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SpaceX CEO Musk launches tweet war
SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk has accused one of his main competitors of hiring a high-ranking Air Force acquisitions…
How to save a spacecraft
It's plunging back through space, but also back through time, and a band of veteran scientists are determined to save it:…
Great Red Spot on a diet?
Jupiter's Great Red Spot seems to be on a cosmic diet, shrinking rapidly before our eyes.
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The All Whites, missing five first choice players…
Back rower Jake Schatz's second try of the night two…
Space tourists go for G-force test tumble
26 passengers, about to embark on a zero gravity journey aboard a Boeing 727 plunging and soaring in 3660m arcs over the…
For sale: A bible that made it to the moon
A miniscule copy of the Bible which has travelled to the moon is expected to sell for about NZ $70,000. The tiny book…
Best model yet of the universe
This new virtual cosmos created by US, German and English researchers includes details never before achieved in a simulation…
Asteroid hurtles past Earth
Unbeknown to most of us here on Earth, a huge asteroid the size of a double-decker bus hurtled past our planet over the…
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Astronauts set to grow salads in space
Most people associate Nasa with rocket science but now the American space agency has turned its attention…
Nasa's designs on Martian fashion
Nasa has released pictures of a prototype spacesuit, parts of which American astronauts could one day wear on the first…
Astronaut to give university speech from space
University of Connecticut alumnus Rick Mastracchio would have liked to deliver this year's graduation address to the school…
What in the world would we do without satellites?
Most people don't realise that mobile phones, the internet, ATM machines and stock markets, many farms, and even emergency…
Live stream: Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse will be visible to skygazers in Antarctica, Australia, and the southern Indian Ocean…
Spacewalking astronauts complete urgent repair job
Spacewalking astronauts have easily replaced a dead computer outside the International Space Station and got their orbiting…
Hello to the multiverse
What is the universe made of? The ancient Greeks conceived of the "atom", the indivisible unit of matter. Today's physicists…
Astronauts on new mission to warn of asteroid 'cosmic roulette'
As members of an elite band of cosmic explorers, they are among the few to have gone beyond the final frontier and looked…
Most Earth-like planet yet discovered
Astronomers have discovered what they say is the most Earth-like planet yet detected a distant, rocky world that's similar…
Blood moon: Best view on East Coast
Space Archives
Star gazers on the east coast of the North Island have had the best view of the blood moon tonight…
Air and Space Transport
Spectacular view of lunar eclipse
More Air and Space Transport
Above us, our nearest, potentially habitable planet is being explored by three spacecraft in its orbit…
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Nasa has revealed that one twin will be put in a rocket…
Science
Groundbreaking study could change future farming in warmer world
Australian and Kiwi researchers have edged closer to the "holy grail" of plant science with a groundbreaking study that…
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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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