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Reach for the stars: Australia rocketing forward in the space race

Reach for the stars: Australia rocketing forward in the space race

Australia's first professional astronaut Andy Thomas says the fledgling Australian space industry has the potential to inspire the next generation.

  • by Stuart Layt

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First ever all-female spacewalk scheduled for this month
International Women's Day

First ever all-female spacewalk scheduled for this month

Astronauts Christina Koch and Ann McClain will walk outside the International Space Station on a mission to replace batteries installed last summer.

  • by Kate Ryan
Israeli spacecraft snaps ultimate selfie on way to the moon
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Israeli spacecraft snaps ultimate selfie on way to the moon

Australia easily stands out in the photo released a week and a half after the spacecraft's launch.

  • by Marcia Dunn
SpaceX capsule to dock with international space station
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SpaceX capsule to dock with international space station

If successful Elon Musk's SpaceX will be one step closer to achieving his decades-long mission of ferrying astronauts into space.

Meet the women leading Australia's charge in science and space
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Meet the women leading Australia's charge in science and space

Forget stereotypes. In space technology, it's women leading the field.

  • by Kimberley Le Lievre
Queensland space industry could generate billions: report
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Queensland space industry could generate billions: report

Queensland's space industry could generate billions of dollars in the next two decades, but it needs to fire the boosters to catch up to the rest of the world.

  • by Stuart Layt
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Queensland's space industry could generate more than $1 billion: Deloitte
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Queensland's space industry could generate more than $1 billion: Deloitte

Queensland defence industries need a "critical mass" for a space industry that could provide more than 4000 jobs over the next 20 years.

  • by Tony Moore
Spectacular backdrop for take off
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Spectacular backdrop for take off

A passenger jet is silhouetted against the rising full moon as it takes off from Sky Harbor airport in Phoenix.

Israel's first moon mission lifts off from Cape Canaveral
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Israel's first moon mission lifts off from Cape Canaveral

The unmanned robotic explorer named Beresheet - Hebrew for "genesis" - lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket launched by Elon Musk's SpaceX company.

Queensland Museum finds the space to celebrate space exploration
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Queensland Museum finds the space to celebrate space exploration

A new Queensland Museum exhibition celebrating manned space exploration was so big they had to taken a wall out to get the biggest items in.

  • by Stuart Layt
Israel's first moon mission set to lift off from Florida
Israel

Israel's first moon mission set to lift off from Florida

The unmanned robotic explorer named Beresheet - Hebrew for "genesis" - is due to lift off from Cape Canaveral atop a Falcon 9 rocket launched by Elon Musk's SpaceX company.