Space
Mars rover: Nasa's Perseverance prepares to drill first rock sample
The US space agency's Perseverance rover is getting ready to take its first sample of Mars rock. Video
Billionaire Bezos labels space trip 'best day ever'
Jeff Bezos, the world's richest man, has finally achieved his childhood dream of launching himself into space.
The New Shepherd launched at about 1.10am NZ time, returning to earth a total of ten… Audio
Space News with James Parr - billionaires in space?
The billionaire space race between Branson and Bezos heated up this morning when Jeff Bezos took his Origin Blue craft to a higher altitude on the edge of space than Richard Branson's Unity 22 went 9… Audio
James Parr: is Richard Branson's VSS Unity first of many ?
Sir Richard Branson has been launched into space on his Virgin Galactic ship VSS Unity. Sir Richard and a number of other passengers on the craft were released from their mothership at twenty past… Audio
Early Māori astronomers predicted year ahead by stars of Matariki
By this time next year we would have already celebrated our very first Matariki holiday in New Zealand. Stardome astronomy educator and astro-photographer Josh Kirkley joins the show to discuss the… Audio
Stephen Curran: visiting Venus and giant comets
Kiwi-Scottish starman Dr Stephen Curran returns by popular demand to unpack cosmic goings-on. Audio
Branson bids to beat Bezos in battle of billionaires to boldly go beyond
Top tech gurus are all competing to see who will jumpstart commercial space race.
Comet believed to be largest ever discovered found
A comet believed to be the largest ever discovered has been exposed by a pair of US astronomers and is heading towards the sun.
Space the final frontier: James Parr on space news
It's that time of the month where we take a visit to space from the comfort of planet Earth. Nathan Rarere spoke with our regular space-corrie Space James - James Parr from the Open Space Agency who… Audio
The kiwi industry that's growing at rocket pace
There's so much happening in New Zealand's space industry it's hard to keep up. There's more to it than just Rocket Lab - it's bigger than the wine industry - and it's growing fast. Audio
The kiwi industry that's growing at rocket pace
There's so much happening in New Zealand's space industry it's hard to keep up. There's more to it than just Rocket Lab - it's bigger than the wine industry - and it's growing fast.
AudioChina launches first space mission in five years
China has successfully launched three astronauts into space, bringing the country one step closer to completing its new space station - the "Heavenly Palace".
The Shenzhou-12 spacecraft, called the… Audio
Rocket Lab to send spacecraft to Mars in 2024
New Zealand's Rocket Lab has won a contract that may send two of its Photon spacecraft on a mission to Mars in 2024.
The firm is to design the craft for NASA's Escape and Plasma Acceleration and… Audio
Top Stories for Thursday 17 June 2021
Tenants will be hit harder by debt to income ratios - investors; Aucklanders face 99-million-dollar Team NZ question; Biden-Putin meeting results in some agreements; Only 500 people qualified for… Audio
China to launch first crewed space mission in five years
China will send three men into orbit on Thursday in its first crewed mission in nearly five years, part of an ambitious plan to complete a space station by the end of next year.
Canterbury runanga team up to create aerospace company
Two Canterbury runanga are teaming up with the government to build a rocket launch facility on Kaitorete Spit, near Banks Peninsula. The government is contributing $16 million to help Taumutu Runanga… Audio
The small NZ company making it big in orbit
Auckland based 3D printing company Zenith Tecnica has printed hundreds of parts for five mega satellites - each as big as a double decker bus. Their material of choice is titanium. Two hundred and… Audio
Chinese rocket debris splashes down in Indian Ocean
Pieces of a large Chinese rocket have plunged back through the atmosphere over the Indian Ocean this afternoon, splashing down north of the Maldives.
When the weather's bad in space
For Lately's weekly science segment, Karyn speaks with Dr Andrew Zic, postdoctoral researcher at Macquarie University and Australia's national science agency CSIRO, about the weather in space. Dr Zic… Audio
Understanding our History Through the Small Worlds of the Solar System.
University of Canterbury planetary astronomer, Dr Michele Bannister. who specialises in the discovery and exploration of small worlds in the Solar System and beyond, has been awarded a Rutherford… Audio
