Dr Cassandra Steer shares her thoughts in a recent essay for the National Bureau of Asian Research on Asia's Space Ambition
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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 come together at the U.S. Embassy in Canberra
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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.
Listen to the latest podcast series from AGCS's Space Matters: The Space Governance Podcast
Australian Centre for Space Governance (ACSG)
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.
ANU InSpace Associate Director, Strategic Projects, Dr Kate Ferguson, speaks at Global MilSatCom
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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.
Latest iLAuNCH Trailblazer project is cleared for launch
iLAuNCH
The latest iLAuNCH Trailblazer project with ANU and New Frontier Technologies will apply the design flexibility and speed of additive manufacturing technology to develop large-scale carbon composite structures for rockets.
InSpace attends School of Space Qualification 2024
National Space Qualification Network (NSQN)
InSpace Director Professor Anna Moore and Business Development Manager Anupam Kumar Pilli were excited to be a part of the School of Space Qualification 2024, representing The Australian National University and the National Space Qualification Network (#NSQN), in Mooloolaba, QLD this week.
ANU InSpace 2023 - Our year in pictures
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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.
ACSG releases report on Australian attitudes to national space activities
Australian Centre for Space Governance (ACSG)
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.
ANU Quantum Optical Ground Station launches
Australasian Optical Ground Station Network (AOGSN)
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.
ANU attends WildFireSat Stakeholders Meeting at Canadian Space Agency
Resilience Mission
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.
ANU InSpace attends AmCham Australia Alliance Awards Gala
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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.
iLAuNCH Trailblazer: First Australian National University project goes live!
iLAuNCH
Announcing the next iLAuNCH Trailblazer project: Carbon composite technology to reduce satellite mass.
ACT Government launches ACT Space Update 2023 + SmartSat CRC funding
Mission control, Resilience Mission
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.
Space Medicine for Earthlings Sundowner Event
Education, Mission control
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.
ANU student's experiment to be tested by ISS astronauts
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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.
Heavy Ion Accelerators celebrates their 50th anniversary
National Space Qualification Network (NSQN)
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.
ANU projects awarded Australian Space Agency’s Moon to Mars Initiative grant funding
Australasian Optical Ground Station Network (AOGSN), Space Gravity
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.
iLAuNCH to blaze a trail in space research
iLAuNCH
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.
ANU InSpace named Academic Institute of the Year at 2023 Australian Space Awards
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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.