On the 10th of January 2014, Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo completed it's third powered test flight. In command on the…
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NASA: Tour of the Moon
Although the moon has remained largely unchanged during human history, our understanding of it and how it has evolved over…
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NASA: Alien Atmospheres
Since the early 1990's, astronomers have known that extrasolar planets, or "exoplanets," orbit stars light-years beyond…
Ants board the International Space Station
A colony of ants have set up home in the International Space Station as part of an experiment to see how their behavior…
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A surge in shark attacks in Hawaii over the past year…
Mars rock discovery mystery
A mysterious rock which appeared in front of the Opportunity rover is “like nothing we’ve ever seen before”, according to…
Space mission like landing a fly on a bullet
It has been "sleeping" quietly in space for more than two and a half years.
Space comes closer for Virgin's tourists
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo has made its third rocket-powered supersonic flight in the Mojave Desert, soaring to a record…
Misbehaving sun delays space station repairs
A Virginia company is delaying a space station delivery mission because of a major solar flare.
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Hubble focuses in on 'cosmic dawn'
The Hubble Space Telescope has peered back to a chaotic time 13.2 billion years ago when never-before-seen…
High-flying astronaut's Marlborough wish
World-famous astronaut Chris Hadfield says the place on earth he would most like to visit after his space odyssey is Marlborough…
Sun flips upside down
The sun has fully "flipped upside down", with its north and south poles reversed to reach the midpoint of Solar Cycle 24…
The hot topics of 2014
Observer writers look at hot topics for next year, from surveillance to missions to map out the galaxy.
Double chance to see eclipse
Kiwis are in for an astronomical treat in April and October next year
Space station's Christmas Eve repairs
Two Nasa astronauts wrapped up successful repairs at the International Space Station on Tuesday after a rare Christmas Eve…
New spacesuit flaw forces delay to next spacewalk
A new flaw has emerged with a United States-made spacesuit, forcing Nasa to delay until Christmas Day the next outing to…
Life on Jupiter moon?
One of the moons of Jupiter may be another habitable part of the solar system according to new research showing Europa is…
Snorkel DIY answer to leaky spacesuit
Snorkels in space? Nasa dreamed up the idea as a quick fix to a spacesuit problem so astronauts can step out to repair an…
Urgent spacewalks to fix broken space station
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Nasa has ordered up a series of urgent spacewalks to fix a broken cooling line at the International…
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Sandra Bullock's space buddy
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Space thriller Gravity has been hailed as "the best space film ever", a movie that is one giant leap…
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Kiwis ponder fertility puzzle's next piece
Kiwi scientists who helped to pinpoint the 'microchip' in our brain that can control fertility are now working on the next…
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- 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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