Space oddity:The retro slippery dip making a comeback

Space oddity:The retro slippery dip making a comeback

The retro playground equipment,first inspired by the 1960s Cold War space race,is returning to provide fun for a new generation.

  • byTim Barlass

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Plan for Australian spaceports axed as federal budget cuts run deep

Plan for Australian spaceports axed as federal budget cuts run deep

Funding cuts worth $77 million to Australia’s space sector has the industry worried it’s falling behind in the space race.

  • byAngus Dalton
‘Space is hard’:Why Japan had to blow up its $2.2b rocket
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‘Space is hard’:Why Japan had to blow up its $2.2b rocket

The president of Japan’s space agency has also explained why he plans to crash-land Martian moon samples in the outback.

  • byAngus Dalton
Elon Musk describes failed Starship flight as ‘roughly what I expected’

Elon Musk describes failed Starship flight as ‘roughly what I expected’

The SpaceX chief executive said the damage was “actually quite small,” in his first extensive comments on the test flight.

  • byChristian Davenport
The International Space Station was a model for peace. But Russia wants to leave. What’s going on off Earth?
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The International Space Station was a model for peace. But Russia wants to leave. What’s going on off Earth?

Astronauts and cosmonauts work together on the ISS. But things have changed. Meanwhile,China has its own station. India wants one too. What are nations (and private operators) up to in space?

  • bySherryn Groch
Moonshot:European spacecraft begins eight-year journey to Jupiter

Moonshot:European spacecraft begins eight-year journey to Jupiter

A European spacecraft has taken off on a decade-long quest to explore Jupiter and three of its icy moons.

  • byMarcia Dunn
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‘We’re the connection’:Australia’s vital role in historic lunar mission

‘We’re the connection’:Australia’s vital role in historic lunar mission

A NASA facility in Canberra will serve as a critical lightning rod for communication and data in this century’s most significant space trip.

  • byAngus Dalton
First NASA moon team in 50 years includes woman,African American

First NASA moon team in 50 years includes woman,African American

The four astronauts will be the first to fly NASA’s Orion capsule,launching atop a Space Launch System rocket from Kennedy Space Centre no earlier than late 2024.

  • byMarcia Dunn
Indigenous students to reach for the stars with NASA

Indigenous students to reach for the stars with NASA

The United States and Australian space agencies will give five Indigenous Australian university students the opportunity to complete an internship at NASA.

  • byTim Dornin
New analysis reveals volcanic Venus is a dynamic world of lava flows

New analysis reveals volcanic Venus is a dynamic world of lava flows

The new findings suggest there are eruptions on Venus about every few months,similar to some Earth volcanoes in places like Hawaii and Iceland.

  • byWill Dunham
Flexible,cool:NASA’s moonwalkers to get sleeker spacesuits

Flexible,cool:NASA’s moonwalkers to get sleeker spacesuits

NASA awarded the $346 million contract to provide the outfits for the first moon landing in more than 50 years.

  • byMarcia Dunn