There is good and bad news if you want to see the Space Shuttle Atlantis in the night sky. The…
Space Shuttle Atlantis launches successfully
The Space Shuttle Atlantis has launched successfully on the last ever launch by a space shuttle this morning Australian time.…
Space Shuttle Atlantis to launch this Saturday on last ever Space Shuttle mission
The Space Shuttle Atlantis is currently scheduled to launch Saturday morning Australian time (1.26am AEST 9 July) on the last…
July 2011 Sky & Space Events
These notes are intended to provide a casual skywatcher or someone already into amateur astronomy living on the East Coast…
Small Asteroid To Pass Very Close To Earth Tuesday
A recently discovered small asteroid with the catalog name 2011 MD is generating lots of interest in the professional and…
Total Lunar Eclipse As Seen From Brisbane
My good friend Tony Surma-Hawes successfully imaged the Total Lunar Eclipse from Brisbane, Australia. One of his images is posted…
ESA Mars Express Images Martian Moon Passing Jupiter
The European Space Agency’s Mars Express spacecraft (which is currently orbiting Mars) has captured a series of images showing the…
Space Freighter to ‘phone home’ as it is destroyed re-entering atmosphere this Tuesday
The International Space Station will be in the news this week. Strictly speaking it will not be the International Space…
Thursday mornings Total Lunar Eclipse could be unusually red
A Total Lunar Eclipse will occur on the morning of Thursday 16 June 2011. The total eclipse begins at 5.22am…
Watch spacecraft docking live this Friday morning
A Soyuz spacecraft will dock at the International Space Station this Friday morning at 7:22am AEST (at the time of…