The early morning launch countdown was halted with just one-minute, 55 seconds remaining.
The $1.5 billion mission will shed light on our sun, and billions of other yellow dwarf stars in the Milky Way and beyond.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida today.
Rocket Lab had to call off planned launches earlier in the year due to technical issues.
Sir Patrick, 78, was renowned for his role the Star Trek: The Next Generation, and has not played a part in a Star Trek production since 2002's 'Star Trek: Nemesis'.
The crews will travel to the International Space Station aboard two commercial spacecraft that Boeing and SpaceX plan to send into the stratosphere sometime during the coming year.
Chris Porteners sent the beautiful images to 1 NEWS, saying they were taken this morning from Nelson's Boulder Bank.
Skywatchers around the world have been treated to the longest lunar eclipse this century.
The moon will appear red in the morning sky in the rare celestial event called selenelion.
The celestial event occurs when the moon is in Earth's shadow but can still be seen.
A lake of salty water appears to be buried deep in the red planet.
Both the sun and moon will be visible at the same time several minutes after 8am on Saturday.
Sian Cleaver was spreading the word at the NZ Science Festival in Dunedin.
Mars, Saturn, Jupiter and Venus will all be clearly visible from Earth.
The SOFIA telescope is part of an effort to better understand the depths of our universe.
The reappearance of Matariki signals the beginning of the Maori new year.
A new target time for the next launch attempt will be announced shortly, Rocket Lab says.
The meteorite was seen widely across Europe, including Belgium and Germany.
A night-time CCTV camera set up on a farm caught the flaming object crashing to the ground.
Q+A's Corin Dann spoke to Rocket Lab founder and CEO Peter Beck about the company's latest venture.
The rocket is expected to complete trips within the next decade.
The satellite will scan most of the sky for two years, and rode to orbit on a SpaceX Falcon.
The event only occurs when the core of the star grabs the crust and causes the rotation to speed up.
The upper North Island is in the path of the station's orbit, with it expected to make re-entry this weekend.
In what looks to be a protest against the social media mega-site, Musk nonchalently axed the verified pages of his two biggest companies - each with 2.6 million likes on the clock.
University of Canterbury Professor David Wiltshire has paid tribute to the renowned physicist who died yesterday.
The hazardous debris which could hit New Zealand now have a "highly likely" impact zone.
As more private operations take off, representatives from Europe are exploring a Kiwi-German partnership.
Experts say the Tiangong-1 is set to re-enter Earth's atmosphere between March 29 and April 9.
The best viewing conditions of the week will be tonight according to the space company.
