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The best gift for 2023 (23 Dec 2022)

A beautiful comparison site that allows you to see how the Webb telescope compares to Hubble. (18 Jul 2022)

Today is the 50th Anniversary of ‘One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.’ (20 Jul 2019)

Some books worth reading, particularly related to space and history (15 Jul 2019)

Congratulations to the Hayabusa2 mission team, who flew to an asteroid, dropped multiple rovers, an impactor and a separate camera satellite to observe the impactor. The Hayabusa2 then flew around, to the far side of the asteroid to avoid ejecta from the impactor. In a few weeks, Hayabusa2 will probably land, collect more samples and then fly back to Earth. (06 Apr 2019)

Japan has launched a miniature space elevator. (25 Sep 2018)

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