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In the News | Published: 04 March 201905 March 2019

SpaceX, Elon Musk’s aerospace manufacturer has sent the Dragon capsule into space for its first test flight with a sole […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 20 November 201822 November 2018

NASA has announced the landing site for its Mars 2020 rover, which is due to touch down in February 2021 in […]

In the News | Published: 08 June 201812 February 2019

NASA’s Curiosity rover has found new evidence that Mars could have supported ancient life, and they say their findings show […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 27 April 201703 August 2018

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has begun its 142-day death spiral inside Saturn’s rings, passing through them 22 times over the coming […]

In the News | Published: 26 April 201703 August 2018

NASA’s Super Pressure Balloon has once again taken flight from Wanaka on a mission planned to run for 100 days […]

In the News | Published: 06 December 201611 April 2018

Three weeks after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the South Island, isolating the coastal town of Kaikoura and shutting buildings […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 26 October 201611 April 2018

Hundreds of metres of solid ice were lost from West Antarctica’s glaciers between 2002 and 2009, according to a US-led […]

In the News | Published: 05 July 201603 May 2017

After five years travelling across the solar system, the NASA spacecraft Juno has begun its final descent into orbit around […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 21 January 201621 January 2016

Earth’s 2015 surface temperatures were the warmest on record, according to independent analyses by NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric […]