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ArmaghPlanet

  1. BBC News - Asteroid Vesta is 'last of a kind' rock bbc.in/IQ58kh
  2. Up, up and away! - goo.gl/MkZgc via @Shareaholic We're holding a balloon race!
  3. BBC News - James Webb telescope's 'first light' instrument ready to ship bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…
  4. BBC News - James Webb telescope's 'first light' instrument ready to ship bbc.in/IZ1yFw
  5. BBC News - ATK's Liberty rocket targets 2015 debut bbc.in/IZNUSu Hmm, thought this had been quietly dropped.
  6. X-37: Speculation, secrets and espionage? - goo.gl/AnR8z via @Shareaholic
  7. @butcharoo81 Thank you, glad to hear it!
  8. Retro Future: Watch Mars and Beyond, Disney's trippy 1950s vision of space exploration and extraterrestrial life - @io9 io9.com/5908841/watch-…
  9. This Is Awesome: This guy hand-forged his own wedding ring. OUT OF A METEORITE. - @io9 io9.com/5907849/this-g…
  10. A Snapshot That Lasts Five Months - goo.gl/nGxA6 via @Shareaholic Free workshop at Armagh Planetarium this July.
  11. Did the Germans launch a crewed rocket into space in 1933? - @io9 io9.com/5908728/did-th… NO!
  12. Moon rock heist bit.ly/KLEfcL via @MailOnline article glosses over how these greedy selfish thieves destroyed scientist's life work!
  13. M55: A Glorious Globular! - goo.gl/w8BtZ via @ShareaholicAnother nice image from the ESO!