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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![Gleaned from NASA and Hubblesite.org, here are some facts you may not know about the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). 1.ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà The HSTòÀÙs history is longer than you might have […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/image-of-HST-115x115.jpg "Hubble Space Telescope: Ten amazing facts you didn’t know")
Hubble Space Telescope: Ten amazing facts you didn’t know
Posted on March 5, 2011 | 23 CommentsGleaned from NASA and Hubblesite.org, here are some facts you may not know about the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). 1.ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà The HSTòÀÙs history is longer than you might have […] -
![Apollo 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 […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/image-of-Gene-Cernan-with-earth-115x115.jpg "Apollo 18: the truth about the lost Moon missions")
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 […] -
![An 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 […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Image-of-challenger_51-l_crew-115x115.jpg "Remembering Challenger: the end of innocence")
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 […] -
![2011 will be a year of exciting and historic upcoming events in space exploration. It is is also a significant anniversary year of some triumphs and tragedies in space history. […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/image-of-Juno-probe-115x115.jpg "2011’s Space Odysseys")
2011’s Space Odysseys
Posted on January 12, 2011 | 1 Comment2011 will be a year of exciting and historic upcoming events in space exploration. It is is also a significant anniversary year of some triumphs and tragedies in space history. […] -
![Christmas 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 […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/image-of-Earthrise-115x115.jpg "Apollo 8’s Christmas space odyssey")
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 […] -
![NASA’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. […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Image-of-Orion-nuclear-rocket-115x115.jpg "Project Orion: the incredible nuclear spacecraft")
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. […] -
![In the early 1960s, the sky had no limits for NASA . Planners for the agency foresaw an ever-expanding future of exploration through the Solar System. Some amazing missions were […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Image-of-shuttle-and-manned-booster-115x115.jpg "Mars by ’85? NASA’s alternative history")
Mars by ’85? NASA’s alternative history
Posted on September 27, 2010 | 11 CommentsIn the early 1960s, the sky had no limits for NASA . Planners for the agency foresaw an ever-expanding future of exploration through the Solar System. Some amazing missions were […] -
![The late ’50s and ’60s were a different time from the anxious era that is today. Nuclear power and space travel were both cool and wonderful new technologies. The […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Image-of-Moon-from-ISS-115x115.jpg "The amazing Aldebaran spacecraft")
The amazing Aldebaran spacecraft
Posted on September 24, 2010 | 3 CommentsThe late ’50s and ’60s were a different time from the anxious era that is today. Nuclear power and space travel were both cool and wonderful new technologies. The […] -
![The Blue Streak rocket was an advanced British missile of the 1950s which nearly became a space rocket before ending up a casualty of government apathy. Let’s look at Blue […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/blustrk1-115x115.jpg "Blue Streak: the UK’s Cold War rocket")
Blue Streak: the UK’s Cold War rocket
Posted on September 22, 2010 | 6 CommentsThe Blue Streak rocket was an advanced British missile of the 1950s which nearly became a space rocket before ending up a casualty of government apathy. Let’s look at Blue […]