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Human Exploration

15 Questions about the Moon Landings

Armstrong and Aldrin were the first two people on the Moon when Apollo 11 landed there in July 1969. This astonishing achievement (which it should not be forgotten was followed by five more successful landings) continues to fascinate our readers who are still eager to learn more about the details. Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 9 yearsApril 7, 2016 ago
The Future

Space Guns!

Have you ever stopped and really thought about the possibility of finding life in the universe or maybe that extra-terrestrial life finding us! And then, when they find us, what if they aren’t exactly friendly and they want our planet for some super evil plan so they decide to have Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 10 yearsAugust 11, 2015 ago
Human Exploration

Shaking Hands in Orbit: the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project

The space programmes of the USA and USSR began in a spirit of bitter Cold War rivalry but by the early 1970s internation tensions had eased a little into a détente and what had been unthinkable ten years earlier was possible. In 1975 the world saw the historic meeting in Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 10 yearsJune 22, 2015 ago
The Future

2015’s Space Odysseys

Although not quite the ’12 days of Christmas’ gift inventory’, the following checklist should give us a quick peak at some significant events connected with space that we can look forward to witnessing from early 2015, as well as giving us an opportunity to recall other great space dates whose Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 10 yearsJanuary 22, 2015 ago
Human Exploration

Apollo 12: 1969’s Other Moon Landing

The second human Moon landing might have ended in disaster 36 seconds after liftoff. It was 14 November 1969 and the mighty Saturn 5 rocket carrying the crew of Apollo 12 was steadily ascending into the Florida sky when it was hit by lightning.   The mission’s commander, Charles “Pete” Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 11 yearsOctober 23, 2014 ago
Human Exploration

11 Strange Facts You Didn’t Know About the First Moon Landing

We all know of the pioneering journey of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and the sometimes forgotten third astronaut Michael Collins. Armstrong and Aldrin were the first astronauts to successfully land the Lunar Module (LM) Eagle on the Moon in 1969 whilst Collins orbited in the Command and Service Module (CSM) Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 11 yearsAugust 1, 2014 ago
Earth Satellites

Satellites: Everything You Need to Know

“Man must rise above Earth, to the top of the atmosphere and beyond, for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives” Socrates (circa 399BC). Of course the philosopher Socrates would not have been thinking about satellites or spacecraft at this time, but his famous quote Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 11 yearsJuly 1, 2014 ago
Human Exploration

Apollo 11: the First Lunar Landing

In July 1969, those who could gathered around available television sets and radios for the moment that human life would leave their first trace on the Moon. At 0256 GMT Neil Armstrong stepped out of the Lunar Module Eagle. As his left foot touched the lunar surface, he declared the Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 11 yearsJune 26, 2014 ago
Human Exploration

Women in Space

When asked about famous astronauts, children can usually name the big hitters such as the humble Neil Armstrong and his co-lunar lander Buzz Aldrin. Some can even throw in for good measure the third member of Apollo 11, Michael Collins and some can even surprise me by mentioning the awe Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 11 yearsJune 20, 2014 ago
Moon

Whatever happened to Transient Lunar Phenomena?

There are said to be many unexplained occurrences and phenomenon in the Universe but us science-minded folk like to think we have solved most of those mysterious and unusual events here on Earth. Yet we humans are still baffled by many things, from the whys and hows, humans always search Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 11 yearsFebruary 27, 2014 ago
The Future

2014′s Space Odysseys

The year 2014 could see the first 3D printer brought into space, the first fare-paying passengers leave Planet Earth on the Virgin Galactic and the first test mission of a new vehicle called Orion that might one day take humans to Mars. Exciting stuff, bring on 2014! But what else Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 11 yearsJanuary 8, 2014 ago
Space Flight

Visiting Kennedy Space Center

When most people take their vacation for the year they tend to do their best to completely take their mind of their work and as I boarded the long flight to Orlando Florida and I did my very best to do just that! And while I had many exciting things Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 12 yearsDecember 18, 2013 ago
Robot Exploration

What Ever Happened to Beagle 2?

On 25 December 2003 space exploration fans expected an extra Christmas gift. Beagle 2, a robotic spacecraft was to descend on the dusty plains of Mars. Once settled there, the tiny probe would play a musical call sign then start to photograph and poke the Martian soil in search of Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 12 yearsDecember 13, 2013 ago
Earth Satellites

The Real Mystery Satellites

There are thought be thousands of satellites in working order in orbit around the Earth. If the count was to include all Earth satellites including broken parts and discarded pieces, there are thought to be 21,000 pieces of space junk greater than 10cm across up there. If we include fragments Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 12 years ago
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Solar System

Carl Sagan’s Cosmic Legacy

November 9 is Carl Sagan Day when enthusiasts of astronomy and science remember and celebrate the life and works of Carl Sagan. Why is Sagan honoured in this way? Let us look back at the man and his career.     It seems impossible to research the Solar System and Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 12 yearsNovember 7, 2013 ago
Robot Exploration

Voyager Goes Interstellar

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 decision almost 40 years later has meant humans have created and launched a spacecraft which has travelled to the boundary Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 12 years ago
Human Exploration

8 Myths About Neil Armstrong’s Flight to the Moon

With the anniversary of the passing of one of the most iconic figures in mankind’s space exploration program, it affords us an excuse to re-examine the short but history-making space mission we all know today as Apollo 11. Landmark events in human exploration and scientific discovery can often capture the Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 12 yearsAugust 22, 2013 ago
Human Exploration

Skylab: Everything You Need to Know

2013 marked 40 years since Skylab, NASA’s first post-Moon landings human spaceflight project, was sent into orbit. Here is an overview of this rather forgotten series of missions.     So what was Skylab? Skylab was the first and so far last all-American space station to orbit the Earth. It Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 12 yearsMay 1, 2013 ago
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Human Exploration

14 Amazing Spacesuits

Spacesuits or suits for space. The name appears explicitly clear. However as there is no definitive boundary marking the edge of Earth’s gradually diminishing atmosphere and the start of space, apart from a few more incontrovertible examples in our mind’s eye, we may feel that the actual parameters of the Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 12 yearsFebruary 19, 2013 ago
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Human Exploration

Spacesuits: Fashion of the Future!

Ever 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 high-profile uniform is worn, iconic. However compared to those occupations in which uniforms are primarily worn to draw attention, spacesuits Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 12 years ago
Human Exploration

5 Goofy Moonlanding Hoax Theories

The idea that the Apollo missions to the Moon were a hoax can be found in books, DVD documentaries and many websites. These claim that sending crews to the Moon was impossible so NASA faked the missions on Earth. Some put forward evidence to prove this. This conspiracy theory is Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 12 yearsJanuary 30, 2013 ago
Colin Johnston

Columbia Tragedy: A Horrifying Memory

1 February 2013 will be the tenth anniversary of the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia and its crew. After a routine science mission the orbiter was making a daytime re-entry over the southern US when it catastrophically broke up. All on board, Rick D. Husband, William C. McCool, Michael Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 12 years ago
Human Exploration

NASA’s Lunar Rover: Everything You Need to Know

After 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 missions 15-17 of the Apollo Program. Created primarily to extend the range of terrain that the two Apollo crew members Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 12 yearsJanuary 18, 2013 ago
Human Exploration

A Musical Space

Music can be a great way to relax and unwind. Many people play an instrument, are part of a band or enjoying listening to their favourite song on the radio or TV.  The iPod generation have music available to them at any time with their portable devices.  Enjoying music however, Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 13 yearsDecember 10, 2012 ago
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Human Exploration

Apollo 17: Last Men on the Moon

Back in December 1972, astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmidt spent 75 hours on the Moon before joining their comrade Ron Evans in lunar orbit for the return to Earth. This was the Apollo 17 mission and was the last time to date that anyone walked on the lunar surface. Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 13 yearsDecember 5, 2012 ago
Concept Spacecraft

Flying Saucers From NASA

Spacecraft with a lenticular design (that is, shaped like a biconvex lens) were actively studied by NASA and US industry in the late 1950s and early ‘60s. A craft of such a shape would experience lower heating on re-entry than a winged layout as the heat would be spread over Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 13 yearsSeptember 10, 2012 ago
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Human Exploration

Neil Armstrong R.I.P.

Neil 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 are human beings his name will be remembered. One day perhaps all the heroes and tyrants and martyrs and Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 13 yearsAugust 25, 2012 ago
Human Exploration

Sally Ride, Astronaut, Scientist and Teacher

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 1978 in its Astronaut Group 8 (the first such group with female astronauts) and flew her first flight on the Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 13 yearsJuly 24, 2012 ago
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Human Exploration

Apollo 16: 40 Years On

Three 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 and as the second such ‘J’-Mission to have been executed, again utilised the Lunar Roving Vehicle. This mission also took Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 13 yearsApril 3, 2012 ago
Rockets

Image of the Month: Rockets Then and Now

Once upon a time rockets were exciting symbols of a glorious and exciting future when everyone would get their chance to have a holiday on the Moon.  Well the future is now and the lunar resorts are still not here. Launch vehicles are another dull but necessary piece of civilisation’s Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 13 yearsMarch 9, 2012 ago
Human Exploration

John Glenn’s First Spaceflight

On 20 February 1962, John Glenn (1921-2016) became the fifth human to enter space. For his spaceflight Glenn, a US Marine Corps aviator was strapped into a tiny Mercury capsule (named Friendship 7) just as Alan Shepard and “Gus” Grissom, the two earlier US astronauts had been. There was a Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 13 yearsFebruary 20, 2012 ago
Human Exploration

Wan Who?

According to legend, centuries ago a Chinese official named Wan Hu attempted to visit the Moon.  His spacecraft was a large wicker chair to which were fastened 47 large rockets (bamboo tubes packed with gunpowder). His underlings rushed forward to light the fuses then retreated. A moment later there was Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 13 yearsFebruary 10, 2012 ago
Planets

To the Edge of Space

Where does space begin? Let’s look up into our planet’s atmosphere, that shell of nitrogen (about 78%), oxygen (about 20%), various other gases (2%) that makes life on Earth possible, to find out. The atmosphere gets thinner as you go further up, in fact 90% of the Earth’s atmosphere by Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 13 yearsFebruary 2, 2012 ago
Planets

Venus: Earth’s Sister Planet

Venus has always been regarded as Earth’s Sister Planet. After all, it can be the closest planet to us and it is nearly the same size as Earth. But how similar is it really to Earth?   Astronomers get asked this question very often:  “I saw this really bright light Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 13 yearsJanuary 17, 2012 ago
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The Future

2012’s Space Odysseys

What exciting space events has 2012 in store for us? What important space anniversaries are coming up this year? Welcome to our annual guide to what the Universe has waiting ahead!   This year marks twenty years since the first extra-solar planets were discovered when a pair of planets were Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 13 yearsJanuary 5, 2012 ago
Human Exploration

Russia’s Rival to Apollo

A few years ago there was a vogue among historians to write about ‘counterfactuals’.A counterfactual examines the importance of an event for subsequent history by asking what if that event had taken a radically different course.What if the Nazis had invaded the UK in 1940? What if Napoleon had won Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 14 yearsNovember 25, 2011 ago
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Human Exploration

10 Animal Space Travellers

Before Yuri Gagarin made the historic first orbit around the Earth in 1961, animals had already visited the unknown. They were used to collect medical data and to test the spacecraft’s durability before sending manned missions. Once the survivability of spaceflight was confirmed, humans then began to travel where previously Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 14 yearsOctober 14, 2011 ago
Human Exploration

Gemini: Image of the Month

This month’s image is a NASA diagram of the classic 1960s Gemini spacecraft.  Ten of these craft carried twenty astronauts into orbit between March 1965 and November 1966, filling the gap between the pioneering Mercury flights and the Moon-focused Apollo missions. These were essential to investigate just how to perform Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 14 yearsSeptember 30, 2011 ago
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Science Fiction

Apollo 18: Astronotes Goes to the Movies!

Apollo 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 a brief review and my thoughts on the movie’s accuracy.   Well, I splashed out the price of a movie Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 14 yearsSeptember 6, 2011 ago
Human Exploration

NASA’s Lunar Module: Everything You Need to Know

The Lunar Module was an iconic spacecraft which carried two-man crews to and from the Moon’s surface during NASA’s Apollo Program of the 1960s and ‘70s.  Along with the Saturn 5 rocket and the Apollo Command and Service Modules (CSM), the Lunar Module is the third of the trinity of Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 14 yearsSeptember 2, 2011 ago
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Planets

The Truth about Life on Mars (Part 3)

“Is there life on Mars?” More than fifty years into the Space Age and there still is no definitive answer. Completing our series of posts on this mystery, we look at the latest ideas about the existence of beings on our neighbouring planet.   In the previous part of this Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 14 yearsAugust 11, 2011 ago
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Human Exploration

Apollo 15: Into the Mountains of the Moon

Apollo 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 and improved Apollo equipment,including the Lunar Rover. Here is the story of  possibly the most ambitious Apollo moon landing.   Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 14 yearsJuly 28, 2011 ago
Human Exploration

NASA’s Space Shuttle: End of an Era

The Shuttle era is coming to an end this year thirty years after the launch of Columbia.  While it can boast many successes and certainly caught the imagination of the public this project also had some disasters and many critics. Columbia was the first shuttle to be launched on April Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 14 yearsJune 24, 2011 ago
Concept Spacecraft

Nazis in Space: The Truth about Hitler’s Space Program

Has lurid fiction like the movie Iron Sky any basis in fact?  Everyone knows that WW2 Germany developed rockets far in advance of the Allies, but some argue that in 1945 the Third Reich was on the verge of developing a space program!   Ever since Adolf Hitler’s ‘Thousand Year’ Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 14 yearsJune 23, 2011 ago
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Human Exploration

Soyuz 11: The Truth About the Salyut 1 Space Disaster

It is June 30 1971, and a ground crew in Kazakhstan are waiting to recover three cosmonauts from the Soyuz 11 spacecraft. The trio, the first space station crew, are expected to be unused to terrestrial gravity after their weeks in micro-gravity. The recovery team are expecting to help the Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 14 yearsJune 22, 2011 ago
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Concept Spacecraft

10 Space Shuttles which never flew

NASA’s Space Shuttles have become a familar sight in their thirty years of service, but there have been other shuttle designs which never left the ground.Some were ingenious alternative concepts to the vehicle which is shortly to be retired, some were potential replacements and there was even a couple of Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 14 yearsMay 12, 2011 ago
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Human Exploration

Alan Shepard: First American in Space

The first American in space, Alan Shepard, made his historic flight fifty years ago. Part of Project Mercury, the flight of Freedom 7 followed mere weeks after Yuri Gagarin’s pioneering spaceflight. The Space Race was underway! “Why don’t you fix your little problem and light this candle?” NASA astronaut Alan Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 14 yearsMay 4, 2011 ago
Human Exploration

Vostok 1: Secrets of the first spaceflight

Yuri Gagarin made history fifty years ago, in the midst of the Cold War, the USSR succeeded in putting him in space. Aspects of his mission were kept secret at the time, but Martina Redpath has pushed aside the veil of secrecy. When pondering the successes of the space programs Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 14 yearsApril 11, 2011 ago
Human Exploration

Yuri Gagarin: First Man in Space

Yuri Gagarin, Soviet cosmonaut, paved the way for space exploration and truly went where no man had been before. He was the first human in space, Sinead McNicholl tells his story. Gagarin’s triumphant 108 minute flight into space is one of the pivotal events of the 20th Century. It opened Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 14 yearsApril 11, 2011 ago
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Human Exploration

Space Shuttle: A thirty year history of tragedy and triumph

This year will see both the end of space flights by NASA’s Shuttle fleet and the thirtieth anniversary of the first orbital mission by this historic spacecraft. Our coverage of these milestones begins with an overview of the project’s chequered history.   In the glory days of the Space Race, Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 14 yearsApril 7, 2011 ago
Earth Satellites

Hubble Space Telescope: Ten amazing facts you didn’t know

Gleaned from NASA and Hubblesite.org, here are some facts you may not know about the Hubble Space Telescope (HST).   1.      The HST’s history is longer than you might have thought, going back to just after World War II. In 1946, the astronomer Lyman Spitzer (1914-97) identified the main advantages Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 14 yearsMarch 5, 2011 ago
Science Fiction

Apollo 18: the truth about the lost Moon missions

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.  The Apollo 18 film uses real NASA movie footage from the Moon (some of it doctored with CGI) and new studio-shot footage with actors and special effects Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 14 yearsFebruary 22, 2011 ago
Colin Johnston

Remembering Challenger: the end of innocence

An older generation will never forget where they were when they heard the news of President Kennedy’s murder Alas, I have three such memories. The 2001 terror attacks in the US, the destruction of Columbia and its crew in 2003 and the loss of Challenger are events whose horror has Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 14 yearsJanuary 28, 2011 ago
The Future

2011’s Space Odysseys

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. Here’s a look at what lies in store. This year marks four centuries since sunspots were first observed telescopically by Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 14 yearsJanuary 12, 2011 ago
Human Exploration

Apollo 8’s Christmas space odyssey

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 Moon’s farside and the whole human race saw our homeplanet in a new way.  This is the story of Apollo Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 15 yearsDecember 20, 2010 ago
Concept Spacecraft

Project Orion: the incredible nuclear spacecraft

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. Accommodation on board is cosy at best, cramped at worst. Orion was intended to take astronauts to the Moon and  Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 15 yearsOctober 1, 2010 ago
Concept Spacecraft

Mars by ’85? NASA’s alternative history

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 planned. Alas in August 1967, the US Congress refused to support NASA’s plans for the 1970s. Ever since then NASA’s Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 15 yearsSeptember 27, 2010 ago
Concept Spacecraft

The amazing Aldebaran spacecraft

  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 only thing that could be cooler and more wonderful would be to combine the two. One suggestion was the US Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 15 yearsSeptember 24, 2010 ago
Rockets

Blue Streak: the UK’s Cold War rocket

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 Streak’s rise and fall.     These days most British economists agree that designing and manufacturing things are rather icky Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 15 yearsSeptember 22, 2010 ago
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