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Amazon launches test satellites for its planned internet service

The planned internet service aims to improve global internet coverage.

Maybe in your lifetime, people will live on the moon and then Mars

New York Times: Nasa is plotting how to build houses on the moon by 2040.

Rocket Lab's new satellite parts business

A recent expansion of its Mt Wellington plant means Rocket Lab can now manufacture 2000 reaction wheels per year. Video / Corey Fleming

Editorial: Space race increasingly picks up pace

OPINION: Our editorial on the space race latest, the return of Nasa’s asteroid samples.

'We have touchdown': Nasa’s first asteroid samples land on Earth after seven-year journey

The samples are a staggering 4.5 billion years old.

Astronaut ready for silence after record-setting full year in space

New York Times: Frank Rubio was only supposed to be away for six months.

Nasa spacecraft delivering biggest sample yet from an asteroid

A spacecraft will fly by Earth to drop off pebbles and dust collected from asteroid Bennu.

Nasa has a UFO research director, but he remains unidentified

New York Times: Some of its other experts have been harassed and threatened, Nasa says.

Meteor possibly lands near Waitaki River

A meteor may have successfully passed through Earth's atmosphere, landing near the Waitaki River. If discovered, it would mark New Zealand's 10th meteorite impact in 160 years. Video / Fireballs Aotearoa

Blue supermoon: Clear skies expected for spectacle in Hawke’s Bay

Hawke's Bay stargazers are in for a pretty clear night.

‘Burning ball of fire’: Reports of meteors over NZ skies

The fireballs were reported by residents from Canterbury through to Auckland.

India’s lunar rover takes a walk on the moon

Indian Space Research Organization says Chandrayan-3 Rover is moving and operating well.

Kiwi tech helps power India’s first moon mission

Firm says mission opens up a $250m opportunity.

Liftoff: Rocket Lab launches 40th rocket and first with reused engine from Māhia

Rocket Lab marked its 40th launch by flying a completely reused engine.

India lands a spacecraft near the moon's south pole in world first

Historic voyage to territory scientists believe could hold vital reserves of frozen water.

Inside growing subculture of ‘rocket-chasing’ in Hawke’s Bay ahead of milestone launch

"For me, it is more than just a rocket going into space."