Tag: Australia
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UN Committee to Probe Satellite Constellation Threat to Astronomy, Overcoming Past Setback
The United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) has greenlit a pioneering move to scrutinize the looming risks that satellite constellations pose to astronomy, a year subsequent to a thwarted similar endeavor. Marking a pivotal stride in diplomatic avenues concerning celestial research, COPUOS, in a recent session of its scientific and…
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Gilmour Space Technologies Secures $55 Million for Rocket Development and Orbital Launches
Australian startup Gilmour Space Technologies has secured $55 million Australian dollars ($36 million) in a Series D funding round, as announced on February 19. This investment is intended to support the company’s efforts in manufacturing, testing, and launching rockets and satellites from the Bowen Orbital Spaceport in North Queensland. Gilmour Space, founded in 2012, is…
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Varda looks to Australia after delays in obtaining US reentry approval
Varda Space Industries says it has reached an agreement with a private range operator in Australia for spacecraft landings as early as next year after the US government declined to grant approval for the reentry of Varda’s first experimental mission carrying pharmaceuticals manufactured in orbit. After years of applications, reviews, and discussion, the Federal Aviation…
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Testbed for NASA moon mission rides to orbit with six other satellites
Rocket Lab’s Electron launcher lifts off from New Zealand at 6:30 p.m. EDT (2230 GMT) Monday, or 11:30 a.m. local time Tuesday at the launch site. Credit: Rocket Lab Rocket Lab launched seven satellites Monday from New Zealand on a rideshare mission serving the U.S. and Australian militaries and space services startups. A spacecraft developed…
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Live coverage: Rocket Lab launches small satellites from New Zealand
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 on Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand carrying six small satellites for customers in Australia and the United States, along with a test platform for a NASA small satellite mission to the moon launching later this year. Text updates…
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Scientists thrilled with asteroid treasure returned by Japanese spacecraft
Japanese scientists found black material from asteroid Ryugu inside one of the Hayabusa 2 mission’s collection chambers (color corrected by Spaceflight Now). Credit: JAXA Japanese space agency officials said Tuesday they found a “large number” of pitch black rock and dust particles after opening a capsule returned to Earth earlier this month by the Hayabusa…
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Japanese asteroid sampling mission on course for return to Earth
Artist’s concept of the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft releasing its sample return capsule. Credit: JAXA/Akihiro Ikeshita Six years after departing Earth, Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft released a spinning capsule Saturday containing pristine asteroid material for a scorching re-entry and landing in the remote Australian outback, where teams are standing by to retrieve the specimens for analysis.…
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JAXA’s Hayabusa2 asteroid sample return capsule lands in Australia
Hayabusa2’s sample return capsule has landed in Woomera, Australia, today, 5 December — or 6 December local time at Woomera. The exact landing location is now being determined, but a tweet from the mission’s official account says an estimated location of landing has been identified and teams are en route to recover it. The craft…
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Japanese capsule carrying asteroid rocks lands in Australia after six-year mission
Artist’s concept of the Hayabusa spacecraft releasing it sample return capsule. Credit: JAXA An armored re-entry capsule carrying pristine specimens from an asteroid streaked into Earth’s atmosphere and parachuted to a landing in the Australian outback Saturday, bringing home extraterrestrial rocks that could hold clues to the origin of life on Earth. The Hayabusa 2…
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Live coverage: Hayabusa 2 asteroid sample return capsule lands in Australia
Live coverage of the return of Japan’s Hayabusa 2 mission to Earth carrying samples collected from asteroid Ryugu. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”Video of sample capsule landing”] [tabby title=”Video of sample capsule separation”] [tabbyending]