)
NASA deal is beacon of hope for SA space industry
A deal announced today between NASA and the Adelaide-based SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre could lead to emergency beacon technology developed in South Australia for the next moon missions.
A deal announced today between NASA and the Adelaide-based SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre could lead to emergency beacon technology developed in South Australia for the next moon missions.
Welcome to your serving of the day’s breaking news from South Australia, the nation and abroad. Follow this post for live updates through the day.
Get InDaily in your inbox. Daily. The best local news sent straight to your inbox every workday at lunchtime.
Thanks for signing up to the InDaily newsletter.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has simulated a dramatic emergency landing to test a key abort system on an unmanned astronaut capsule, the company’s final milestone test before flying NASA astronauts.
Australia’s fledgling space agency needs far more resources to grow and thrive, according to a top NASA official.
A NASA spacecraft designed to burrow beneath the surface of Mars has landed on the red planet after a six-month, 480-million-kilometre journey and a perilous, six-minute descent through the rose-hued atmosphere.
NASA’s first robotic lander designed to study the deep interior of a distant world is hurtling closer to a touchdown on Mars after a six-month voyage through space.