Nasa says missions will investigate heliophysics, astrophysics and planetary science phenomena only observable from southern hemisphere
About 75 Nasa personnel will be in Australia for the launches. The two governments say the missions will investigate heliophysics, astrophysics and planetary science phenomena only observable from the southern hemisphere.
Anthony Albanese arrived in Darwin after a two-day visit to Indonesia on Wednesday night and will make the space announcement with the NT chief minister, Natasha Fyles, on Thursday before returning to Sydney.“We have backed this project from inception, which I have seen first-hand, and now we’re less than a month away from seeing the launch of Nasa’s first sounding rocket from the Arnhem Space Centre,” she said.
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