21 Dec 2023
ANU InSpace 2023 - Our year in pictures
It’s been a big year for ANU InSpace! We hosted and attended over two dozen meetings, events, and conferences. We networked with hundreds of people involved in the space sector from academia, industry, government, and the community. We welcomed three new Business Development Managers onto our team. We won awards and honours and continued our commitment to be leading advocates for space research.
19 Dec 2023
ACSG releases report on Australian attitudes to national space activities
Curious what the Australian public thinks about space? The Australian Centre for Space Governance (ACGS) answers this question in their first-of-its-kind report documenting Australian public attitudes towards space activities.
06 Dec 2023
ANU Quantum Optical Ground Station launches
Congratulations to the ANU Optical Communications Team, led by Associate Professor Francis Bennet, on the launch of the ANU Quantum Optical Ground Station on 6 December. The ANU Quantum Optical Ground Station was opened by The Australian National University Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Brian Schmidt AC, and the ACT Chief Minister, Andrew Barr.
23 Nov 2023
InSpace hosts ANU R&I Communicators Network for festive celebration
We kicked off the holiday season this morning with a gathering with our network of ANU R&I Communicators.
21 Nov 2023
ANU attends WildFireSat Stakeholders Meeting at Canadian Space Agency
ANU InSpace Mission Specialist and Bushfire Research Centre of Excellence Director, Professor Marta Yebra, and ANU InSpace iLAuNCH Trailblazer Project Director, Amit Parashar, headed to Canada last week for the WildFireSat Stakeholders Meeting at the Canadian Space Agency.
23 Oct 2023
ANU InSpace attends AmCham Australia Alliance Awards Gala
Congratulations to Anna Moore for being named Highly Commended in the category of Leaders in the Space Industry. It was an honour to see Anna recognised among industry leaders in this inspiring community that drives positive change and growth.
03 Oct 2023
iLAuNCH Trailblazer: First Australian National University project goes live!
Announcing the next iLAuNCH Trailblazer project: Carbon composite technology to reduce satellite mass.
22 Sep 2023
ACT Government launches ACT Space Update 2023 + SmartSat CRC funding
The ACT Government launched their ACT Space Update 2023, which acknowledges Canberra's long history of space mission success and focuses on establishing Canberra as Australia’s gateway to space. $1.3 million win for OzFuel - one of the two new research projects to be co-funded by SmartSat CRC and the ACT Government.
23 Aug 2023
Space Medicine for Earthlings Sundowner Event
Space Medicine for Earthlings a Space Industry Networking Event, held in Canberra, at The Shine Dome. This event was held with Australia in Space and ANU Institute for Space - InSpace.
22 Aug 2023
ANU student's experiment to be tested by ISS astronauts
Congratulations to The Australian National University PhD student Shingo Nishimoto for winning the Asian Try Zero-G competition. His experiment will investigate angular momentum perturbations and change of chopsticks in microgravity.
15 Aug 2023
Heavy Ion Accelerators celebrates their 50th anniversary
Happy birthday to the 14UD particle accelerator! On the 15th of August, 1973, the first beam tests of the 14UD Tandem Accelerator were conducted. An analysed beam of protons was successfully obtained, marking the beginning of half a century of world-leading scientific investigation.
07 Jul 2023
ANU projects awarded Australian Space Agency’s Moon to Mars Initiative grant funding
We are over the moon to announce that two of our ANU InSpace Flagship Missions have received grant funding from the Australian Space Agency’s Moon to Mars Initiative.
06 Jul 2023
iLAuNCH to blaze a trail in space research
On 6 July, the Assistant Education Minister officially launched iLAuNCH, a trailblazer collaboration in space research which will boost Australia’s position in the global space economy, drive innovation and develop a new generation of space leaders.
30 May 2023
ANU InSpace named Academic Institute of the Year at 2023 Australian Space Awards
On 17 May 2023, the ANU InSpace team traveled to Sydney to attend the Australian Space Summit and Space Awards, hosted by Space Connect, at the International Convention Centre in scenic Darling Harbour. We were honoured to be named Academic Institute of the Year, along with other awards for our team members.
08 May 2023
JAXA visits ANU InSpace
Dr Masaki Fujimoto, Deputy Director of ISAS (Institute of Space and Astronautical Science) from JAXA: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, along with his colleague Ms Sakiko Kamesaki, visited ANU InSpace on 8 May 2023.
17 Mar 2023
We have liftoff! NSQN officially launched
After a successful two-day Industry Workshop at ANU, the National Space Qualification Network is officially launched.
06 Mar 2023
Avalon 2023
ANU InSpace spent the week at AVALON 2023 - Australian International Airshow Aerospace and Defence Exposition.