
Virgin Galactic space flights grounded after parts fall off rocket craft
Richard Branson’s rocket planes have had their wings clipped.
Richard Branson’s rocket planes have had their wings clipped.
The asteroid is one of several encounters from space this week.
There's plenty on the calendar to keep stargazers and space enthusiasts happy this year.
It wasn’t immediately clear if the landing was a success.
New York Times: Earth’s stratosphere has never seen this level of emissions and waste.
Artist Simon Denny on space and critiquing and selling to billionaires.
'As indigenous people and as Māori, we must support Navajo'.
New York Times: The year ahead promises more in orbit and around the solar system.
The space race is back on, but what role can we play?
OPINION: Cabinet positions suggests National well and truly in charge.
PLUS: 2degrees, Spark update on plans with Starlink rival Lynk.
New York Times: A closer explosion could cause widespread extinction, scientists say.
The room grew quiet once it was clear the spaceship had been destroyed.
It was caught on camera by a co-worker on the International Space Station.
It turns out that the asteroid Dinkinesh has a dinky sidekick.
New industries are emerging as space becomes more open for business. Rocket Lab’s CEO reveals what opportunities it’s chasing in the space economy as it competes with Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Video / NZ Herald / Cameron Pitney / Getty
Andrew Sather, principal at Initialized Capital, on why he invested in AstroForge, a US asteroid-mining startup that will use propulsion systems supplied by Christchurch's Dawn Aerospace. Video / AstroForge
New York Times: Nasa is plotting how to build houses on the moon by 2040.
A recent expansion of its Mt Wellington plant means Rocket Lab can now manufacture 2000 reaction wheels per year. Video / Corey Fleming
OPINION: Our editorial on the space race latest, the return of Nasa’s asteroid samples.
The samples are a staggering 4.5 billion years old.
New York Times: Frank Rubio was only supposed to be away for six months.
A spacecraft will fly by Earth to drop off pebbles and dust collected from asteroid Bennu.
New York Times: Some of its other experts have been harassed and threatened, Nasa says.
Molecule unique to life on Earth was detected in the atmosphere.
NZ Aerospace Summit in Christchurch hit by protest - which promises escalation tomorrow.
2023 winners drawn from health, arts, education and aerospace sectors.
FT: Once the preserve of powerful nations - soon, this will no longer be the case.
A rare and spectacular meteor shower will unfold over NZ skies later this year.