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NZ backs Aussie bid for huge telescope

Nasa mission short-funded

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<i>Anthony Doesburg:</i> No cause for alarm on flight to the moon

Strange and beautiful world

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<i>Jim Hopkins:</i> Giant leap for mankind fizzled in fright

Backyard astronomer spots Jupiter's big bang

<i>Anthony Doesburg:</i> On a mission to watch as the world goes by

Neil Armstrong: The original moonwalker

Armstrong and Aldrin: Touched by the moon

US dreams brought down to Earth

Nasa's moon landing conspiracy smack-down (+video)

Moonstruck

At 2.56pm NZT today it will be exactly 40 years since Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon. Today Barack Obama met him to mark the anniversary.

The dark side of the moon men

Moonwalker pans NASA's plans