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Ed Dwight was set to be the first black astronaut. Here's why it never happened
New York Times: For a brief moment, civil rights movement and space race came together.

Michael Collins didn't walk on the moon. But he got to drink warm coffee
New York Times: Michael Collins kept an orbital vigil during Neil's and Buzz's moonwalk.

Revealed: The extraordinary three-hour mercy dash to get Moon footage to NZ
NZers saw moon landing on TV thanks to Kiwi ingenuity and complex trans-Tasman effort.

Archinaut One to manufacture and assemble spacecraft parts while orbiting Earth
Archinaut One to manufacture and assemble spacecraft parts while orbiting Earth. Video / NASA

Rocket Lab to launch 3D-printing spacecraft
Experimental spacecraft Archinaut One will 3D-print parts of itself while in orbit.

Why we could have landed on Mars decades ago
A NASA engineer has revealed why humans haven't been back to the moon or visited Mars.

Focus: One Giant Leap, 50th anniversary of the Apollo Moon landing
Focus: One Giant Leap, 50th anniversary of the Apollo Moon landing. Video / NASA

Should Neil Armstrong's bootprints be on the moon forever?
New York Times: Time to consider whether, and how, to preserve humanity's lunar heritage.

Richard Branson's next big market play revealed
Richard Branson is eyeing the next frontier for his startup.

The Moon is a hazardous place to live
New York Times: Here's the most serious risks if we make it back to the lunar surface.

China's terrifying new weapon revealed: 'A flying death sentence'
Horrifying glimpse of the new missiles China plans to arm itself with.

Moon Tribute from Moon TV: The Late Night Big Breakfast team of Jeremy Wells, Jason Hoyte and Leigh Hart conduct a disastrous interview with a psychic
Moon Tribute from Moon TV: The Late Night Big Breakfast team of Jeremy Wells, Jason Hoyte and Leigh Hart conduct a disastrous interview with a psychic.

Moon Tribute from Moon TV: Speed Cooking on the Road - Leigh Hart decides to cook a three-course meal under stopwatch conditions while travelling through the scenic West-coast in a camper van
Moon Tribute from Moon TV: Speed Cooking on the Road - Leigh Hart decides to cook a three-course meal under stopwatch conditions while travelling through the scenic West-coast in a camper van.

Moon Tribute from Moon TV: BookZone - Once again Leigh infuriates renowned writer Joe Bennett while trying to discuss poetry
Moon Tribute from Moon TV: BookZone - Once again Leigh infuriates renowned writer Joe Bennett while trying to discuss poetry.

They kinda want to believe Apollo 11 was maybe a hoax
New York Times: Conspiracy theories were once deadly serious. The mood has since shifted.

Moon Tribute from Moon TV: Hamsterman - Alcoholic Pet-store owner Colin 'the Hamsterman’ is paid a surprise visit from the SPCA!
Moon Tribute from Moon TV: Hamsterman - Alcoholic Pet-store owner Colin 'the Hamsterman’ is paid a surprise visit from the SPCA!

Nasa reopens Apollo mission control room that once landed men on moon
New York Times: Restored room is as though engineers stepped out, but would be right back.

Giant asteroid could make us all billionaires
NASA plans to head towards a massive asteroid worth hundreds of quintillions of dollars.

With a poof, Mars methane is gone
New York Times: The gas detected on Mars has since dissipated leaving only a mystery.

How Nasa sold the science and glamour of space travel
New York Times: Why slick salesmanship was required to get people onboard with Nasa.

Nasa rover on Mars detects puff of gas that hints at possibility of life
New York Times: Mars, it appears, is belching a large amount of a gas.

Take your own space odyssey - a holiday on the Space Station
It might cost a few million dollars, but you can't beat the view.

Moonstruck? Donald Trump claims the moon is 'part of Mars'
The US president has attacked Nasa in a tweet.

Mysterious force tearing into galaxy
A ghostly force has blasted a hole in the Milky Way, tossing stars about in its wake.

Hellish new 'Forbidden' planet discovered shocks experts
It's a planet that shouldn't exist, but somehow its discovery and survival turned heads.

Nanogirl: What travelling in space does to the body
Forget surviving on another planet - the question is will your knees make the journey?

Watch: Stunning meteor lets off boom, lights up New Zealand skies
'Brilliant bright white light bursting out from darkness then a falling shower of flames.'

A single mother landed a Nasa internship. But Houston was a problem
NYT: She was offered the chance of a lifetime. Within 24 hours the public made it happen.

Rachel Stewart: Forget Mars - clean our mess up first
COMMENT: I don't want to go to Mars. I want to get Earth fixed.