We inspire, educate, collaborate and coordinate access to astrobiology in New Zealand to improve opportunities for the greater good.

World Space Week 2023

World Space Week 2023’s theme is Space and Entrepreneurship, a very fitting theme for New Zealand. Join WSW this year and create an event for you, and your community and remember to log it online.

Learn astronomy online

Learn astronomy online using telescopes in Chile and the Canary Islands and a wealth of astronomical information with Slooh.

An out of this world programme:

Seeds in Space 2021

In 2021, students from New Zealand had the chance to learn about space biology and physiology with the Japanese Space Agency.

We grow seeds in space

Basil seeds are grown in space on the International Space Station

You grow seeds at school

We send you seeds from the same lot that went to the ISS.

And learn about space

You grow the seeds and compare them to the ones grown in space.

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New Zealand Astrobiology Network is the Country Coordinator for New Zealand for the World Space Week.

Why Bother With Space?

Why Bother With Space is our science communication platform
that supports our space sciences outreach programme.
By reading our stories on Medium you are supporting us deliver astronomy and space outreach to New Zealand.

PEOPLE AT THE NEW ZEALAND ASTROBIOLOGY NETWORK

Professor Carol Oliver
Hans Huybrighs from Max Plank Institute is visiting Wellington. He will give a talk for the New Zealand Astrobiology Network in partnership with Milky-Way.kiwi, News from the Galactic Centre talking about water volcanoes on Europa, and what is it like to be tasting an extraterrestrial ocean.
Democratizing Access to Space: Co-creating a Space Industry in Aotearoa for Future Space Exploration
Daniella Scalice, Education and Communication Lead for the NASA Astrobiology Program is coming to New Zealand in October. In 2005 she and her Diné colleagues co-founded the “NASA and the Navajo Nation” initiative, an ongoing collaboration that has produced classroom materials, teacher trainings, and student summer camps which weave together Western scientific and Navajo Cultural knowledge. We are looking forward to welcoming her to New Zealand.
Professor Ian Hawes, Waikato University
Mitch Schulte is a Program Scientist with the Mars Exploration Program in the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. As a Program Scientist, Mitch is responsible for and manages the science content of a number of NASA's Mars missions. He has visited New Zealand in 2018.

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