Professor Carol Oliver
Astrobiology in New Zealand
by NZAN Media Team
1y ago
A/Prof Carol A. Oliver PhD, MSciCom, SFHEA, University of New South Wales Carol Oliver is an Associate Professor with the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, teaching astrobiology and science communication. She is a Fellow of UNSW’s Scientia Education Academy, a Senior Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy, and in 2022 won the UNSW Vice Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence. Carol is Deputy Director of the iCinema Research Centre currently collaborating on a $5m Australian Research Council grant, and a member of the Australian Centre for Astrobiology, both at UNSW. She ..read more
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Peggy Whitson: First Female Space Station Commander
Astrobiology in New Zealand
by Caitlin MacArthur
2y ago
Peggy Whitson’s first space mission took place in 2002 aboard the International Space Station’s Expedition 5 as a flight engineer. In 2007, Whitson returned to the International Space Station aboard the Expedition 16 mission as the commander, which made her the first woman commander of the International Space Station. Whitson’s third and final trip to the International Space Station was aboard Expedition 50/51 whereby she was again the commander. This in turn made her the first woman to be commander of the International Space Station twice. During Expedition 50/51, Whitson became the oldest wo ..read more
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Valentina Tereshkova: First Woman in Space
Astrobiology in New Zealand
by Caitlin MacArthur
2y ago
In 1963, Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space when she launched aboard the Soviet space program’s Vostok 6. To this day, she remains the only woman to have completed a solo space mission. The Vostok 6 mission lasted three days and orbited the Earth a total of 48 times. Tereshkova was born in 1937 in the village of Bolshoye Maslennikovo in central Russia. Her father was killed in the Finnish Winter War, part of World War II, when she was two years old. She attended school up until age 17, after which she began working in the tyre and textile mill industries whilst completing cor ..read more
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World Space Week 2021
Astrobiology in New Zealand
by I Haritina Mogoșanu
2y ago
The New Zealand Astrobiology Network is the Country Coordinator for the World Space Week. Find out more from our page here. This year, the theme of the World Space Week is Women in Space. Everyone can participate in the World Space Week, which is an international celebration of the advancements created by space activities. To start the year, we interviewed Maruška Strah, Executive Director of the World Space Week who gives an overview of what World Space Week is about. The post World Space Week 2021 appeared first on ASTROBIOLOGY.NZ ..read more
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To Mars with Mitch Schulte
Astrobiology in New Zealand
by NZAN Media Team
2y ago
Learn about the Perseverance Rover with NASA scientist Mitch Schulte. Mitch is also Principal Adviser of the New Zealand Astrobiology Network. Mitch talks to us about Perseverance, Mars regolith, asterisms, working from home and we are listening to sounds from Mars and try to find out how our voices would sound like if we were on Mars. You can do this too at mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/participate/sounds/ Simply record yourself and then play it back.  The interview was taken in July 2021 by Hari Mogoșanu and Sam Leske. The post To Mars with Mitch Schulte appeared first on ASTROBIOLOGY ..read more
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MethaneSAT, with the New Zealand Space Agency
Astrobiology in New Zealand
by I Haritina Mogoșanu
3y ago
Learn about New Zealand's first official space mission as a country, MethaneSAT. The MethaneSAT programme was announced on the 6th of November 2019 by Minister Dr Megan Woods.  New Zealand will contribute with an Atmospheric science programme, funded from Catalyst: Strategic over 4 years and a Mission Operations Control Centre, funded from the Strategic Science Investment Fund.   In 2020, World Space Week’s theme was “Satellites Improve Life” and the New Zealand Astrobiology Network took this opportunity to interview Dr Peter Crabtree, Head of the NZ ..read more
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Cosmic Star Safari announcement
Astrobiology in New Zealand
by NZAN Media Team
3y ago
On the 18th of March 2021, the community gathered at KaPai soup round 4, voted Cosmic Star Safari to be the winner of the $1070 prize in cash.  Thank you to everyone for their stellar generosity and for voting for us. Special thanks to Kapai Soup for inviting us to join the bidding team. At the end of the programme, we would like to invite everyone who was at the Kapai Soup Carterton on the 18th of March to attend the wrap-up of the Cosmic Star Safari at Stonehenge Aotearoa. The event will be free for the attendees of Kapai Soup on the 18th of March 2021. What is a Cosmic Star ..read more
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Terms and conditions to enter the Cosmic Star Safari for schools.
Astrobiology in New Zealand
by NZAN Media Team
3y ago
Competition Terms and Conditions of entry These terms and conditions relate to the Cosmic Star Safari Competition (the Competition). By entering this Competition you accept these terms and condition and agree to follow the Competition rules. The Competition is open to any school in the Carterton District (Student/s). Students may submit an individual entry or work together in groups to submit a team entry.  If you submit an individual entry then add your teacher’s name or your parent’s /guardian name and email address or phone number. Any enquires about the Competition may be sent to&nbs ..read more
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AHiS 2021 – How to fertilise your seeds
Astrobiology in New Zealand
by I Haritina Mogoșanu
3y ago
To grow for an entire month, your seeds will need water, light, an atmosphere and also food.  In the AHiS space experiments JAXA used OAT house series fertiliser as nutrient for growing sweet basil. However, we might not find this in New Zealand. JAXA advises to use instead hydroponics fertiliser or any fertiliser for vegetables. Make sure you follow the manufacturer’s instructions on how to dilute and prepare it. You may substitute the fertiliser with a supernatant resulted from mixing soil and water and is let to sit for a while. The soil contains various elements necessary for ..read more
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AHiS 2021 – What to measure for your school project
Astrobiology in New Zealand
by I Haritina Mogoșanu
3y ago
Growing conditions Record all information or data you have about the growing conditions of your plants, for instance you can take readings of the daily temperature, humidity and light. The more readings you take, the better your information will be for analysing your investigation results and drawing conclusions for your research paper / poster. Describe these conditions in detail, so we can understand what your measurements were about.  Ideally, everyone should conduct the research under the same conditions but it is difficult to maintain the same temperature, humidity or lighting l ..read more
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