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	Podcast:		Checkpoint
	Episode:		Kiwi built experiment launches into space
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:03:55
	Publish Date:		2025-09-15 05:44:00
	Description:		It's one small step for SpaceX, one giant leap for New Zealand's fledgling space industry. A rocket bearing a first-ever experiment built in Lower Hutt has lifted off from Cape Canaveral. The mission, called Hēki, will plug onto the outside of the International Space Station. Scores of scientists and others watched the launch on a screen at a Victoria University facility in Lower Hutt this morning. Phil Pennington reports.
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