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Mars missions vital for Earth
COMMENT: Unravelling the secrets is much more important than just getting there first.
COMMENT: Unravelling the secrets is much more important than just getting there first.
Nasa's flying observatory lands in Christchurch for more scientific night flights.
Nasa chose 12 new astronauts from its biggest pool of applicants ever.
Probe promises to "revolutionise" our understanding of the sun, and unlock its secrets.
Rocket Lab boss Peter Beck and his team celebrate the Electron launch in mission control.
A woman bought 'moon dust' NASA misplaced for $1400, now it could be worth $5.7m.
Rocket Lab has scrubbed a potential launch of the Electron rocket due to high winds.
Kiwis are about to get a deep insight into a $100 million hunt for intelligent alien life.
What's a "safe" distance to survive a nearby supernova? Scientists say 40-50 light years.
Rotorua features in a new study pushing back the oldest geological record of life on land.
Scientists from Nasa have discovered a potential 'sunblock' for humans on Mars.
Nasa's unprecedented trip between Saturn and its rings provides amazing pictures.
The balloon is operating as expected and being monitored from Nasa's base in Texas.
Stunning images of the Earth lit up at night have been released by NASA.
The Nasa pictures make clear that a significant new rift has opened.
An investigator went too far in pursuit of the widow of a Nasa engineer.
Higher wind speeds have forced the postponement of NASA's super-pressure balloon.
Space scientists are paying people to lie on their backs for two months.
An American astronaut tweeted this astounding shot of his boots dangling above the Earth.
Lifeforms which have been living inside crystals for up to 60,000 years have been revived by NASA, raising hopes that alien organisms could be found on other planets.
French astronaut Thomas Pesquet has described the moment he captured the Taranaki volcano from aboard the International Space Station.
Companies are heading to court in a battle for a contract to repair satellites with space robots.
NASA is heading back to Wanaka to launch its super balloons which orbit the globe performing scientific monitoring.
NASA has confirmed it will return to Wanaka to launch it's super-pressure balloon which will see the 18.8 million cubic foot balloon
The shallow, snaking, braided channels of Canterbury's Waimakariri River - and the heavily-developed pastureland around it - have been captured by a NASA satellite.
A world-leading glaciologist says scientists are fast running out of time to fully understand dramatic changes underway in climate change's sleeping giant: Antarctica.
A war-era DC-3 aircraft is playing an unlikely role in a state-of-the-art scientific survey of Antarctica's sea ice.
A Kiwi scientist has unexpectedly discovered what appears to be a huge undersea volcanic eruption near the main island of Tonga.
NASA has marked the 50th anniversary of its moon programme's fatal Apollo launchpad fire with the first public display of the scorched hatch.