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NASA satellite breaks from orbit around Earth, heads to moon

By NICK PERRYJuly 5, 2022 GMT

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A satellite the size of a microwave oven successfully broke free from its orbit around Earth on Monday and is headed toward the moon, the latest step in NASA's plan to land astronauts on the lunar surface again.

New Zealand rocket caught but then dropped by helicopter

By NICK PERRYMay 3, 2022 GMT

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Using a helicopter to catch a falling rocket is such a complex task that Peter Beck likens it to a “supersonic ballet.”

Rocket Lab, the company that Beck founded, partially pulled off the feat Tuesday as it pushes to make its small Electron rockets reusable.

Disco nights? Rocket Lab launches glinting sphere into orbit

By NICK PERRYJanuary 25, 2018 GMT

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Look into the night sky at the right time and you might see what seems like a disco ball shimmering and glinting back...

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New Zealand space launch has nation reaching for the stars

By NICK PERRYMay 21, 2017 GMT

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand has never had a space program but could soon be launching commercial rockets more often than the United States...

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