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China's Chang'e 5 spacecraft touches down on the moon
The lander is scheduled to spend two days on the moon running tests and collecting rocks.
Auckland, we have a problem: Student satellite lost in space
Rocket Lab carried the first NZ student-made satellite into space.
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.
NZ radar could reveal possible space junk collision
NZ-based radar will tell scientists if two pieces of space junk miss or collide tomorrow.
Red planet; Mars to come closest to Earth's orbit
Scientist and astronomer Duncan Steel said Mars will be hard to miss in the night sky.
Nasa's new $34m space loo set to blast off
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Nope, it's a ruinously expensive toilet for astronauts.
Could this Kiwi-made tech help humans get to Mars?
'Our job is to take the fiction out of the science fiction,' NZ space project head says.
The search for life on Venus could start with Rocket Lab
New York Times: Rocket Lab may be able to send a spacecraft to Venus long before Nasa.
Missions to Venus: Highlights from history, and when we may go back
New York Times: Venus has been overlooked in recent decades.
The blast that rocked America
Lessons from a disaster: what the Challenger catastrophe meant for America
Astronomers find hints of life on Venus
Bizarre microbes may exist in the clouds over the planet described as 'Earth's evil twin'.
'Mighty mice stay ripped in space
They held onto their muscle during a month-long stay at the International Space Station.
Successfully launched homegrown satellite could 'triple' Rocket Lab's business
How the secret launch went down.
Lights in the sky: Starlink satellites spotted over NZ
The satellites are part of SpaceX's planned internet satellite constellation system.
UFO over Porirua?
UFO over Porirua? Mysterious hovering lights stun locals. Video / Theodora Faafia
'Incredible feat' - astronauts emerge after splashdown
The first astronauts to ride a SpaceX capsule into orbit have emerged from the spacecraft.
Rocket Lab reveals problem that caused last mission to fail
What went wrong amid the bid for "warp-speed" turnaround.
'On our way to Mars': Nasa rover successfully lifts off
The Perseverance has lifted off from Cape Canaveral and is on its way to Mars.
NASA ups the ante with the newest Mars rover
Set to rocket away this week from Florida, the spacecraft named Perseverance is NASA's brawniest and brainiest Martian rover yet. Video / AP
Mission to Mars ready to blast off in Florida
NASA's most elaborate life-hunting rover is on the verge of lift off in Florida.
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.
Lucky shot: Tauranga photographer captures Comet Neowise
But if you want to see it with the naked eye, you are out of luck.
From Ōamaru to the edge of orbit: Kiwi startup unveils reusable craft
The firm with some Government backing could one day to take on Rocket Lab.
US and UK accuse Russia of testing new anti-satellite space weapon
US and UK have hit out at Russia accusing Moscow of launching a new projectile into space.
Sigue Sigue Sputnik: Russia accused of firing weapon in space
International critics say that Russia's actions "threaten the peaceful use of space".
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.
First Arab interplanetary mission prepared for launch
Orbiter — named Amal, or Hope — readied for blast off from Tanegashima Space Center.