L-Għaqda Maltija tal-Astronomija
The Astronomical Society of Malta
This year 2019 marks 50 years since mankind first set foot on our nearest cosmic neighbour, on the night between July 20th and 21st. As such the Astronomical Society of Malta is organizing an event on July 16th, starting off with a talk by Dr Gordon Caruana Dingli at the …
As part of this year’s celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of our journey to the Moon, a commemorative lecture was delivered by Gordon Caruana Dingli at the Phoenicia Hotel in Floriana on 30th May. This was a public lecture so everyone was welcome to join! Here are some photos from …
This month it will be 45 years since that unforgettable night in July 1969 when Man set foot on the Moon for the first time. A new generation has grown up since Neil Armstrong’s ‘one small step’. Were you watching – live – as men from Earth walked for the …
Digital Apollo: How computers helped with the manned lunar landings by Dr Mario Alosio Tuesday 22 April at 18.30hrs at our Paola premises. Today’s processors inside hand-held devices are vastly superior to the most advanced computers of the 1960s that were used for space flight and other critical applications.
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