dennis Tito’s Mars Mission: Possible but Pointless")
Dennis Tito’s Mars Mission: Possible but Pointless
Posted on February 22, 2013 | 10 CommentsImagine taking two human beings and sealing them in a box for 500 days. The pair must survive on only the boxes of food and water crammed around them. Throughout […] -
![As we further consider spacesuits we may find a question arising in many of our minds: Why build any new spacesuits at all? Why not just reuse previous designs, especially […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Image-of-z1-microgravity-test-115x115.jpg "Spacesuits of the Future")
Spacesuits of the Future
Posted on February 19, 2013 | 3 CommentsAs we further consider spacesuits we may find a question arising in many of our minds: Why build any new spacesuits at all? Why not just reuse previous designs, especially […] -
![Spacecraft with a lenticular design (that is, shaped like a biconvex lens) were actively studied by NASA and US industry in the late 1950s and early тАШ60s. A craft of […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Image-of-X-20-and-Lenticular-spacecraft-115x115.jpg "Flying Saucers From NASA")
Flying Saucers From NASA
Posted on September 10, 2012 | No CommentsSpacecraft with a lenticular design (that is, shaped like a biconvex lens) were actively studied by NASA and US industry in the late 1950s and early тАШ60s. A craft of […]