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Russians plan Hotel in the Heavens - 320km away

Russian engineers have announced the ultimate get-away-from-it-all holiday, revealing plans to put a hotel into orbit 320km above Earth by 2016.

NRL: Tigers end Panthers playoffs dreams

The Wests Tigers made it five in a row over a courageous Penrith outfit rocked by the sidelining of star Michael Jennings, notching a 32-18 victory.

Dude, where's my hypersonic glider?

Future of space travel: Looking for liftoff

Tech Universe: Friday 29 July

Tech news from around the world: De-orbiting the ISS; mine-clearing robot; new Chinese space station; NASA GRAIL and data furnaces.

Editorial: An expensive voyage to the final frontier

Astronauts ponder new shuttle-less era

Last chance for NZers to view space shuttle

The final space shuttle launch

Around 1 million people gathered in Cape Canaveral, Florida, to witness the launch of Atlantis on Nasa's final space shuttle voyage of the 30-year progam.

Watch: Nasa’s cyclone-tracking TROPICS satellites to be launched from Mahia

The TROPICS constellation of satellites is set to be launched from Mahia in Hawke’s Bay next month. Video / NASA

NZ research sheds light on black hole explosions

New Zealand researchers have shed new light on the phenomenon which causes black holes to explode.

Rocket genius behind Russia's triumph

Radar imagery from space shows quake devastation

The shaking and devastation caused by the Christchurch earthquake have been measured in new radar imagery taken from space.

<i>Shaky Isles</i>, Britomart, Auckland CBD

We came here because we are big fans of the original Shaky Isles in Kingsland and wanted to check out their new "branch" in the Britomart precinct.

<i>Anthony Doesburg</i>: Eyes in the skies keeping track of events below

New Zealand could make much greater use of satellite images, says Southland group.

One last time end of an era in space

TV Pick of the week: BBC Knowledge

There are a few reinventions afoot this week in the world of information TV, with the Documentary Channel becoming BBC Knowledge and TVNZ's digital and freeview channel's 6 and 7 merging into one.

Future generations may be lost in space

If travelling to a new home might take thousands of years, would humans be able to successfully procreate along the way?