Captain Kirk played a key role in thrusting Commander Hadfield to the sort of fame not enjoyed by a real-life spaceman for…
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Keith Turner: Innovation the key for Team NZ
The culture in NZ is, no doubt, a leading element of what has been achieved by Team NZ in bringing this catamaran campaign…
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Kiwi cow visits edge of space
Eva the mascot cow is on her way back to Tauranga after being lifted more than 36,500m to the edge of space and crash landing…
Monster hurricane hits Saturn
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured stunning views of a monster hurricane at Saturn's North Pole. The eye of the cyclone…
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Watch Loui the ZU's performance from the 2012 Critics'…
Virgin Galactic spaceship makes first powered flight
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo made its first powered flight today, breaking the sound barrier in a test over the Mojave…
Nasa finds Earth-like planets
Using a potent Nasa space telescope to scan the skies for planets like ours where life may exist, astronomers say they have…
Gwynne Dyer: Filling the daily scary news quota
"Work expands to fill the time available for its completion," wrote Cyril Northcote Parkinson in 1955, and instantly created…
Giant telescope gets go ahead
A plan by California and Canadian universities to build the world's largest telescope at the summit of Hawaii's Mauna Kea…
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Soviet Mars spacecraft possibly spotted in photos
Space fans from Russia have spotted what may be parts from a spacecraft that the Soviet Union landed…
Nasa keen to catch space rock for spacemen to explore
Plans are afoot for a robotic spaceship to capture a small asteroid and park it near the moon for astronauts to explore…
Possible hint of dark matter
It is one of the cosmos' most mysterious unsolved cases: dark matter. It is supposedly what holds the universe together…
Why we keep looking for life
Scientists at the University of Auckland believe they are one step closer to finding life in outer space.
No dark side to the moon
Technically, Pink Floyd had it wrong. The space-facing side of the moon isn't dark. Not that you'd know…
Vast tides may explain life's origin
Early in its life the moon was much closer to Earth and the tides were a lot bigger and more frequent.
How to brush teeth in space
Ever wondered how astronauts brush their teeth in space without getting toothpaste up their nose? The Canadian Space Agency…
Meteorite 'from Mercury'
Scientists studying a collection of 35 meteorites that landed in Morocco in 2012 say that a strange green rock among the…
'Splashdown' SpaceX lands Dragon
An unmanned, privately-owned US space capsule which took supplies to the International Space Station has splashed down safely…
Tech Universe: Wednesday 27 March
Space Archives
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Air and Space Transport
Qatar eyeing flights to NZ
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Negotiations this month could allow Qatar Airways, one of the fastest-growing airlines in the world…
Science
World's smallest stop-motion movie filmed
Scientists have taken the idea of a film short down to new levels. Molecular levels. IBM says it has made the tiniest stop-motion…
Related Links
- NASA
- Carter Observatory - National Observatory of NZ
- Stardome Observatory, Auckland
- Auckland Astronomical Society
- Royal Astronomical Society of NZ
- Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
- 30th Anniversary of Apollo 11 moon landing
- NZ Space Flight Association
- Kennedy Space Center
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- NASA Mars 2004 (broadband Flash site)
- Astronomical Data from Land Information NZ
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