SpinLaunch to disrupt space access
We wrote this post back in 2019 and thought it was a good idea to update given SpinLaunch has begun testing their concept at Spaceport
We wrote this post back in 2019 and thought it was a good idea to update given SpinLaunch has begun testing their concept at Spaceport
In this video we have a look at the orbits of the rocky planets as they orbit the Sun from Sep 2021 to Sep 2022. We point out some of the alignments and different occurrences as the planets go around the Sun.
On the 20 July 1969 Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the surface of the Moon. In 2019 the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter imaged the area and snapped what remains of the lunar lander. In this video we get a close look at the LRO image.
Ready for the World Space Week this year? The theme is Celebrating Women in Space.
Hari and Sam have interviewed the Executive Director of the World Space Week Association, Maruška Strah.
Copernicus is a huge crater easily visible with binoculars and in this video we have a close look at it. The crater has rays of ejector material and a complex terraced crater wall, all great to explore.
In this video we fly down to the Mare Crisium and check out the lava filled crater called Yerkes, the lava has long ago cooled leaving this almost fully buried crater. Then we go and have a look at a crater on Earth.
In this video of our know the Moon series we visit the unusually shaped crater called Ukert.
In this video we fly around the Montes Alpes on the edge of the huge Mare Imbrium and have a look at the mountains that make up this impressive range.
In this video we visit the huge impact crater on the Moon called Aristillus. This crater is 55km across and nearly 4km deep. It is easily visible with binoculars.
In this video we fly down to the surface of the Moon and have a close look at the crater called Plato.
This video is about exploring the Vallis Schroteri, or Schroters Valley on the Moon.
In this video we visit Rima Hyginus which contains a suspected volcanic caldera.
We interviewed Mitch Schulte, Mars Exploration Program Scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington DC and NZ Astrobiology Network’s official adviser about what it is like to work on Mars.
A tour of our favourite celestial objects in the night sky that you can see in May and June 2021 from Wairarapa, New Zealand one
…space is one of the most important forces shaping the human mind” – and navigation is a way to organising this space, our environment. M.R.O’Connor
Recently published research has demonstrated that the expansion of the universe and black holes may be linked.
Stardate South Island was held 17-19 Feb 2023 at Staveley, near Christchurch. It was a fantastic weekend and you can read all about it here.
Venus doesn’t capture a lot of press time as it’s often overshadowed by the more hospitable Mars and the more photogenic planets of Saturn and Jupiter. It’s not all quiet around Venus, as JAXA has Akatsuki orbiting Earth’s twin and sending back some great images and building our understanding of Venus.
We got AI to describe Einstein’s theory of general relativity, and the results are pretty good. We also got some AI images created.
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