Australia might see its first orbital launch in 50 years happen THIS week. Gilmour Space plan to test their Australian designed and manufactured Eris rocket no earlier than May 15th. This has been years in the making and is a huge milestone for sovereign space capability.

We have liftoff! Way to go #nasa. I'll be switching between the #F1 in Melbourne and #ISS docking tomorrow. Excited for #crew10 arrival and Suni and Butchs return!
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The #nasa #crew10 launch was scrubbed today due to issues on ground. There is another window tomorrow. Hopefully the issue is addressed swiftly so a new crew can join the ISS and Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore can finally return planet-side.

Tomorrow starting at 9:30am Melbourne time, Lunar Outpost will begin streaming the exciting launch of #lunarvoyageone that will carry their MAPP rover set to break more lunar records.

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The planets are out to kick off 2025! This month take in six planets at the same time including Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Venus (you'll need a good telescope to spot Neptune and Uranus). The Moon will join the party, then step aside as it fades from full illumination over the rest of the month.

Hold on 2024, #NASA is not done yet! The Parker Solar Probe just broke the record for its closest approach to our star travelling at a blazing 690,000 kph! This amazing feat will provide invaluable information about the Sun's atmosphere.
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Not much luck with the #Geminids so far... here's #nasa #perseverancerover's latest panorama of #jezerocrater on #Mars instead.
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This weekend, stay up, get up, and look up for the Geminid meteor shower. A full Moon means best viewing is between 3-4am!

Great talk today by Prof Michele Dougherty, PI for the magnetometer instrument on #cassini mission to #Saturn, and now #juice mission to #Jupiter's moons. Measuring magnetic fields around the gas giant moons revealed oceans beneath their surfaces, time to find out more!

#APRSAF30 was full of important insights, great conversations, and new ways to elevate space activities. Honored to be a co-chair for the space education 4 all working group. #JAXA #Australianspaceagency