For those of you who have forgotten, it is Father’s Day this Sunday, if you need some inspiration for a quick gift I have got you covered: No affiliate links, just a bit of fun. Me, I know what I am getting from one son – a night out at …
Because It’s Friday – A Trip to Mars
There was an interesting article that attracted my attention in The Guardian, by John Naughton about Wernher von Braun, often called the “Father of the American Space Program”. For those of you that do not know it, von Braun and some other technicians who had worked with him on the …
Because It’s Friday – 32 years of the Hubble Space Telescope and the Apollo 11 Moon landing
If you are a regular reader of this blog, you know I like space. To celebrate 32 years of operation of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), this week NASA released a video and an image taken by the HST of the Hickson Compact Group 40. This is an unusual collection …