AusCosmos was founded in 2014. Twelve years on, the work spans operational vehicles, active missions and launch infrastructure still taking shape. Space progress is usually less fireworks, more checklists—and a surprising amount of careful plumbing. #AusSpace

A small bit of useful arithmetic: AusCosmos has three active launch facilities, with a fourth—Whadjuk Launch Complex—under construction in Exmouth. Different locations, same focus: launch infrastructure. #AusSpace

Ayers Deep is Australia’s first Mars mission: an uncrewed scientific lander in Mars transfer orbit, looking for subsurface water and biosignatures. Ambitious, but the questions are nicely specific. #AusSpace

Countdown check: Wallaby-1 flies in 132 days from Arnhem Space Centre. Destination: Lunar Surface. Track every milestone: https://auscosmos.org #AusSpace

Woomera-1 has completed 12 flights and remains operational. Twelve launches is less a trophy than a habit: check the vehicle, learn from the data, then do it properly again. #AusSpace

Dingo Sat Constellation Phase 1 deployed 42 Ku-band satellites into a 550 km circular orbit. Broadband infrastructure is rarely glamorous. It is still quite useful. #AusSpace

Woomera-Heavy has completed four flights and remains operational. Heavy launch vehicles earn trust the unglamorous way: flight, inspection, analysis, repeat. The rocket gets the attention; the paperwork keeps it honest. #AusSpace

One for the record books: Emu-1 — Low Earth Orbit. Every objective met, mission closed out. https://auscosmos.org #AusSpace

At Whadjuk Launch Complex in Exmouth, pad systems are 68% complete. The latest milestone: a deluge wet test passed. It’s still under construction, but the plumbing has now had its first proper splash. #AusSpace

Uluru-X is 70% through development and now in integrated testing. The latest milestone: avionics powered up on the flight stage. Still a vehicle in development, but the wiring has officially joined the conversation. #AusSpace

Two AusCosmos missions are active: Southern Cross-1 in lunar orbit and Ayers Deep in Mars transfer orbit. Different destinations, same habit: keep checking the data. #AusSpace

Concept render: inside the planned Base One grow module. Growing salad 225 million km from the nearest supermarket takes some forward planning. https://auscosmos.org #AusSpace #Mars

Boab Research Flight 47 carried protein crystallisation and plant biology experiments into the upper atmosphere in 2024. A suborbital research flight can be brief without being slight. The science does the talking afterwards. #AusSpace

Boab-SR has 31 flights behind it and remains operational. That sort of service record is built one launch, inspection and repeat at a time. #AusSpace

Kookaburra Station-1 delivered the first module of Australia’s orbital platform to low Earth orbit in 2022. A pressurised research habitat is not the loudest milestone, but it is a useful one. Space infrastructure starts with one module. #AusSpace

133 days to go. Wallaby-1 is deep in launch prep from Arnhem Space Centre — next stop, Lunar Surface. Countdown lives here: https://auscosmos.org #AusSpace

Emu-1 completed its seven-day shakedown flight in 2021, proving the Woomera-1 crew vehicle in low Earth orbit. A first crewed orbital mission is a milestone; the real test is what it makes possible next. #AusSpace

AusCosmos began in Adelaide in 2014. Twelve years on, the work spans launch sites, operational vehicles and missions in orbit. The postcode stayed put; the horizons did not. #AusSpace

Ayers Deep is active in Mars transfer orbit: Australia’s first Mars mission, an uncrewed scientific lander set to search for subsurface water and biosignatures. Mars is a long way to send a research question. #AusSpace #Mars

4 completed missions on the board, all launched from Australia. The tally only goes one way. https://auscosmos.org #AusSpace