On the 13th and 14th December, we’re expecting the best meteor shower of the year.

The Geminids are a meteor shower caused by 3200 Phaethon which should result in around 120 to 140 meteors per hour. On top of this, the best dates to view it are two days before a new moon so the sky should be nice and dark.

The meteors should radiate from the constellation Gemini, which is right next to Betelgeuse in the Orion constellation.

For more information on the Geminids, try the spacedex website.

On the 13th and 14th December, we're expecting the best meteor shower of the year. The Geminids are a meteor shower caused by 3200 Phaethon which should result in around 120 to 140 meteors per hour. On top of this, the best dates to view it are two days before a new moon so ...

Apollo 12 stories from Newspapers on the 13th November 1969.
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Apollo 12 stories from Newspapers on the 13th November 1969.

Apollo 12 stories from Newspapers on the 12th November 1969.
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Apollo 12 stories from Newspapers on the 12th November 1969.

Apollo 12 stories from Newspapers on the 11th November 1969.
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Apollo 12 stories from Newspapers on the 11th November 1969.

Just like I did with the Apollo 11 landing, I’m tweeting the Apollo 12 landing 40 years late.

I’m using the same account so you can find all the tweets at http://www.twitter.com/apolloecho.

Just like I did with the Apollo 11 landing, I'm tweeting the Apollo 12 landing 40 years late. I'm using the same account so you can find all the tweets at http://www.twitter.com/apolloecho.

Apollo 12 stories from Newspapers on the 10th November 1969.
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Apollo 12 stories from Newspapers on the 10th November 1969.

Although I’ve done my bit of Aerial Photography, I’ve always wanted to give Kite Aerial Photography (KAP) a go.

Back in September I started to acquire a few bits. Since the main component was a kite, I decided I’d start with this first. After a lot of research, I decided that a Delta Conyne was the best bet. This particular kite is a hybrid of a standard triangle shaped delta and a box kite. Most KAPpers report that it has the lifting power of a Delta kite with the stability and high flight angle (ie: the string is almost vertical) of a box kite.
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Although I've done my bit of Aerial Photography, I've always wanted to give Kite Aerial Photography (KAP) a go. Back in September I started to acquire a few bits. Since the main component was a kite, I decided I'd start with this first. After a lot of research, I decided that a Delta ...

Five year old Noah Biorkman from Michigan, USA is celebrating Christmas this weekend.

The reason santa is coming early this year is that Noah is in the finals stages of cancer that he has been fighting since he was 3 years old.

It seems all Noah wants for his (early) christmas is christmas cards….
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Five year old Noah Biorkman from Michigan, USA is celebrating Christmas this weekend. The reason santa is coming early this year is that Noah is in the finals stages of cancer that he has been fighting since he was 3 years old. It seems all Noah wants for his (early) christmas is christmas cards.... I heard about ...

I’ve been trying to work it out, but what is so important about the number 1122334567895 anyway?
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I've been trying to work it out, but what is so important about the number 1122334567895 anyway? I'm guessing you did a search for this number online, but why 1122334567895, and how did you come up with this seemingly random number?

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has been orbiting the moon for months calibrating it’s instruments and lowering it’s orbit. It is now in a 50km polar orbit about the moon.

As with any optics, being closer normally results in a higher resolution, and with no atmosphere on the moon to distort images, the LROC (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera) is now taking the high resolution mapping photos it was designed to take.

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The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has been orbiting the moon for months calibrating it's instruments and lowering it's orbit. It is now in a 50km polar orbit about the moon. As with any optics, being closer normally results in a higher resolution, and with no atmosphere on the moon to distort images, the LROC (Lunar ...