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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![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 […] -
![Ever fancied yourself in a spacesuit? Whether in fact you believe that a spacesuit makes desirable fancy dress, it is undoubtedly, more so than any other profession in which a […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/IMAGE-6-115x115.jpg "Spacesuits: Fashion of the Future!")
Spacesuits: Fashion of the Future!
Posted on February 14, 2013 | 2 CommentsEver fancied yourself in a spacesuit? Whether in fact you believe that a spacesuit makes desirable fancy dress, it is undoubtedly, more so than any other profession in which a […] -
![This year has started off with perhaps a little more promise than the last, not only did the world not end but a new Mayan calendar has started, mysterious planet […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/image-of-Comet-kohoutek-115x115.jpg "2013’s Space Odysseys")
2013’s Space Odysseys
Posted on January 8, 2013 | No CommentsThis year has started off with perhaps a little more promise than the last, not only did the world not end but a new Mayan calendar has started, mysterious planet […] -
![Perhaps you havenòÀÙt noticed but new Astronotes posts have been a little short on the ground of late.IòÀÙd love to be able to say that this was because I was […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Image-of-ISS-star-trails-115x115.jpg "Getting back up to speed")
Getting back up to speed
Posted on July 17, 2012 | No CommentsPerhaps you havenòÀÙt noticed but new Astronotes posts have been a little short on the ground of late.IòÀÙd love to be able to say that this was because I was […] -
![Fewer than 600 people have ever seen our world from space and only a couple of dozen have travelled far enough away to seen the Earth as a planet against […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Image-of-Tracy-Caldwell-Dyson-115x115.jpg "Hello Earth!")
Hello Earth!
Posted on January 19, 2012 | No CommentsFewer than 600 people have ever seen our world from space and only a couple of dozen have travelled far enough away to seen the Earth as a planet against […] -
![Venus has always been regarded as Earth’s Sister Planet. After all, it can be the closest planet to us and it is nearly the same size as Earth. But how […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Image-of-venus-south-115x115.jpg "Venus: Earth’s Sister Planet")
Venus: Earth’s Sister Planet
Posted on January 17, 2012 | 4 CommentsVenus has always been regarded as Earth’s Sister Planet. After all, it can be the closest planet to us and it is nearly the same size as Earth. But how […] -
![A few years ago there was a vogue among historians to write about òÀØcounterfactualsòÀÙ.A counterfactual examines the importance of an event for subsequent history by asking what if that event […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/image-of-N1-on-pad-115x115.gif "Russia’s Rival to Apollo")
Russia’s Rival to Apollo
Posted on November 25, 2011 | 6 CommentsA few years ago there was a vogue among historians to write about òÀØcounterfactualsòÀÙ.A counterfactual examines the importance of an event for subsequent history by asking what if that event […] -
![Before Yuri Gagarin made the historic first orbit around the Earth in 1961, animals had already visited the unknown. They were used to collect medical data and to test the […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/image-of-laika-115x115.jpg "10 Animal Space Travellers")
10 Animal Space Travellers
Posted on October 14, 2011 | 1 CommentBefore Yuri Gagarin made the historic first orbit around the Earth in 1961, animals had already visited the unknown. They were used to collect medical data and to test 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 […] -
![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 […]