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!['Flawless': Mars lander joins select club](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
'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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
'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.
![Elon Musk says he will probably move to Mars](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Editorial: Commercial world Nasa's new challenge
EDITORIAL: Missions to Mars show off Nasa's engineering prowess in spectacular ways.
!['Super Earth' may hold clues to distant worlds](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
'Super Earth' may hold clues to distant worlds
Astronomers discovered evidence of an alien world unlike anything in our own solar system.
!['Dark matter hurricane' is on a collision course with Earth](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
'Dark matter hurricane' is on a collision course with Earth
The invisible mass is travelling at a breakneck 500 km per second.
![Astronaut shares stunning photos of New Zealand from space](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Astronaut shares stunning photos of New Zealand from space
Alexander Gerst posted amazing images of the South Island, including the Southern Alps.
![Antarctic expedition aid search for life beyond Earth](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Antarctic expedition aid search for life beyond Earth
What does Antarctica have to do with one of Jupiter's moons? More than you might think.
![Two weeks with the world's fastest smartphone](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Two weeks with the world's fastest smartphone
Comment: The world's best smartphone might also be its best-kept secret.
![Harvard researchers suggest strange interstellar object may be alien light sail](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Harvard researchers suggest strange interstellar object may be alien light sail
Astronomers spotted something odd last year. Something really odd.
![Big read: Are tiny cars the next big thing?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Big read: Are tiny cars the next big thing?
There's compelling evidence that the age of auto ownership is steadily declining.
![Sun-sational: Stargazer's miracle shot](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Sun-sational: Stargazer's miracle shot
Auckland photographer captures the International Space Station zooming past the sun.
![Watch: Top physicist on when we'll meet aliens and how to stop murderous robots](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Watch: Top physicist on when we'll meet aliens and how to stop murderous robots
The theoretical physicist and best-selling author on why we should leave planet Earth.
![Dr Michio Kaku on aliens, robots and why we should leave Earth](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Dr Michio Kaku on aliens, robots and why we should leave Earth
Theoretical physicist, best-selling author and science communicator, Dr Michio Kaku has returned to New Zealand as part of his 'The Future Of Humanity' tour.
![Competition for Rocket Lab as Virgin tests 'airborne launch pad'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Competition for Rocket Lab as Virgin tests 'airborne launch pad'
Virgin says this week it mated a LauncherOne rocket to a special Boeing 747.
![Rocket Lab names site for first launchpad outside NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Rocket Lab names site for first launchpad outside NZ
NASA's facility in Virginia has been selected as the US launch site.
![Focus: William Shatner's far out suggestion for PM's baby](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Focus: William Shatner's far out suggestion for PM's baby
Star Trek actor William Shatner joked about sending Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's baby into space, as he opened Rocket Lab's new factory in the Auckland suburb of Mount Wellington.
![Far out! William Shatner's bizarre suggestion for PM's baby](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Far out! William Shatner's bizarre suggestion for PM's baby
The 87-year-old actor is opening the new centre of Kiwi space exploration.
![In pictures: Rocket Lab's giant new Auckland plant](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
In pictures: Rocket Lab's giant new Auckland plant
Between its NZ and US plants, Peter Beck's company is gearing up to make a rocket a week.
![US, Russia astronauts make emergency landing](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
US, Russia astronauts make emergency landing
Two astronauts make emergency landing after booster rocket failed after launch.
![Launch within 'weeks': Virgin Galactic catches up in new space race](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Launch within 'weeks': Virgin Galactic catches up in new space race
Sir Richard is in a race with billionaires to be the first to send tourists to space.
![Space centre gets millions more from MBIE, despite blowing business plan](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Space centre gets millions more from MBIE, despite blowing business plan
Regional hubs and hiring plans abandoned.
![Space junk, satellites to be tracked from NZ base](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Space junk, satellites to be tracked from NZ base
Radar to track small satellites and space debris is the first in the Southern Hemisphere.
![NASA stands by SpaceX despite Musk drama](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
NASA stands by SpaceX despite Musk drama
NASA stands by its contractor, as Musk faces lawsuits and scrutiny.
![Rovers take a giant jump for mankind](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Rovers take a giant jump for mankind
Japan space agency scientists are thrilled by the images being sent to Earth.
![Asteroid explorers snap a photograph of their new world](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Asteroid explorers snap a photograph of their new world
First movements made by any human-made spacecraft across the surface of an asteroid.
![Waste of space - junk net passes first test](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Waste of space - junk net passes first test
A tossed net has managed to capture space junk in orbit-cleanup experiment.