Essay Competition: for students aged 10-14
If you were aboard an orbiting space station when a major natural disaster occurred on the planet's surface below you, what could you do to help?
This is the question being posted to students aged 10-14 in the What If? Prize competition, started by Anousheh Ansari - the first female space tourist. KiwiSpace has partnered to bring this competition to New Zealand and invites you put your thinking caps on and really think how space technologies benefit the planet, now and in the future.
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Stunning video of Aurora above Southern NZ
Enjoy this stunning time-lapse video of Aurora Australis, taken from Mt John Observatory on 28 May 2011 by astro-photographer Fraser Gunn.
A high-resolution version of the video can be found on his site: http://www.frasergunn.co.nz
Spectacular photos from the edge of space
A message to NZ from the International Space Station
Dmitry Kondratyev, Commander of Expedition 27 and Flight Engineer for Expedition 26 aboard the International Space Station, generously recorded this message to New Zealand space enthusiasts for KiwiSpace' launch festivities and the 50th anniversary of human spaceflight.
Official launch of KiwiSpace Foundation
Tuesday 12th April, 2011 - the 50th anniversary of human spaceflight, and 30th anniversary of the first space shuttle launch - marked the official incorporation of KiwiSpace Foundation as a charitable trust (society-based).
KiwiSpace celebrated the 50th anniversary by holding two premiere screenings of the new movie First Orbit at the Stardome in Auckland, and Carter Observatory in Wellington, and the launch of a high-altitude helium balloon, which returned stunning photos from the Edge of Space.
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