Welcome to Astronotes
Hello, I’m Colin, welcoming you to Astronotes, the Planetarium’s 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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Chris Hadfield: Canada’s Space Sensation
Posted on May 10, 2013 | 2 CommentsCanadian born astronaut Chris Hadfield has made his country extremely proud over his many years in service, from his countless honours and experiences as a pilot, to being the first... -
Skylab: Everything You Need to Know
Posted on May 1, 2013 | 3 CommentsThis year marks 40 years since Skylab, NASA’s first post-Moon landings project, was sent into orbit. I plan to cover each of the missions flown by the astronauts who worked... -
Spacesuits of the Future
Posted on February 19, 2013 | No 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... -
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... -
NASA’s Lunar Rover: Everything You Need to Know
Posted on January 18, 2013 | No CommentsAfter an amazingly brief 17 months of designing and testing, the ‘Moon buggy’, the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), or Lunar Rover was used from 1971-1972 as a key component of... -
Neil Armstrong R.I.P.
Posted on August 25, 2012 | 1 CommentNeil Armstrong was born in 1930 in Ohio and died in 2012 in Ohio.Between those two dates he became immortal on the Moon. Think about it, as long as there... -
Astronauts, Aeroplanes and UFOs
Posted on July 30, 2012 | 6 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 on... -
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... -
Apollo 16: 40 Years On
Posted on April 3, 2012 | 3 CommentsThree years later after the first men walked on the Moon, the Apollo 16 mission, launched 16 April 1972 , landed men on the moon successfully for the fifth time... -
John Glenn’s First Spaceflight
Posted on February 20, 2012 | No CommentsOn 20 February 1962, John Glenn (b1921) became the fifth human to enter space. For his spaceflight Glenn, a US Marine Corps aviator was strapped into a tiny Mercury capsule...