US and UAE follow closely as China receives its first Mars image
Mars is about to be at centre of an extraordinary confluence of interplanetary missions.
Mars is about to be at centre of an extraordinary confluence of interplanetary missions.
Families of fallen astronauts have marked the 35th anniversary of the Challenger disaster.
NASA has named the 18 astronauts who will train for its Artemis moon-landing programme.
New Zealand's space race is far bigger than Rocket Lab, writes Kevin Jenkins.
New York Times: A visual tour of the ISS, humanity's high-tech home in the sky.
New York Times: Outpost in orbit seen as a linchpin for future economic activity in space.
Osiris-Rex spacecraft is stuffed with so much asteroid rubble that it's jammed open.
The Osiris-Rex spacecraft dropped out of orbit around asteroid Bennu.
Communications system to be on the lunar surface by late 2022.
Lessons from a disaster: what the Challenger catastrophe meant for America
Bizarre microbes may exist in the clouds over the planet described as 'Earth's evil twin'.
They held onto their muscle during a month-long stay at the International Space Station.
The Perseverance has lifted off from Cape Canaveral and is on its way to Mars.
NASA's most elaborate life-hunting rover is on the verge of lift off in Florida.
New York Times: Crater is a promising place to look for evidence of extinct Martian life.
Founder wants to help train New Zealand's "lost generation".
The UAE probe for Mars, named Amal has made it into orbit and is still functioning.
Nasa and SpaceX sent two astronauts into space, but they weren't the only ones on board.
SpaceX capsule that launched two astronauts into space has successfully docked at the ISS.
The flight has been postponed until Sunday morning (NZT).
One theory suggests two universes were formed at the moment of the Big Bang.
Peter Beck reassures that NZ is still in the frame, offers sharp advice to government.
New York Times: Trip to the moon later this decade should be safer, but it won't be safe.
"It is quite surreal for us to see this whole situation unfolding on the planet below."
The aborted mission became a life-and-death drama gripping the entire world.
A US military transport plane slipped in and out of Auckland carrying a secret payload.
The decade had eight of the 10 hottest years on record.
Some minerals in the Murchison meteorite are 2.5 billion years older than Earth itself.
That's one way to make a good impression.