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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.

'Never forgotten': 35 years since Challenger disaster

Families of fallen astronauts have marked the 35th anniversary of the Challenger disaster.

First woman, next man on moon will come from these Nasa 18

NASA has named the 18 astronauts who will train for its Artemis moon-landing programme.

Space race: 140 Kiwi businesses chasing a trillion-dollar opportunity

New Zealand's space race is far bigger than Rocket Lab, writes Kevin Jenkins.

Home sweet home in orbit

New York Times: A visual tour of the ISS, humanity's high-tech home in the sky.

How the Space Station became a base to launch humanity's future

New York Times: Outpost in orbit seen as a linchpin for future economic activity in space.

No space! Asteroid samples falling out of Nasa spacecraft

Osiris-Rex spacecraft is stuffed with so much asteroid rubble that it's jammed open.

'Kissing the surface': US spacecraft swoops on asteroid

The Osiris-Rex spacecraft dropped out of orbit around asteroid Bennu.

How Nasa found the ideal hole on Mars to land in

New York Times: Crater is a promising place to look for evidence of extinct Martian life.

Space cadets: Rocket Lab launches apprenticeship programme

Founder wants to help train New Zealand's "lost generation".

'Hope' probe still functioning after launch to Mars

The UAE probe for Mars, named Amal has made it into orbit and is still functioning.

Earth about to invade Mars, big time

The US, China and the United Arab Emirates are sending spacecraft to the Red Planet.

Going viral, or not, in the Milky Way

New York Times: Is the pandemic a rehearsal for our own cosmic mortality?

SpaceX Launch: Dinosaur toy accompanies Nasa astronauts to ISS

Nasa and SpaceX sent two astronauts into space, but they weren't the only ones on board.

SpaceX's incredible landing with International Space Station

SpaceX capsule that launched two astronauts into space has successfully docked at the ISS.

Watch live: Historic SpaceX launch postponed because of stormy weather

The flight has been postponed until Sunday morning (NZT).