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Space rock just a flash in Kiwi history
Watch: 1500 years of meteors
A "blinding" flash, intense explosion and sonic booms experienced over much of the country last night were probably caused…
Radar spike not a space rock
A dash visible off the North Island's East Cape in a radar was likely nothing that could be blamed on a space rock, the…
'Almost certainly extra terrestrial'
A "blinding" flash, intense explosion and sonic booms experienced over much of the country last night were probably caused…
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In a sunrise surveillance, authorities aim to curtail…
Your chances of finding the meteor
Astronomer on why Kiwis hunting for the remains of the space rock that lit up the skies should be looking further afield…
Armstrong's secret Moon gear
Bag full of priceless mementos from the most famous space mission of all found stuffed in a closet by Neil Armstrong's widow…
Space cool again as private-funding haul heads to $10b
Entrepreneurs are expanding the boundaries of rocket and satellite technology as the US makes room for private enterprise…
Alan Duff: Subscriber's guide to the universe
A year ago I started subscribing to Scientific American, a publication my older brother has read for years.
Space
12 Qs: Space Centre director
Former director of Florida’s Kennedy Space Centre Jim Kennedy spent almost 40 years with Nasa. The…
Scientists in bind over lost probe
Europe's lost comet probe, Philae, is posing major problems for space engineers who are striving to pinpoint the little…
Five new Earth-sized planets found
Hopes of finding water-based life in our galaxy took a leap forward after five Earth-sized planets were found around a distant…
Nasa's commercial space flight plans
Boeing will be the first commercial company to carry a Nasa astronaut to space in July 2017 followed by its competitor SpaceX…
Nasa's spacecraft nears Pluto
Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft has travelled 5 billion kilometres and is nearing the end of its nine-year…
Our galaxy's space shortcut
A giant doorway to another galaxy may exist at the centre of the Milky Way, a study suggests.
Springs could solve Mars mystery
Dramatic geothermal landscape of Waimangu volcanic rift valley a miniature Mars for space buggy inspired by next robotic…
Musk eyes speedy space internet
Elon Musk, the billionaire technology entrepreneur, has announced plans for a space internet project that would provide…
Got right stuff? Rocket Lab wants you
It IS rocket science - and Auckland-based Rocket Lab has about 35 jobs to fill as it shoots for it s first flight at the…
Pair get ready for year in space
Space Archives
Two men are about to spend a year on the orbiting International Space Station in an experiment that…
Air and Space Transport
Space fans keeping the faith
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Kiwis on waiting lists for commercial space flights remain determined would-be astronauts, although…
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Body science drives Black Caps quicks
Years of scientific research will lie hidden behind every Black Caps ball sent hurtling down the pitch at Christchurch's…
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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