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Jeff Bezos' rocket company wants to build a space station
New York Times: Blue Origin wants to build an outpost that could help replace the ISS.
How a nuclear bomb could save Earth from a stealthy asteroid
New York Times: 3D models are helping scientists prepare for a worst-case scenario.
Captain Kirk v the Prince: Shatner says William is missing point about space travel
Prince William said entrepreneurs should be focusing on saving the planet we're living on.
Rotorua lake study out of this world: Satellites provide greater insight
Images from space are being used to study the health of Rotorua's lakes.
Prince William's pot-shot at Jeff Bezos: Focus on Earth instead of other planets
Duke's comments come hours after Jeff Bezos sent Star Trek's William Shatner into space.
Rocket Lab buys Colorado firm for US$45m; where Beck's hunting next
Rapid expansion continues.
Shatner prepares to boldly go where no TV Star has gone before
The Sci Fi captain prepares to become the face of a real Space Race.
Nasa to crash spacecraft into asteroid in 'Armageddon' test
The space agency will attempt to not miss a thing.
Russian actor beats Tom Cruise to film in space
Actor Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko lifted off in a Soyuz MS-19 from the Russian space launch facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Video / NASA
Russian actor beats Tom Cruise to film in space
Russian actor Yulia Peresild overtakes Tom Cruise in the movie version of the space race.
Moon megabuild: Loony Las Vegas casino's lofty design ambition
Estimates to build their moon-shot resort is somewhere in the ballpark of $5billion.
'A heck of a ride': World's first all-amateur space crew splashdown off Florida coast
The crew also took calls from Tom Cruise and U2′s Bono.
Who gets sick in space? Orbital tourists may offer better clues
New York Times: This mission will create new data on how the human body adapts to space.
Elon Musk's SpaceX launches first tourist flight Inspiration4
The four astronauts will be in space for three days, circling the Earth.
'Very ordinary' astronauts prepare for an extraordinary launch to space
New York Times: The Inspiration4 mission shows private spaceflight's promise.
Focus Live: Elon Musk's SpaceX launch rocket with all-civilian crew
For the first time in 60 years of human spaceflight, a rocket has blasted into orbit with no professional astronauts on board, only four tourists. Video / SpaceX
The women hoping to become Europe's next astronauts
Times: The European Space Agency is recruiting a new generation of astronauts.
Rocket Lab goes public on Nasdaq
Founder and CEO Peter Beck rings the Nasdaq bell in a virtual ceremony to start Wednesday trading. Video / Supplied
Watch: Rocket Lab rival runs test flights near Aoraki/Mt Cook
Kiwi-Dutch company hopes to run regular cargo flights from standard airports.
Documents reveal NZ role in Apollo 8 mission in 1968
The Apollo 8 mission was the first manned space flight to orbit the moon.
Nasa says an asteroid will have a close brush with Earth. But not until the 2100s
New York Times: Scientists forecast path of space rock size of the Empire State Building.
Latest space station supplies include pizza delivery for 7
The cargo ship should reach the International Space Station on Thursday.
Nasa wants to pay for you holiday to 'Mars'. Sort of
NASA is looking for volunteers to take a sabbatical in Mars Dune Alpha.
Hawke's Bay's Rocket Lab headed for the Moon
Rocket Lab is launching its first Moon mission from Mahia.
Want to pretend to live on Mars? For a whole year? Apply now
Nasa is looking for four crew members for a year-long mission simulating life on Mars.
It was his day off. Then the Space Station went for a spin
New York Times: The Nasa flight director had to declare a "spacecraft emergency".
'There's drama Everywhere': Dark Sky adventure at Takapō
Is winter a good time to stargaze in the Aoraki Mackenzie region?
Declassified documents: Inside Kaikoura's 1978 UFO sightings
Declassified government documents show officials were struggling to debunk TV1 footage.
Russia's new module docked, then sent the Space Station spinning
New York Times: It took 45 minutes to get the situation under control.
Fifty years ago, Nasa put a car on the moon
New York Times: The lunar rovers parked American automotive culture on the lunar surface.
From Wanaka to space: NZ to be launch-pad for car-sized telescope
Instrument ballooned to space from Wanaka may help solve dark matter mysteries.