It included a limited-edition first day cover, a 3D lenticular miniature sheet and a set of colour-separated stamps. This limited edition was the ultimate collector’s item for this issue. In this presentation pack, Haritina explained why New Zealand is special when it comes to exploring the space sciences. She is also the Senior Science Communicator for Museums Wellington, Space Place at Carter Observatory. Her area of expertise is planetary protection, international security and science communication. Haritina Mogoșanu is the Executive Director of the New Zealand Astrobiology Network (NZAN). And in 2018, we became the 11th country to put an object into orbit, with Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle.įirst day cover with five gummed stamps affixed. Although New Zealand is a small nation, Kiwis have made - and continue to make - major contributions to space discoveries in the areas of astronomy and cosmology. Featured on this 3D lenticular miniature sheet are some significant moments in space exploration, including this historic event. In 2019 the world celebrates 50 years since the first Moon landing. ![]() Mint, used or cancelled lenticular miniature sheet. Mount Pickering Summit, in Fiordland, was named in his honour. He was instrumental in the success of the Apollo programme and the Voyager missions and retired to see Viking 1 on its way to Mars. Pioneer of space exploration William Pickering launched America’s first spacecraft. Single $3.60 'William Pickering, ONZ KBE' gummed stamp. With a telescope he built in 1948, he also discovered two comets and a supernova. Single $3.00 'Albert Jones, OBE' gummed stamp.Īstronomer Albert Jones made 500,000 visual brightness estimates - more than anyone in history. Using mathematics, he showed that the Moon’s craters were made by meteorite impact. Single $2.40 'Charles Gifford' gummed stamp.Ĭharles Gifford was New Zealand’s most outstanding astronomer in the first half of the 20th century. Alan is also a member of the prestigious International Astronomical Union. They also established a programme for tracking near-Earth asteroids and southern comets from New Zealand. Single $1.20 'Alan Gilmore and Pamela Kilmartin' gummed stamp.Īctive comet and nova-hunters, Alan Gilmore and Pamela Kilmartin discovered 41 minor planets. ![]() Mt Tinsley in Fiordland was named in her honour. Her 114 published papers are regularly cited today, showing her ongoing contribution to understanding the Universe. Pioneer astrophysicist Beatrice Hill Tinsley was a world-leader in modern cosmology. Single $1.20 'Beatrice Hill Tinsley' gummed stamp. Product Listing for New Zealand Space Pioneers Image Find out more about their discoveries with this limited edition. New Zealand's position a few hours west of these places enables them to follow up discoveries made just hours earlier. Based at the University of Canterbury's Mt John Observatory, they concentrate on following up discoveries made by NASA-funded NEO search programmes run on big telescopes in Arizona and Hawai'i. Kiwi astronomers Alan Gilmore and Pamela Kilmartin are active comet and nova hunters. This pack includes a first day cover, a 3D lenticular miniature sheet and a setenant strip of five stamps. Learn more about New Zealand’s contribution to the space sciences with commentary from Museums Wellington Senior Science Communicator Haritina Mogoșanu. The Solar System, a comet, nebula and the galaxy with exoplanets, and New Zealand's history-making Electron rocket by Rocket Lab form the background to the stamp sheet. The four stamps feature spacecraft Voyager 1, which reached interstellar space the Space Shuttle, America’s reusable spacecraft which launched many satellites including the Space Station the first Moon walk on 20 July 1969 and the lightweight craft Apollo Lunar Module, used to transport astronauts to the Moon’s surface. This mesmerising 3D lenticular miniature sheet is a celebration of the world’s achievements in space exploration. The first day cover for this issue displays all five stamps over an imaginarily-illustrated background, with New Zealand visible on Earth. ![]() It’s no wonder that New Zealanders are some of the bright stars who have made major contributions to the world’s knowledge about space and space sciences. In fact, more stars and galaxies are accessible to the naked eye from this side of the world than anywhere in the Northern Hemisphere. Immersed in an amazing night sky, from New Zealand we can see at a glance the three brightest stars. They have been topped off with a sprinkling of crushed meteorite and together form a rocket ship shape in a se-tenant strip. These fun stamps celebrate six of New Zealand's astronomers, cosmologists, discoverers and rocket scientists.
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