29 Jan 2025

Southland company preparing for moon mission

From Afternoons, 1:25 pm on 29 January 2025

In a few weeks' time, Southland company "Space Ops NZ" will play a crucial role in landing a new spacecraft on the moon.  The company will use its 30-meter antenna to guide a spacecraft to the moon, in a search for water.

Jesse talks to Space Ops NZ's chief exec Robin McNeill.

This July 1969 NASA file photo obtained July 16, 2019 shows a file view of Earth rising over the Moon's horizon taken from the Apollo 11 spacecraft. - The lunar terrain pictured is in the area of Smyth's Sea on the nearside.

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