Tag Archives: Neil Armstrong

It’s Moon Day!

Posted on July 20, 2019 by swabby429

Great-aunt Emma reacted to news of the Apollo Eleven landing with horror. She firmly believed that the Moon would soon fall from the sky and shatter itself onto the Earth like a Christmas tree ornament. No amount of logical reasoning … Continue reading →

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Like A Hermit

Posted on June 13, 2017 by swabby429

The darkness of early morning this time of year is fascinating in a way that is different from early morning hours of January.  Instead of the frozen, hibernating, peaceful world of a Northern Hemisphere winter, the overnights of June have … Continue reading →

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Space Exploration Day

Posted on July 20, 2016 by swabby429

There were wry remarks about Jupiter coming under the watchful eye of Juno, earlier this month.  These appeared in news stories about the then impending arrival of the Juno spacecraft at the planet Jupiter.  The remarks were double entendres regarding the … Continue reading →

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