Hi Folks It has been a while since I have posted to our blog so I thought I would ease myself into it with a trusted favourite. 1990 – The Hubble Space Telescope sent back its first photographs. It is hard to believe that this piece of kit is floating around us. Most of us [...]
Posts under ‘Things that make you go mmm’
Nov 26
The end is nigh!!
Hi all I read an article in the newspaper on Monday and decided to try and find a video of it. Sure enough good ol’ You tube came to the rescue. A meteor splashed across the sky over the Gauteng region. It was seen in Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Limpopo and Botswana. The Science guys are trying [...]
Apr 12
Our Star of the Month
Hi All With Hollywood celebrities dropping like flies, I thought I would start a new event on our web page. Something that will show the young’uns what a real star is. It is with this in mind that I introduce this month’s “Star of the Month”. Fomalhaut (pronounced Foam-al-hot) Constellation: Piscis Australis Age: 100 – 300 [...]
Apr 11
Houston, We’ve had a problem
Hi All On this day in 1970, The Apollo 13 Space craft lifted off from Kennedy Space Centre. After 2 days there was an explosion onboard and the crew had to abandon their mission and head back home. Their story is a fascinating one and the hardships these three men had to endure became legend. [...]
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