Rocket launches and trips to Mars: 2020 space and astronomy events
New York Times: Some of the launches, space science and other events to look forward to.
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NZ satellite project aims to avert space collisions
NZ scientists designing cutting-edge 'collision avoidance' tech for satellites.
Mini Mercury skips across sun's vast glare in rare transit
Stargazers in the eastern US and Canada were able to spot Mercury, a tiny black dot.
The final frontier: NZ and Japan in talks over joint space programme
OIA documents show officials cosying up to major Japanese space players.
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Mercury retrograde and how it will affect you
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Virgin Galactic has become the first publicly traded space tourism company.
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First all-female spacewalking team makes history
It took two decades for women to catch up with men in the spacewalking arena.
The free jumpsuit you'll get with a $397,000 ticket to space
New York Times: The age of fashion for space has arrived.
Interstellar visitor: Hubble telescope shows first image of comet
It's the second known interstellar visitor to swoop through our solar system.
Nasa's new spacesuits unveiled, for trips to the moon and beyond
New York Times: Nasa racing to meet Trump's timeline for putting US astronaut on the moon.
Alexei Leonov, first man to walk in space, dead at 85
After his 1965 spacewalk, he led a Soviet mission, docked in orbit with a U.S. spacecraft.
Are we alone? Nobel Prize goes to 3 who tackled cosmic query
Two star-gazers who discovered a planet outside our solar system were awarded.
Humans 'not prepared' for alien bombshell
A Nasa scientist says "we're close" to a huge revelation about life on Mars.
Out of this world! RWC broadcast to International Space Station fan
A superfan will be able to watch his beloved Italy play, despite being 408km above Japan.
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Rocket Lab's next big mission
The mission will lift-off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on the Māhia Peninsula.
'We'll find life on Mars but are we ready for it?'
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Russia goes silent on mysterious ISS drill hole
A tiny hole, drilled by hand then concealed, caused an international scandal.