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A single mother landed a Nasa internship. But Houston was a problem
NYT: She was offered the chance of a lifetime. Within 24 hours the public made it happen.
Anna Lee Fisher: The first mum in space
She was pregnant when Nasa offered to send her to space. Anna Fisher didn't hesitate.
How Nasa is keeping tabs on Elon Musk's space revolution
Elon Musk's SpaceX is on a mission to reshape the industry in this second space age.
SpaceX capsule suffers failure that sends a cloud of smoke over coast
A SpaceX capsule failed during an engine test that sent a plume of smoke over Florida.
Dozens of women's bodies have been dug up along a US highway. Will new clues lead to a suspect?
Bodies found in the 'killing fields' in Texas have been identified after 25 years.
Nasa's twins study sees no red flags for human space travel
The results are "reassuring", but a spacewalk's no cakewalk, genetically speaking.
Nasa has awkward history with women in space
The reason for the all-female spacewalk cancellation has been revealed.
Why Nasa's historic all-female spacewalk isn't happening
Nasa cancels first-female spacewalk because there are not enough spacesuits to fit them.
Is there life on Mars? Kiwi scientists join the hunt
Kiwis are helping answer one of the most tantalising questions facing science.
Nasa's newest Mars lander has started digging into red planet
Drilling on the InSight has hit a few snags, but scientists remain hopeful.
Opportunity lost: Nasa says goodbye to record-setting Mars rover
The spacecraft has been declared dead after 15 years.
Nasa warning: Huge asteroids to come alarmingly close to Earth
The largest of the three asteroids skimming past soon could cause a catastrophic event.
Editorial: 2019, a further space odyssey?
EDITORIAL: With two major space-age achievements already this year, what else is in store?
Nuclear 'tunnelbot' probes alien life
It looks little more than a giant snowball. But now Nasa thinks it can probe it.
Recording shows what it sounds like on Mars
The Mars lander has released audio of sounds from the red planet never heard before.
Nanogirl: How vacuuming could save the planet
COMMENT: An interplanetary vacuum cleaner may be about to change the world.
Nasa scientist claims aliens may have already visited Earth
We may have missed a visit from an alien life form, a Nasa scientist claims.
'Flawless': Mars lander joins select club
InSight is only the eighth space explorer from Earth to make it onto the Red Planet.
'I'm here': Mars probe posts first images after successful landing
'There's a quiet beauty here' - InSight's tweets track its progress in real time.
Mars landing: 'This is what we hoped and imagined'
Radio signals confirming the landing took more than eight minutes to reach Earth.
Elon Musk says he will probably move to Mars
Musk says the likelihood of him going to Mars is "70 per cent".
Watch live: Nasa lands spacecraft on Mars
US has pulled off seven landings in three decades - but this one won't be easy.
Editorial: Commercial world Nasa's new challenge
EDITORIAL: Missions to Mars show off Nasa's engineering prowess in spectacular ways.
Sheep space: Is NZ wool about to blast off to Mars?
New Zealand wool may be about to go where no human has gone before: deep space.
Want your name on a spaceship?
Nasa may let companies buy the naming rights to its rockets in 'commercialisation' drive.
Hole in International Space Station 'drilled deliberately'
New pictures show the hole in the space station had been deliberately drilled.
Astronaut plugged space station hole with his finger
Hole caused by a small meteorite led to a drop in cabin pressure.
Tweet costs woman dream internship at NASA
A boorish intern was left red-faced after a Twitter thread spun out of control.
'Go touch the Sun': NASA launches historic solar mission
Unprecedented quest to get closer to the Sun gets off to a good start.
Watch live launch: $1.5 billion mission to 'touch the Sun'
The Parker probe will venture closer to our star than any other spacecraft.