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2023 ANU InSpace Media Wrap Up
Itβs 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.
Three of our flagship missions took off: the Quantum Optical Ground Station opened to great fanfare in December, our Associate Director Dr. Cassandra Steer and her team launched the Australian Centre for Space Governance as its own entity, and the National Space Qualification Network (NSQN) cemented its position as a leading space testing organisation with a thriving community and celebrated the opening of the new space irradiation beamline at the Heavy Ion Accelerators Facility.
But this is just the beginning. Thereβs so much on the horizon for ANU InSpace and for the space industry. Hereβs to everything 2023 brought us and to everything yet to come.
Fast Ride on a Space Machine by Kim Cunio
In November 2022, ANU InSpace hosted a showcase of our projects. To demonstrate just how broad-reaching our multidisciplinary approach is, we asked Kim Cunio, Professor of Music at the ANU School of Music, to compose a theme tune just for us.
This is "Fast Ride on a Space Machine" by Kim Cunio.
Interview with Kim Cunio, Composer of the ANU InSpace Theme Tune
In November 2022, ANU InSpace hosted a showcase of our projects. To demonstrate just how broad-reaching our multidisciplinary approach is, we asked Kim Cunio, Professor of Music at the ANU School of Music, to compose a theme tune just for us.
Kim takes a special interest in space and in sharing the overlap of space research across many fields. Listen to our interview with Kim to learn how he uses space as inspiration for his music, and to get a sneak preview of his incredible InSpace theme tune!
InSpace's Dr Kate Ferguson talks at ADSTAR Summit 2024
What role do space technologies play in supporting and enabling future critical capabilities, as identified in the 2024 National Defence Strategy?
Who Owns the Moon?
ANU InSpace Director, Professor Anna Moore, and ANU InSpace Mission Specialist and Moral Philosopher, Dr. Ben Bramble, will join Philosopher A.C. Grayling in conversation about his new book, Who Owns The Moon?
NASA SCaN visits InSpace and ANU
Kevin Coggins NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) program, along with colleagues Philip Baldwin and Marcus Watkins, around Mt Stromlo last week.
Centre for Appropriate Technology Satellite Enterprises visits ANU InSpace
VisitsThis week we hosted the CfAT Satellite Enterprises Pty Ltd (CfATSE) at the ANU Quantum Optical Ground Station. This was a great opportunity to meet the team from CfATSE, to hear about their ground station site in Alice Springs, and to talk about the potential for working together in the future.
Space Command AU visits ANU InSpace
VisitsANU Institute for Space was delighted to host Space Command AU last week (Defence Space Commander Major General Greg Novak, Major Hannah Banks and Lieutenant Chris Maclean) and to show them ANU space capability sites including Heavy Ion Accelerators, National Space Test Facility (NSTF) and the Quantum Optical Ground Station.
Theory to Practice Workshop held in collaboration with ANU CECC and DSTG
EventsYesterday we held the first ππ‘ππ¨π«π² ππ¨ ππ«ππππ’ππ ππ¨π«π€π¬π‘π¨π©, focussing on trustworthy autonomy and AI. This was the first workshop in a series of workshops co-developed by ANU College of Engineering, Computing & Cybernetics School of Engineering, ANU Institute for Space, and Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG).