Category: Solar System

  • Artemis 2 (5/4)

    Even though this is currently day four of the Artemis mission, it was decided to start with Day 5 for the most recent reports instead of continuing with Day 4. In a way it was a means of keeping my sanity as sleep hasn’t been good, which is why a number of times I’ve woken…

  • Artemis 2 (4/4)

    Artemis is over half way to the moon. This post continues from the first published yesterday (3/4/26). Yesterday it was mentioned re the various flares etc seen during the flight. Here’s a couple of screenshots of those. One of sixteen screencaps taken of those flares. And another… One matter of note is the Artemis crew…

  • Artemis 2

    Ongoing updates on the first ever moon shot the world has seen in more than fifty years that has conveyed humans. The Artemis two project’s Orion spacecraft is on its way to the Moon. Currently at the time of writing the craft is 72,000 miles from Earth. This post is intended as a brief summary…

  • Destination different

    Its more than 50 years – 57 to be exact – since Apollo 11 landed on the Moon – July 21st 1969. In fact it wasn’t the spacecraft itself but rather its lunar module, with Neil Armstrong and Ed Aldrin that landed whilst Michael Collins stayed up in orbit aboard the command module itself. In…

  • SpaceX’s Starship – the biggest rocket ever to date – lifted off successfully yesterday but was remotely denontaed after it endured at least a minute and half out of control – at one point it actually faced the other direction – and despite being turned back the other way it was about to fall back…

  • The Moon 1969

    You’ll know what this is about! Its fifty years since humans first set foot on the moon. But first we start with a totally different perspective upon the matter – and this is the alleged fakery surrounding the moon landings! And so it begins…. on the 20th July 1969 fifty years to this day, in…

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey

    This Easter its fifty years since the classic space film, 2001: A Space Odyssey had its world premiere at the Lowe Theatre in Washington D.C. Despite being an American movie, 2001 was in fact one of a number of US films entirely made in Britain. Hence the credits: Made at MGM British Studios Ltd. Borehamwood,…