A month of missed links ...

A Mosaic of Cassiopeia, Huygens on Titan, Winds of Change, Iceberg Collision and Eye to Eye on Flying.

The Crab, Blast Off, Brand New World, Coming Home and A Window to the World.

There is of course more, but y'all know where NASA is right?

Salty, Mars, Darkness, Rocketry

Well first off NASA has the salty over here ... mmmm nicely salted.  Then then indomitable Dr Plait has put us onto more Mars Goodness ... which is again,  teh awes0me. And a little late - the ESA have some nice films about the Ariane which celebrated the 30th anniversary of the first launch. Then there's the NatGeo article on Darkness that's worth a read too!

Once more unto the Waikato

Jax and I are on "holiday" at the moment in Te Awamutu, which is, as usual, an awesome break.  So while I do have the 'scope with me, the opportunities for observing have been slight.  Either I have been too tired, or the clouds have chased me down here, which they have.

Still, tonight may be a good one, we will see.

Yesterday Jax and I went walking out and around TA, and we challenged each other to a photographic scavenger hunt - where we each wrote a list of things for the other person to find and photograph.  On the list she made me was ... space :)  Of course it was then cloudy as until quite late, as it is wont to do when I need clear skies.

So here's my "space" photo - with thanks to my niece Emily for the props :)

And if anyone is interested in the results of the scavenger hunt, you can find them here.

NASA pic O' the day ...

Expedition 22 Lifts Off

Mmmmmm ... Rockets!

NASA pic O' the day ...

Soyuz Rolls to the Pad

Yeah yeah - it's not Astro as such, but rockets are damn cool too! Is there anyone who didn't wanna be an astronaut when they grew up? Hell I'm nearly 40 and I still wanna be an astronaut when I grow up!