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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![Armagh Planetarium’s great balloon race has ended.€а The results are in and they have been checked and verified.€а There were balloon reports on the Cathedral Road, the Battleford Road and […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/image-of-ascending-balloons-115x115.jpg "Up, Up and Away! Armagh Planetarium’s Great Balloon Race")
Up, Up and Away! Armagh Planetarium’s Great Balloon Race
Posted on August 10, 2012 | No CommentsArmagh Planetarium’s great balloon race has ended.€а The results are in and they have been checked and verified.€а There were balloon reports on the Cathedral Road, the Battleford Road and […] -
![The summer months have been particularly uneventful, or more so the events have been hard to spot in the bright summer nights but the month of August has some amazing […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/image-of-meteor-115x115.jpg "Wonders of the August Sky")
Wonders of the August Sky
Posted on August 7, 2012 | No CommentsThe summer months have been particularly uneventful, or more so the events have been hard to spot in the bright summer nights but the month of August has some amazing […] -
![NASA’s Curiosity rover’s safe arrival in Gale Crater,Mars,thanks to some innovative technology,€а is still being applauded throughout the world.It is easy to forget that the one-tonne robot is not the […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/image-of-Sojourner-rover-115x115.jpg "Putting Wheels on Mars")
Putting Wheels on Mars
Posted on August 7, 2012 | 1 CommentNASA’s Curiosity rover’s safe arrival in Gale Crater,Mars,thanks to some innovative technology,€а is still being applauded throughout the world.It is easy to forget that the one-tonne robot is not the […] -
![NASA Mars Exploration Program Team are now achieving such a level of accuracy in landing craft on the Martian surface that the targeted landing area for Curiosity was like an […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/image_of-mars-rovers-115x115.jpg "Curiosity on Mars: How did NASA do it?")
Curiosity on Mars: How did NASA do it?
Posted on August 6, 2012 | 2 CommentsNASA Mars Exploration Program Team are now achieving such a level of accuracy in landing craft on the Martian surface that the targeted landing area for Curiosity was like an […] -
![I had my doubts, but NASA didn’t let us down when the Agency’s Curiosity rover was successfully landed in Gale Crater, Mars at 5.14 UTC on 6 August 2012. […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/curiosity_rover-115x115.jpg "Welcome to Mars!")
Welcome to Mars!
Posted on August 6, 2012 | 1 CommentI had my doubts, but NASA didn’t let us down when the Agency’s Curiosity rover was successfully landed in Gale Crater, Mars at 5.14 UTC on 6 August 2012. […] -
![On 6 August, while many of us are enjoying the Olympics, staff at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will be nervously watching their monitors, waiting for a message from Mars.If all […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/605918main_pia15101-43_946-710-115x115.jpg "Curiosity Goes to Gale Crater")
Curiosity Goes to Gale Crater
Posted on July 31, 2012 | 3 CommentsOn 6 August, while many of us are enjoying the Olympics, staff at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will be nervously watching their monitors, waiting for a message from Mars.If all […] -
![Unidentified Flying Objects seem to be here to stay. Once, I wrote a piece Revealed: 5 secret solutions to the UFO mystery which I hoped would be my last word […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/image-of-gordon-Cooper-115x115.jpg "Astronauts, Aeroplanes and UFOs")
Astronauts, Aeroplanes and UFOs
Posted on July 30, 2012 | 23 CommentsUnidentified Flying Objects seem to be here to stay. Once, I wrote a piece Revealed: 5 secret solutions to the UFO mystery which I hoped would be my last word […] -
![Space enthusiasts world-wide have been shocked and saddened by the death of NASA astronaut Sally Ride after a prolonged struggle with cancer.Dr Ride, a physicist, was recruited by NASA in […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Image-of-Sally-Ride-115x115.jpg "Sally Ride, Astronaut, Scientist and Teacher")
Sally Ride, Astronaut, Scientist and Teacher
Posted on July 24, 2012 | No CommentsSpace enthusiasts world-wide have been shocked and saddened by the death of NASA astronaut Sally Ride after a prolonged struggle with cancer.Dr Ride, a physicist, was recruited by NASA in […] -
![With the summer well underway we can really delve into some of the summertime treats the night sky has to offer us.Although the duration of darkness in the summer nights […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/image-of-MilkyWay_behind_Tree-115x115.jpg "Wonders of the July Sky")
Wonders of the July Sky
Posted on July 23, 2012 | No CommentsWith the summer well underway we can really delve into some of the summertime treats the night sky has to offer us.Although the duration of darkness in the summer nights […] -
![Perhaps you havenтАЩt noticed but new Astronotes posts have been a little short on the ground of late.IтАЩd 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 havenтАЩt noticed but new Astronotes posts have been a little short on the ground of late.IтАЩd love to be able to say that this was because I was […]