ROMARS / 2011
An early Mars connection.
Haritina Mogosanu’s participation in RoMars 2011, the Romanian-led Mars analogue mission, formed part of the wider experience behind KiwiSpace’s later Mars outreach.
Romanian Space Agency recordPROJECTS & EXPLORATIONS
Curiosity, put
into practice.
A selection of expeditions, experiments and shared experiences from the KiwiSpace story.
SCHOOLS & ENGINEERING / FROM 2012
New Zealand Rocketry Challenge
A precise altitude, an unbroken egg, and a new generation of rocket engineers.
LIFE SCIENCES / 2013
Space Seeds
Azuki beans on Earth and in orbit: a school experiment with an extraordinary point of comparison.
MARS ANALOGUE / 2012
KiwiMars 2012
Two weeks in Utah, a six-person crew, and a mission designed to bring science home.
HANDS-ON SCIENCE / 2011
Edge of Space
A high-altitude balloon, a volunteer team, and a remarkable new view of New Zealand.
FILM & OUTREACH / 2011
First Orbit
Helping New Zealand audiences join a global premiere marking the first human spaceflight.
MARS ANALOGUE / 2013
TasMars 2013
A trans-Tasman expedition combined field research with live connections to schools.
IDEAS & CONVERSATION / 2014
SpaceUp NZ
An unconference at AUT, with room for participants to help shape the conversation.
COMMUNITY / 2014–2015
KiwiSpace Meetups
Guest speakers, a road trip, and informal exchanges across the space community.
HANDS-ON ROCKETRY / 2016
Rocketry Boot Camp
Two days of designing, building and flying rockets with students and teachers.
COLLABORATION / 2015 & 2016
Space Apps Auckland
A weekend of open challenges, ambitious ideas and prototypes connecting space with life on Earth.
MORE THREADS IN THE STORY
Every connection
counts.
WORLD SPACE WEEK / 2011–2012
A worldwide celebration.
KiwiSpace helped connect New Zealanders with World Space Week, including a 2011 public video conversation with cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev and New Zealand coordination in 2012. The annual 4–10 October celebration explores how space science and technology benefit life on Earth.
The New Zealand programme is now run separately by the New Zealand Astrobiology Network.
The KiwiSpace chapterAPRSAF & RELATED KIBO-ABC PROGRAMMES
A pathway to orbit.
KiwiSpace participated in APRSAF’s regional education community, with related Kibo-ABC programmes helping connect New Zealand learners with Japan’s space station science.
Our international connections