Use the below finder chart to find the Moon, and the planets Saturn and Mars in the evening sky. Remember…
Live webcast of satellite launch tomorrow at 12.14 pm AEST
A new German radar satellite will be launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan tomorrow. The launch is scheduled to…
US school students find cave on Mars
Text from JPL media release. California middle school students using the camera on NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter have found lava…
Japanese Solar Sail mission takes photo of itself in deep space
Just when I thought the Japanese had finished coming up with clever things to do in space (such as successfully…
Stunning video of Hayabusa spacecraft disintergrating
A Japanese news crew captured stunning video of the Hayabusa spacecraft disintegrating as it enters the Earth’s atmosphere. The single…
Asteroid sample capsule recovered in Australian outback
JAXA announced early this morning that the helicopter recovery team successfully recovered the sample return capsule from the JAXA Hayabusa…
Watch live as Japanese asteroid mission lands in outback Australia
Update (14 June 2010): A post showing video of the re-entry can be found here on my site. We are…
Finderchart for Hayabusa capsule re-entry online
Update (13 June 2010): I have added a new post here containing information on how to watch the re-entry of…
UFO was second stage of Falcon 9
Yesterday’s UFO seen from South Australia across to Southern Queensland has been confirmed as being the second stage of the…
Japanese capsule only one week from landing in Australia
Post updated 3.45pm AEST Confirmation was received from Japan’s Hayabusa asteroid sample return mission that the 3rd course correction had…