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 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 […] -
Apollo 18: the truth about the lost Moon missions
Posted on February 22, 2011 | 170 CommentsApollo 18 is a SF/Horror movie presented as newly-found film footage taken by the fictional crew of a lost 1970s lunar landing mission.ˆà The Apollo 18 film uses real NASA […] -
Apollo 14: Alan Shepard’s fight for the Moon
Posted on January 31, 2011 | 4 CommentsForty years ago, NASAòÀÙs Apollo 14 mission landed the fifth and sixth men on the Moon. Apollo 14 was a triumph for one man in particular. Alan Shepard fought debilitating […] -
Remembering Challenger: the end of innocence
Posted on January 28, 2011 | 4 CommentsAn older generation will never forget where they were when they heard the news of President KennedyòÀÙs murder Alas, I have three such memories. The 2001 terror attacks in the […] -
Apollo 8’s Christmas space odyssey
Posted on December 20, 2010 | 5 CommentsChristmas 1968 saw three men from Earth make a remarkable and unprecedented voyage of exploration. A dramatic and hurriedly planned mission gave the crew the first human view of the […] -
Christmas Day in Space
Posted on December 15, 2010 | 3 CommentsWhile you are opening your presents under the Christmas tree, singing some Christmas carols or sitting down to tuck into your turkey dinner on 25 December, spare a thought for […]