Space
Dilithium Crystals
Dilithium Crystals have been around since the origins of Star Trek. They regulate matter and anti-matter in the Starship Enterprise's warp core. But what are they? Audio
Bringing eco-design to space missions
Dr Priyanka Dhopade is a space sustainability researcher and firmly believes that sustainability should be integrated into projects from inception, at the design phase right through to launch and… Audio
Space the final frontier: James Parr on Space news
To space we go or wherever Space James is, Nathan Rarere was joined now by our good friend James Parr from the Open Space Agency. Audio
NASA mission to change the course of an asteroid set to launch
In what is usually the stuff of movies, a rocket is to launch from Californa on a NASA mission to alter the course of an asteroid. Audio
Blood micromoon visible over Aotearoa's skies tonight
A blood micromoon lunar eclipse will descend over Aotearoa's skies this evening at just after 8 o'clock.
The near-total elipse will be the longest of its type to reach New Zealand since the year… Audio
Rare blood micro lunar eclipse on full view in NZ tonight
Looking toward the sky tonight - you'll be a witness to an incredibly rare lunar spectacle, not seen in our skies since Kupe landed in Aotearoa 800 years ago. It's longest partial lunar eclipse… Audio
Russian anti-satellite missile risked space station crew - NASA
A space missile fired by Russia into its own satellite generated a debris field endangering the International Space Station and creating an ongoing hazard, US officials say.
Nasa, SpaceX launch 'Crew 3' astronauts to orbit on flight to space station
The flight marks the third "operational" space station crew sent to orbit aboard a Dragon capsule since Nasa and SpaceX teamed up to resume space launches from American soil last year, following a…
Space the final frontier: James Parr on Space News
Every few weeks we like to catch up with all the news from space with...James In Space!!!!!! I asked James Parr from the Open Space Agency about the big announcement from Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin about… Audio
Nasa launches 12-year mission to study trojan asteroids
The Lucy probe will use its instrumentation to study the city-sized asteroids that lead or follow Jupiter in its orbit.
Star Trek's William Shatner blasts into space on Blue Origin rocket
A tearful William Shatner describes his 10-minute rocket trip as 'the most profound experience'.
Shatner to boldly go and become oldest man in space
The actor who played Captain Kirk in the Star Trek series is set to embark on a real-life journey into space.
Russian film crew to take off for first movie in space
In the next day or so a film crew is heading off to spend a week and a half on the international space station. Scenes for the Russian movie Challenge will be shot at the space station that orbits… Audio
Space the final frontier: James Parr on Space News
Barely a week goes by where there isn't some news from space - so, as is our way when the fancy takes us, it's time for our regular chat with James Parr from the Open Space Agency in London. This… Audio
First ever civilian SpaceX flight returns from orbit
A billionaire, a community college teacher, an airforce veteran and a childhood cancer survivor have made history as the first all-civilian team to fly to space.
The Space X capsule they were on… Audio
SpaceX capsule with world's first all-civilian orbital crew lands safely
The quartet of newly minted citizen astronauts comprising the SpaceX Inspiration4 mission safely splashed down in the Atlantic off Florida's coast today.
All-civilian astronaut crew shows off in zero-gravity orbit
The first all-civilian astronaut crew to reach orbit made some spaceflight history today, with a zero-gravity ukulele performance hundreds of miles above Earth's surface.
Space tourists orbiting earth
Four chosen people are orbiting the earth after the first ever non-astronaut launch to space.
The private flight, which is a world first, was a success yesterday.
This mission has been billed as the… Audio
NASA rover Perseverance collects first Martian rock sample
NASA's Mars science rover Perseverance has collected the first of numerous mineral samples that the US space agency hopes to retrieve from the surface of the Red Planet for analysis on Earth.
Haritina Mogosanu: growing plants in space
Space science educator and astrobiologist Haritina Mogosanu returns to Saturday Morning to discuss growing plants in space. Her Seeds in Space programme has involved distributing seeds to more than… Audio
