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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![A rare astronomical event due to occur in the late 1970s inspired the desire to send a spacecraft to the most distant planets in our Solar System and beyond. That […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/image-of-voyager-spacecraft-115x115.jpg "Voyager Goes Interstellar")
Voyager Goes Interstellar
Posted on October 28, 2013 | 2 CommentsA rare astronomical event due to occur in the late 1970s inspired the desire to send a spacecraft to the most distant planets in our Solar System and beyond. That […] -
![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 […] -
![Spirit, one of NASA’s Mars Exploration Rovers has finally transmitted its last data back to Earth. We look back upon the career of this valiant space explorer. Our neighbouring planet […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Image-of-MER-115x115.jpg "Spirit, this was your life!")
Spirit, this was your life!
Posted on July 5, 2011 | 1 CommentSpirit, one of NASA’s Mars Exploration Rovers has finally transmitted its last data back to Earth. We look back upon the career of this valiant space explorer. Our neighbouring planet […] -
![NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is to use a unique system called a “sky crane” to touch down next year on the Red Planet. Engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory have […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Image-of-Martian-Sky-Crane-115x115.jpg "Unique Martian Sky Crane Tested")
Unique Martian Sky Crane Tested
Posted on January 21, 2011 | 8 CommentsNASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is to use a unique system called a “sky crane” to touch down next year on the Red Planet. Engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory have […] -
![NASA’s Deep Impact probe flew past comet Hartley 2 and revealed a odd-looking peanut-shaped nucleus. What are the first impressions from these exciting images? Only about a mile (1.6 km) […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/image-of-Hartley2-comet-nucleus-115x115.jpg "Hartley 2: What has the Deep Impact flyby shown us?")
Hartley 2: What has the Deep Impact flyby shown us?
Posted on November 5, 2010 | No CommentsNASA’s Deep Impact probe flew past comet Hartley 2 and revealed a odd-looking peanut-shaped nucleus. What are the first impressions from these exciting images? Only about a mile (1.6 km) […]