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25.01.2022 More and more countries are creating their own version of space force, so what laws govern military activities in space? Mission Specialist Dr Cassandra Steer from ANU College of Law asks Duncan Blake, former space lawyer and Wing Commander with the Royal Australian Air Force, in episode 5 of the Space Law Podcast https://bit.ly/39IGjb3

25.01.2022 A 'space media company' is launching the first reality show in space. It's a new kind of space race? https://futurism.com//reality-tv-show-send-contestant-inte

25.01.2022 The excitement of space travel and exploration is fantastic, but the reality is that humans were built for Earth. Dr Caitlin Byrt researcher and InSpace Mission Specialist with The Australian National University Research School of Biology is organising a free online workshop to advance technology using aquaporins in space and on Earth. She tells us how aquaporins may help humans thrive in #space. https://www.linkedin.com//urn:li:activity:6709623991721582

24.01.2022 A big step toward space access! Australia's first commercial, space-capable rocket blasted off over the weekend on South Australia's far-west coast. Congrats Southern Launch! https://ab.co/3iOvfv3

23.01.2022 Women are being recognised as space experts more than ever before, but we need the next generation to see women leaders in the space industry as both normal and common. A new book, Commercial and Military Uses of Outer Space is written by top experts across a range of disciplines, from around the world. Every author and editor is an expert in their respective fields who just happen to be women-making it a world first in space literature. Mission Specialist, @CassandraSteer of@anucollegeoflaw is just one of the authors. Celebrate #womensdayagain and check it out! https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789811589232

22.01.2022 Only 17% of Australia's STEM-qualified workforce are women. Join four amazing female space industry leaders, Michelle Gilmour of Gilmour Space Technologies, Prof Anna Moore of The Australian National University, Flavia Tata Nardini of Fleet Space Technologies, Aude Vignelles of Australian Space Agency and moderator, award-winning ABC Science journalist, Natasha Mitchell as they discuss diversity in the space industry. What a lineup! Wednesday night at 6. Register now https://bit.ly/2GtMa7Q]%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D

22.01.2022 World Space Week is almost here at The Australian National University! Find out why space should matter to you, learn about fighting bushfires from space, renewable rocket fuel and how to fight deadly space debris. And if you love space-make it a career! Join the discussion with 5 free, virtual events: https://bit.ly/36kv33p

22.01.2022 Three astronauts from NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration and one from JAXA(), are inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, ready to start their journey to the International Space Station on a Falcon 9 rocket. They'll stay there for 6 months. Watch the launch here in an hour and a half! https://www.nasa.gov/content/nasas-spacex-crew-1-mission

22.01.2022 Has the International Day of Women and Girls in Science got you thinking about how we can bring more diverse viewpoints into the sciences? We are passionate about helping to create a diverse space workforce. Check out our panel of women in Australia's space industry: https://www.youtube.com/watch

21.01.2022 Mission Specialist Dr Cassandra Steer from the ANU College of Law explains our new space era, mining the moon and and the laws that govern space. Check out her interview with Lish Fejer on ABC Canberra. It's at 2:04:00. https://www.abc.net.au//progr/breakfast/breakfast/13134020

19.01.2022 The UN began World Space Week to celebrate international contributions of space science and technology for the betterment of the human condition. Join The Australian National University from 6-16 October for a series of virtual events that highlight space challenges and show you how you can be part of the solution. https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/world-space-week

19.01.2022 A little more background about the new head of The Australian Space Agency... Enrico Palermo of Virgin Galactic. Congratulations and we are looking forward to working with you! #Australia #spaceindustry https://bit.ly/35r1QDa

19.01.2022 Happy International #womensday2021! Mission Specialist and Associate Professor Marta Yebra of ANU Fenner School of Environment & Society and Engineering & Computing at ANU is a leader in the future of predicting and mitigating bushfires in Australia. She wants women to know they can create their own opportunities! https://youtu.be/4WHTm7mOkXQ

19.01.2022 NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration filters water in space using a system based on human kidneys and you can do the same in your house...Mission Specialist Dr Caitlin Byrt from Science at The Australian National University fills us in on aquaporins in space and on Earth. Image credit: NASA https://bit.ly/3n5xigX

19.01.2022 Here's a startling image that shows just how important space data is. A NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration satellite has captured burning wildfires, their smoke, and four hurricanes and tropical storms across and around the U.S. on 15 September 2020. https://go.nasa.gov/3iQMqft

18.01.2022 The historic Hayabusa II JAXA() mission returns to South Australia on 6 December. Will COVID affect how we collect these samples? InSpace Director, Prof Anna Moore, talks to cosmochemist and Hayabusa II science team member, Prof Trevor Ireland, from ANU Research School of Earth Sciences. #RSESrockstars https://bit.ly/38VU5av

17.01.2022 Is space destined to become a combat zone? An interesting perspective: https://warontherocks.com//restraint-not-superiority-in-s/

16.01.2022 Mission Specialist, Dr Cassandra Steer of ANU College of Law is celebrating International #WomensDay by reminding all women and girls that they have an important role in the future of space. https://youtu.be/A1PRZ032ajE

16.01.2022 In the movie The Martian, the main character says that outer space falls under the law of the sea. Join The Australian National University space lawyer Dr @CassandraSteer as she talks with law of the sea and space law expert, Prof Dale Stephens, from the Adelaide Law School, to uncover why space and sea law are similar and worlds apart. https://soundcloud.com//law-of-the-sea-vs-space-law-with-p

14.01.2022 Congrats to The Australian National University AquaporinSolutions team, Dr Samantha McGaughey and Dr Annamaria De Rosa and their research group leader Mission Specialist Dr Caitlin Byrt! They were one of eight teams selected from 100 to participate in The Bridge Hub Water Challenge, which aims to identify and commercialise cutting-edge water technology solutions for the agri-food system. https://bit.ly/2G5IlWe

12.01.2022 Building a sustainable presence on the moon may depend on where you land. Here's a great explanation about where the NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration #Artemis program, which aims to send astronauts to the moon, might go. https://www.space.com/artemis-3-may-not-go-to-moon-south-po

12.01.2022 Happy International #womensday2021! Mission Specialist Dr Doris Grosse of Mt Stromlo Observatory shares her experience of maintaining professional connections during career breaks as a Mum and internationally-recognised scientist. https://youtu.be/-A6-Es73gY0

12.01.2022 Tune into Mission Specialist Dr Cassandra Steer from ANU College of Law tomorrow on ABC Canberra Breakfast with Lish Fejer to find out whether Spacex Starlink is an alternative to NBN Co. https://www.abc.net.au/radio/canberra/programs/breakfast/

09.01.2022 This is a great scholarship and now you have another week to apply!

07.01.2022 Up next for @SpaceX transforming oil rigs into launch platforms? https://news.satnews.com/2021//22/spacex-may-well-be-rigd/

06.01.2022 The ESA - European Space Agency is spending more than 200M AUD to protect Earth from asteroids. https://techcrunch.com//european-space-agency-awards-153-/

06.01.2022 What can we learn about growing life-sustaining crops in space here on Earth? A lot! Here's how aquaporins could hold the key to #survival in #space. And don't forget you can still register for the aquaporin workshop with The Australian National University, Canberra Innovation Network and the Australia-Japan Foundation. Details here https://www.linkedin.com/company/14497364/admin/

06.01.2022 Estee Lauder is spending $128,000 for NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration to fly ten bottles of serum to the International Space Station for some priceless pictures... https://bit.ly/2GpzEpV

06.01.2022 Earth's water is trapped close to the planet's surface, but researchers say water on Mars isn't. And Mars is losing enough water through its atmosphere that it could fill a global ocean over billions of years. https://phys.org/news/2020-11-martian-space-scientists.html

05.01.2022 We talk about cleaning up Earth, but we should also be talking about cleaning up space. Mission Specialist @cassandrasteer of ANU College of Law tells @2serfm how dependent we are on space technology and how we need to protect space safety in this fascinating podcast https://2ser.com/thinksustainability/ about space debris.

04.01.2022 Megaconstellations of thousands of satellites will change the world and the night sky. In a couple of generations there will be no one left alive who remembers the night sky before these satellites....I think that’s a radical change, says @Alice Gorman of Flinders University Read more: https://bit.ly/3kdAnJw

04.01.2022 Congratulations to all of the Space Connect #AustralianSpaceAwards winners and especially our partners CSIRO and Dr Sarah Pearce! https://www.spaceconnectonline.com.au//winners-and-finalis

03.01.2022 "A revolutionary approach to eliminating the risk of devastating bushfires" Optus and The Australian National University are developing a national system to detect bushfires and put them out within minutes. Congrats to InSpace Mission Specialist Dr Marta Yebra and her team at the Bushfire Research Centre of Excellence! https://bit.ly/3ilNnvg

02.01.2022 Why don't we have self-driving cars? Here's the The Australian National University InSpace Mission Specialist and ANU Research School of Earth Sciences researcher who is helping make them a reality in Australia. https://www.linkedin.com//anu-inspace_sbas-activity-671226 #innovation #spacedata

01.01.2022 Here's a great example of how space medicine intersects with space tourism from The Guardian. New scans show the brain reconfigures itself to cope with life in orbit. https://www.theguardian.com//scans-reveal-how-brain-adapts