Focus: Blood supermoon to light up NZ skies
The "blood supermoon" is set to be the most spectacular in years. Video / NZ Herald
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Blood supermoon: How to capture tonight's rare spectacle
Staying up to snap Wednesday's 'blood supermoon'? Don't bother with your phone camera.
Supermoon! Red blood lunar eclipse! It's all happening at once, but what does it mean?
A supermoon, a lunar eclipse and a red blood moon all at once. So what does this all mean?
Latest forecast: Who gets the best view of 'blood supermoon'?
A 'blood supermoon' is due to grace our night sky this Wednesday. Where is best to see it?
Virgin Galactic rocket ship ascends from New Mexico
Virgin Galactic forges toward tourist flights to the edge of the Earth's atmosphere.
Get set for the first 'blood supermoon' in nearly 40 years
NZ set to be treated to rare combination of two lunar spectacles - a 'blood supermoon'.
'Mysterious string of lights': Elon Musk's satellites spotted above Auckland
"It was 5am, I was half-awake and I was thinking, What am I looking at?"
'One of our toughest days': Rocket Lab suffers third mission failure
Company investigating the "anomaly"; failure comes just before its Nasdaq listing.
What if space junk and climate change become the same problem?
New York Times: Why the two problems may come to be linked.
Kiwis react after Chinese rocket misses New Zealand
Spared fiery doom plunging from the skies, many were left disappointed.
China 'wins gamble' with rocket debris strike
Uncontrolled re-entry of high-speed spacecraft parts criticised as 'reckless' and 'lazy'.
'Reckless': Debris from Chinese rocket has fallen to Earth amid criticism
A core segment of the rocket has reportedly burned up over the Indian Ocean.
First footage shows out-of-control Chinese rocket re-entering Earth's atmosphere
Thousands of space watchers are busily tracking the Long March 5B's journey.
Out-of-control rocket: North Island named as latest crash location
But don't panic - most debris will be burned up on re-entry and land in the ocean.
Nasa chief big on climate, diversity, hedges on moon date
As well as reaching for the stars, Bill Nelson wants to diversify the Nasa workforce.
NASA Mars helicopter heard humming through thin Martian air
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California on Friday released video of its Ingenuity helicopter humming through the thin Martian air. Video / AP
Nasa's Mars helicopter blades heard humming on red planet
Nasa is sharing the sound of its little helicopter humming through the thin Martian air.
Chinese rocket likely to plunge to Earth this weekend
Where it will hit 'cannot be pinpointed until within hours of its re-entry'.
A giant piece of space junk is hurtling towards Earth. How worried should you be?
ANALYSIS: Nobody's been killed or seriously injured by falling space debris. So far.
Wellington in path of China rocket's uncontrolled re-entry
Where and when the rocket stage will land is impossible to predict.
Wooden satellites: Can space answer NZ's productivity question?
The space sector already employs more than 5000 people directly.
Gigantic Stratolaunch aircraft makes 2nd test flight
Plane is to be used as carrier aircraft to launch hypersonic flight research vehicles.
China launches first part of new space station
China has launched the main part of its first permanent space station. Video / AP
China launches main part of its 1st permanent space station
China launches first space station that will host astronauts long term.
Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins dead at 90
He piloted the ship from which Neil Armstrong made humanity's first steps on the moon.
Blue Origin challenges NASA over SpaceX moon lander deal
New York Times: The space agency picked Elon Musk's company over two other bidders.
Biggest space station crowd in decade after SpaceX arrival
Although SpaceX's third crew flight for Nasa, it was the first to use a recycled vehicle.
'A bunch of people will probably die': Barefoot Elon Musk's Mars plans
Elon Musk spoke candidly about what it'll take to get people to Mars & the risks involved.
Lift off! $26m for NZ's first Govt-funded space mission
Control centre for methane-tracking satellite to be hosted by university space institute.
Local Focus: Stargazing with the Tauranga Astronomical Society
Observing the heavens above at Fergusson Park. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Nasa's Mars helicopter takes flight, first for another planet
The triumph was hailed as a Wright Brothers moment.
Elon Musk's Starlink in firing line over near misses
The risk of collisions could bring the space race back to earth.
Note to future space travellers: Prepare for a shrinking heart
New York Times: After almost a year in space, Scott Kelly's heart diminished.