AusCosmos’ launch network now spans four sites: three are active, while Whadjuk Launch Complex in Exmouth is 68% complete and in the pad systems phase. A spread-out bit of Australian infrastructure. #AusSpace

The Uluru Prime design study calls for a crew of five on a planned Mars surface mission targeting 2029. Five people, one very long checklist—and still a plan, not hardware on Mars. #AusSpace #Mars

Uluru-X development has reached 70% complete and is now in integrated testing. As of 30 July, avionics had powered up on the flight stage—a quiet milestone, but a useful sign that the systems are starting to talk. #AusSpace

Concept frame: a core-sampling EVA near Base One, as envisioned for the Uluru Prime campaign. The real thing is a few years out — the rehearsals have already started. https://auscosmos.org #AusSpace #Mars

Southern Cross-1 is AusCosmos’ second crewed lunar orbital mission—and the first to carry a full four-person crew. It’s a pathfinder for long-duration lunar surface operations. Four people, one very large checklist. #AusSpace

On 10 April 2024, Boab Research Flight 47 carried protein crystallisation and plant biology experiments into the upper atmosphere for the University of Queensland and CSIRO. The flight ends; the research job doesn’t. #AusSpace

Dingo Sat Constellation Phase 1 deployed 42 Ku-band satellites into a 550 km circular low Earth orbit. Completed mission, useful geometry: a lot of coverage starts with a lot of hardware. #AusSpace

Launch update: T-minus 150 days until Wallaby-1 lifts off from Arnhem Space Centre, bound for Lunar Surface. Follow the countdown: https://auscosmos.org #AusSpace

Boab-SR has 31 flights behind it and remains operational. The number is tidy; the work is anything but: preparation, checks, flight data and review, repeated across the campaign. #AusSpace

Whadjuk Launch Complex in Exmouth is 68% complete, with pad systems the current construction phase. Latest milestone, as of 1 August: the deluge wet test passed. Water doing its brief, very unglamorous job. #AusSpace

Ayers Deep is active in Mars transfer orbit: AusCosmos’ first Mars mission, carrying an uncrewed scientific lander to search for subsurface water and biosignatures in the Hellas Basin. The quiet leg can still be doing important work. #AusSpace #Mars

Achievement unlocked, and it stays unlocked: Dingo Sat Constellation Phase 1 (Low Earth Orbit) — mission complete, all objectives met. https://auscosmos.org #AusSpace

Before the mission list grew busy, Emu-1 set the pattern: AusCosmos’ inaugural crewed orbital mission, completed in 2021 after a seven-day shakedown flight in low Earth orbit. The first step tends to involve rather a lot of checklists. #AusSpace

A dozen flights in, Woomera-1 remains operational. The number is neat; the work behind it is not: vehicle prep, systems checks, flight data and reviews, repeated across the campaign. That’s how a launch vehicle earns trust. #AusSpace

Woomera-Heavy has completed four flights and remains operational. Four is a small number on paper; in practice, each one means a full campaign of preparation, checks and review. #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

AusCosmos was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Adelaide. Its launch network now spans four sites: three active, with Whadjuk in Exmouth under construction. A national footprint, assembled one site at a time. #AusSpace

Kookaburra Station-1 completed its mission by delivering the first module of Australia’s orbital platform to low Earth orbit. A pressurised research habitat starts with getting the habitat there. #AusSpace

Uluru-X is 70% complete and now in integrated testing. The latest milestone: avionics powered up on the flight stage, as of 30 July. Big systems work, one powered-up stage. #AusSpace

Wallaby-1 flies in 151 days from Arnhem Space Centre. The countdown clock is running — follow along for the live coverage: https://auscosmos.org #AusSpace