For those interested, I am presenting a one hour workshop at the Science Teachers Association of Queensland’s ‘Science is Primary…
First Term 2011 ‘Earth & Beyond’ Teacher Newsletter now available
To assist you with your planning, the free first term 2011 ‘Earth & Beyond’ Teacher Newsletter is now available for…
Live In Hobart? Look Up To See The International Space Station!
If you live in Hobart, you should be taking advantage of the current International Space Station ‘viewing marathon’. Visibility predictions…
Excellent ‘Pass’ Over Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra by Space Station Tomorrow Night
Tomorrow night (Wednesday 19 January 2011), the International Space Station makes an excellent evening ‘pass’ over Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra.…
ISS Astronauts Take Photograph Of Brisbane Floods From Space
NASA’s Earth Observatory website has had quite a few photographs of the Australian continent recently – all with photographs of…
Live Webcast of Spacewalk From International Space Station This Friday
The 151st space walk from the International Space Station (and the 27 Russian spacewalk) will be webcast by NASA TV…
Weather delays Japanese Space Freighter Launch To No Earlier Than 22 January
Update (19 January 2010): Launch postponed due to predicted weather conditions. The launch will now be no earlier than 22…
NASA Mars Rover imaged by orbiting Mars spacecraft
I stumbled across the below image on the HiRISE instrument website. Launched in August 2005, the High Resolution Imaging Science…
February 2011 Sky & Space Events
These notes are intended to provide a casual skywatcher or someone already into amateur astronomy living on the East Coast…
Italy’s Mt Etna detected erupting from space
(Text from the European Space Agency media release in italics) Europe’s largest active volcano, Mount Etna on the Italian island…