NASA is sending astronauts back around the Moon. And Australia will play a critical role in helping them get there.

Australian science policy is in a confused place. The government is negotiating with the European Union to join the Horizon Europe program for funding and collaboration. Australian facilities are crucial to NASA’s Artemis II mission around the Moon.

Last year, over 550 astronomers in Australia completed a two-year process to plan for the next decade. Kilborn said they found around one-third or more of astronomers in Australia relied on optical facilities to do their work and the group advised the government to maintain its membership with ESO.

Almost 60 years after playing a key role in the first moon landing, Australia has again reached for the stars as NASA launched its latest lunar mission. A South Australian dish has been tasked with assisting the Artemis II mission in a sequel to the nation ...

Beijing, which has poured huge resources into its space programme to catch up with the United States and Russia, is aiming to put humans on the Moon by 2030 ...

A space dish in Australia is tracking NASA's new moon mission in a sequel to the nation's key role in televising one of humanity's biggest achievements.

Dr Cassandra Steer is an internationally recognised expert in space law and the chair and founder of the Australasian Centre for Space Governance. She is now director of policy research with Space Strategies Consulting Ltd. She spoke to me from her Montreal home on Thursday.

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NASA has released several images of the Artemis II mission from space including their historic trip around the far side of the moon and an eclipse by the moon of the sun. The lunar surface fills the

As humanity returns to the moon, Australia’s ability to contribute to the new space race has been dealt a hammer blow after the government cut astronomers’ access to the world’s most powerful telescopes.