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…
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…
NASA’s flight plan for Apollo 11 from 1969. In itself, a beautiful work of art, only made more impressive by what it represents. And moreso remastered.
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…
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…
On July 20th, 1969 at 20:17 UTC, Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle onto the surface of the Moon while Command Module Pilot Mike Collins orbited above in Columbus. At 02:56 UTC the following morning, Armstrong…
Allow me start this prose by admitting my age. Despite my youthful looks and childish demeanour, I am a grand age of thirty-eight. Yes, thirty-eight. I know, I know, I don’t believe it either, but seriously, I am. I’ve just about gotten over it, so…
