Moon peek-a-boo!

Late last month, on a rare clear night, I managed to take some images of the Moon through my trusty 4.5″ reflector. I posted them here, some of you might recall. You might also recall that I was very chuffed about them because they showed the craters along the terminator so clearly, as, somehow, I’d [...]

NASA to reveal “new footage” of Apollo 11 moonwalk on Thursday

This has been rumoured for some time, but NASA has finally announced officially that later this week, in the run-up to the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the Moon, it will be holding a big media event – and broadcasting it live, on NASA TV – to show some “new” footage of [...]

It’s CARNIVAL time again!

This week’s “Carnival of Space” is #111, and it’s being hosted by the 21ST CENTURY WAVES blog. Go take a look! http://21stcenturywaves.com/blog/2009/07/13/welcome-to-the-carnival-of-space-111-the-apollo-11-launch-anniversary-edition/