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Posts tagged ‘Space’

Mars 2020: Perseverance Launch

July 30th, 2020

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The first captured glance of another solar system that is, at least in part, similar to our own. Although astronomers have long glimpsed at other stars, many have very few planets orbiting them, often perhaps only one. Or those that have multiple planets, but orbiting…

First Sight Of A ‘Regular’ Solar System

July 24th, 2020
The Day The Earth Smiled

The Day The Earth Smiled is named for July 19th, 2013, when NASA asked the Cassini space probe to turn around and capture part of Saturn’s rings and planet Earth during a solar eclipse. Much like with the Voyager mission capturing the Pale Blue Dot…

The Day The Earth Smiled

July 19th, 2020
Hubble At 30

Hubble At 30: Still Taking Our Breath Away

April 24th, 2020
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ISS

Houston: ISS, this is Houston, we’re good-to-go on your return to Earth. Please make your way to the Soyuz capsule and get yourselves comfortable. ISS: Houston, this is ISS. Listen, we’ve had a bit of a chinwag up here. Basically, we’re thinking of extending our…

Houston, We Have A Problem… We Want To Stay Up Here

March 17th, 2020
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The original title of this was What Does 239,000 Miles Look Like?, but as with just about everything I write, it sort of evolved from being a simple question to wondering about the sheer scale of distances involved in our solar system. It is often…

Next Stop Neptune, Please Mind The Gap

March 8th, 2020
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Pale Blue Dot Remastered

February 13th, 2020
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Where Are The Moon Trees?

July 8th, 2019

A Pale Blue Dot

This image of Earth is one of 60 frames taken by the Voyager 1 spacecraft on February 14th, 1990 from a distance of more than 6 billion kilometers (4 billion miles) and about 32 degrees above the ecliptic plane. In the image the Earth is…

The Pale Blue Dot

June 2nd, 2019
ISS

Sea View

January 15th, 2019
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Jupiter

Spectacular Jupiter

August 13th, 2018
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Italy from ISS

From 240 Miles Up

June 7th, 2016
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