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Tomorrow morning a mission to Mars will touch down.

For as long as there have been lights in the night sky, humans have been coming up with names for them.

British scientists will face "six minutes of terror" this week as the Schiaparelli space probe plunges to the surface of Mars after a seven-month journey.

Outgoing US President Barack Obama has revived calls to send humans to Mars by 2030s - but even if astronauts get there, would they remember much of it?

Best of Business: The most powerful machine to fly from this country will be headed for orbit in a matter of months.

The planet is twice as distant as Pluto and takes more than 1000 years to orbit the sun.

The rise of the commercial space industry may end up being the president's true legacy.

Here's why President Obama may have selected the wrong planet for an expedition.

COMMENT: Before we start colonising Mars there's five key questions we have to answer.

A police helicopter filmed something mysterious in the sky over the Bristol Channel.

The much-anticipated speech comes a few weeks after one of SpaceX's rockets blew up, leaving questions about the the future of the company.

SpaceX's plan for a mission to Mars. / SpaceX

Astronomers have made a startling observation on Jupiter's moon Europa, one that could boost the chance of finding other life in our solar system.

"You really can't steer these things," Harvard University astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell said.

A Taupo couple are considering building and selling "tiny houses" for a living after their 'awesome' tiny house experience.

Methane frosts that shift with the seasons, a massive glacier and craters of gas, Pluto is a fascinating planet.

An engineer involved with the Rosetta spacecraft says he's excited about the prospect of seeing it crashed into a comet.

It is the most detailed map of the night sky ever produced, which pinpoints the locations of more than one billion stars.

International Space Station astronaut Ignazio Magnani has revealed amazing images of New Zealand from space.

Watch NZH Focus: Leaked emails show the former US Secretary of State Colin Powell’s contempt for both major presidential candidates. Two trucks carrying aid from Turkey have arrived in the northern Syrian town of Jarablus. And the European Space Agency says its mission to chart more than 1 billion stars is on track.

The New Glenn rocket is named for John Glenn, the first American to reach orbit. It should be ready to fly by the end of the decade.

Nasa launches first ever mission to take samples from an asteroid in the hope of preventing the space rock colliding with Earth later this century.

As investigation continues, Musk asks the public for help in figuring out what caused his rocket to ignite.

The Pope's astronomer, Brother Guy Consolmagno, is visiting Great Barrier Island today. He talks to science reporter Jamie Morton about faith, science and little green men.

Rocket Lab has moved closer to a trial launch from its East Coast site by doing a deal with Airways to keep its launch airspace clear.

It's one of the most famous quotes of all time but experts say Neil Armstrong's accent may be to blame for his claim his first words on the moon were misquoted.

Scientists believe they have found all asteroids near Earth the same size as that which killed the dinosaurs, but many other smaller ones remain undetected.

Life on Earth has its challenges but what about life on Mars? Can humans ever survive on our neighbouring red planet?

Strange radio activity picked up from the outer reaches of the universe proved the latest false alarm of finding extra-terrestrial life.