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Happy 60th Anniversary to the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex!

20 Mar 2025

Happy 60th Anniversary to the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex!

Happy 60th Anniversary to the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex!

The iLAuNCH Trailblazer is set to revolutionise satellite communications in its newest project

18 Mar 2025

The iLAuNCH Trailblazer is set to revolutionise satellite communications in its newest project

The iLAuNCH Trailblazer is set to revolutionise satellite communications in its newest project that will develop technologies to give Australians faster and more affordable access to data.

The iLAuNCH Trailblazer is collaborating with HEO, ANT61 and ANU

07 Mar 2025

The iLAuNCH Trailblazer is collaborating with HEO, ANT61 and The Australian National University on a groundbreaking project to improve satellite tracking!

The iLAuNCH Trailblazer is collaborating with HEO, ANT61 and The Australian National University on a groundbreaking project to improve satellite tracking!

The Australian National University ANU Institute for Space | InSpace is working with Deloitte to explore new frontiers

02 Mar 2025

The Australian National University ANU Institute for Space | InSpace is working with Deloitte to explore new frontiers

The Australian National University ANU Institute for Space | InSpace is working with Deloitte to explore new frontiers.

Congratulations to iLAuNCH partner, New Frontier Technologies, on winning the prestigious JEC 2025 Innovation Award

22 Jan 2025

Congratulations to iLAuNCH partner, New Frontier Technologies, on winning the prestigious JEC 2025 Innovation Award

Congratulations to iLAuNCH partner, New Frontier Technologies, on winning the prestigious JEC 2025 Innovation Award in the Digital, AI & Data category!

ANU InSpace Team at AmCham Awards Gala 2023

20 Jan 2025

Congratulations to Ute Roessner, new CEO at the ARC

Here at ANU Institute for Space | InSpace, we wish all the best to Ute Roessner AM FAA on her new position as CEO at the Australian Research Council. ANU InSpace has been honoured to have Ute serve as Board Member, and she has been a supporter and enthusiast of all our endeavours. Thank you for everything, Ute, and here's to continued collaborations between ARC and ANU InSpace.

Alan Chan AROSE participant

15 Jan 2025

ANU researcher Alan Chan participates with AROSE space workforce training

We want to highlight the wonderful experiences of The Australian National University's researcher Alan Chan who is embracing the opportunities he had to participate with AROSE in internationally recognised space workforce training. Please read about his time at the Australian Milo Mission Academy for Lunar Exploration and get inspired!

Jackson-Gwilt Medal awarded to Anna Moore

13 Jan 2025

Prestigious Jackson-Gwilt Medal awarded to ANU InSpace Director Professor Anna Moore

We are so proud of our Director Anna Moore FTSE who has been awarded the Royal Astronomical Society's Jackson-Gwilt Medal, recognising outstanding invention, improvement, or development of astronomical or geophysical instrumentation or techniques.

2025 InSpace

07 Jan 2025

Happy New Year 2025 from the ANU InSpace Team

2025 is here and ANU Institute for Space | InSpace is ready to hit the ground running. 2024 was an inspiring year for InSpace with conferences, events, VIP meet and greets, launches and talks, iLAuNCH Trailblazer projects commencing, the Australian Centre for Space Governance prospering, OZFuel development gaining momentum and support, National Space Qualification Network (NSQN) building on its success and Moon to Mars initiatives going into hyperdrive. We also continued our commitment to driving the positive narrative about the endless and wonderful possibilities that space research can provide Australia and the world and how we at ANU are involved with building the sustainable developments, collaborations and innovation to not only boost the space sector but also solve society’s biggest problems.

ELO2 team with lunar rover

17 Dec 2024

ANU InSpace partners with ELO2 on Australia's first lunar rover

We're over the moon to be part of the ELO2 consortium that has been selected by the Australian Space Agency to build Australia's first lunar rover, "Roo-ver"! This landmark program will make history for the Australian space sector, driving innovation and growing the industry. Associate Director, Strategic Projects Kate Ferguson said "We're delighted to be part of this once-in-a-lifetime mission and proud to collaborate with the whole ELO2 consortium as we work towards this historic mission."

ANU SMP and CASA course

13 Dec 2024

First co-badged and designed course at ANU SMP along with CASA was a success!

Congratulations to our Mission Specialist Professor Tracy Smart AO and Prof. Gordon Cable AM and Kate Manderson and their team for successfully running the first co-badged and designed course, "Principles of Aeromedical Certification for Medical Specialists" at The Australian National University's School of Medicine and Psychology along with the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). Here's to many more courses next year.

Chancellor and Vice Chancellor Awards

11 Dec 2024

ANU InSpace and Director Professor Anna Moore receive prestigious Chancellor and Vice Chancellor Awards

ANU Institute for Space | InSpace was presented with the Clare Burton Award for Excellence in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion last week and our Director Anna Moore FTSE collected the Chancellor's Award for Distinguished Contribution to the The Australian National University.

ANU Research Fest

05 Dec 2024

InSpace represents at the ANU Research Fest

Thanks to Simon Clews and his team running the The Australian National University RessearchFest, part conference, part development opportunity, showing ANU HDR candidates how diverse our cohort are and getting them to think about the world in different ways.

AmCham Awards Gala

15 Nov 2024

ANU InSpace named overall winner in space category at AmCham Australia Awards Gala

InSpace is thrilled to share the excellent news that our Director Anna Moore FTSE and ANU InSpace were awarded overall winner of the space category at last night's AmCham Australia Awards Gala, hosted by its patron, Ambassador Kennedy. The AmCham Alliance Awards recognise and celebrate emerging and exceptional leaders in the first two-thirds of their careers – the next generation of Australian and American pioneers on the technological frontiers, creating economic prosperity and building people-to-people engagement in the Alliance.

Cassandra Steer headshot

06 Nov 2024

Dr Cassandra Steer shares her thoughts in a recent essay for the National Bureau of Asian Research on Asia's Space Ambition

We are delighted to share with you a recent essay for the National Bureau of Asian Research that our Associate Director of Mission Specialists Dr. Cassandra Steer contributed to entitled, "Asia’s Space Ambitions: Driving the Next Chapter in Global Space Competition."

AmCham Alliance Awards Finalists at U.S. Embassy in Canberra

31 Oct 2024

AmCham Alliance Awards Finalists come together at the U.S. Embassy in Canberra

This wasn’t Professor Anna Moore FTSE's first trip to the spectacular U.S. Embassy in Australia in Canberra, but it was a very memorable one. On Tuesday night, Anna and her fellow finalists for this year's AmCham Alliance Awards came together for an evening to recognise and thank the AmCham Australia organisation and judging committee, who do so much work to leverage and grow the $2 trillion economic relationship between our two countries.

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30 Oct 2024

Listen to the latest podcast series from AGCS's Space Matters: The Space Governance Podcast

What are the hidden human impacts of space activities, and why should we care? In the latest bonus episode of "Space Security is Here and Now" Dr. Cassandra Steer interviews Jessica West, senior researcher at Project Ploughshares, about her expertise on space security and the lesser discussed human dimensions of space systems.

media asset featuring Kate at Global MilSatCom

25 Oct 2024

ANU InSpace Associate Director, Strategic Projects, Dr Kate Ferguson, speaks at Global MilSatCom

Global MilSatCom is coming up from 4-7 November in London. ANU InSpace Associate Director, Strategic Projects, Dr. Kate Ferguson, will be a session speaker as well as a panel moderator.