UK SMC: Residents of the Russian city of Chelyabinsk are recovering after a meteor broke up over the city causing […]
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NZ involved in first commercial space flight
Kiwi space scientists are playing a key role in the fist commercial space mission. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was […]
Continue readingSolar storm – experts respond
Two solar flares that occurred on the sun on 7 March have caused a large cloud of charged particles (a […]
Continue readingAll eyes on the sky for satellite re-entry
Our friends at the Australian Science Media Centre have collected useful background, resources and commentary ahead of the re-entry: NASA’s […]
Continue readingObserving Earth from above: remote sensing and satellite data
UPDATE: ATV Launch successful (see below) This week, top scientists from the European Space Agency are in New Zealand for […]
Continue readingTVNZ/One News: Scientists record music of the sun
British scientists say that the sun’s coronal loops vibrate like the strings of a guitar, and claim that they have […]
Continue reading3 News: Kiwi scientists aiding NASA’s new space shuttle design – Video
University of Canterbury scientists are helping their NASA counterparts to design new types of scramjets – super-fast planes which could […]
Continue readingRadio NZ: Space scientist Sir Ian Axford dies
New Zealand scientist Sir Ian Axford has died aged 77. He worked on space probes, and was an expert on […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Nasa close to answers on other Earths
Eloise Gibson of the NZ Herald reports that, by the end of the decade, a NASA scientists believes we may […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Moon landing giant step in view of Earth
The New Zealand’s Herald editorial on the significance of the Apollo 11 moon landing 40 years ago today: AN excerpt: […]
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