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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Apollo 18: Astronotes Goes to the Movies!
Posted on September 6, 2011 | 17 CommentsApollo 18, a movie hybrid of horror and science fiction is stirring up a lot of interest. Your intrepid reporter decided to see what the fuss was about. Here is […] -
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: 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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
Project Orion: the incredible nuclear spacecraft
Posted on October 1, 2010 | 3 CommentsNASA’s next manned spacecraft will be the Orion, a capsule which will be carried into space by a rocket. Weighing 25 tonnes, each Orion will carry up to six people. […]