... defence strategy. We remained largely ignorant of such cosmic dangers until the Space Age began in the 1950s. For the first time we were able to design space probes with sensors that allowed us to look at the characteristics of the geomagnetosphere...
...did to great effect: ‘ferry rockets’, forerunners of the Space Shuttle, a space station powered by solar energy, Moon bases and much more... around 1950. A few years later saw the dawn of the Space Age, with the launch of Sputnik 1, and we began to see ...
...OST is an incredibly forward-thinking document that has kept space a useful and peaceful environment since the beginning of the Space Age, and fostered a variety of space activities ranging from military to science to commercial operations. It is not...
... satellites. Let’s look in more detail at two of these points - space debris and the potential danger from asteroids and comets. Space debris The first decades of the Space Age brought not only new and unprecedented opportunities and...
...While Australia is not considered a significant spacefaring nation, it has a long history of space activities stretching back to the beginnings of the Space Age Space-related highlights include Black Arrow and Black Knight rockets, a Skylark sounding...
... in 1967. These three new research CubeSats demonstrate that in the new ‘space age’ Australia can conduct science studies using disruptive low-cost access to space. Moreover, the Australian Government has announced a AUD$500 million investment...