It’s been all over the news – Two satellites collided in orbit. It happened on the 10th February 2009 at 16:56:00 UTC. The satellites involved were the out of order Russion Kosmos 2251 (93-036A) and the still working…

The Daily Mail released a few pullout sheets about the moon mission. They were called “Moon Mail”. Here is the Moon Mail from 11 July 1969.

The Daily Mail released a few pullout sheets about the moon mission. They were called “Moon Mail”. Here is the Moon Mail from 10 July 1969.

As I posted yesterday, I’ve started scanning my collection of Apollo newspapers. I’m starting with the Apollo 11 newspapers. The Daily Mail released a few pullout sheets about the moon mission. They were called “Moon Mail”. Here is…

I’ve got a bit of a collection of newspapers from the Apollo program in 1969. Today, I finally started the task of scanning these papers. Some of them require up to 10 scans before being joined back together…

Back in early 2004, NASA sent two rovers to Mars. The rovers were named Spirit and Opportunity. As of today, the 3rd January 2009, Spirit has now been on the surface of Mars for 5 years. This is…

Apollo 8 launched 40 years ago today. This was to be the first time humans would ever orbit the moon and laid the foundation for the Apollo 11 Landing in July 1969. Believe it or not, Apollo 8…

I was unable to get a photo of the moon on friday – London has had overcast skies constantly since around noon on Friday. Maybe next time… Did anyone else manage to get one?

Remember that the moon will be very close to earth tonight  and a full moon. In London the moon will be rising late and overhead at around midnight. If you only have a view to the west (like…