NASA to launch 3 rockets from private Australian space port

NASA to launch 3 rockets from private Australian space port

Three suborbital sounding rockets will be launched from the Arnhem Space Center on Indigenous-owned land near the mining town of Nhulunbuy in the Northern Territory on June 26, July 4 and 12.

NASA to Launch 3 Rockets from Private Australian Space Port

The launch site was chosen because it is in the Southern Hemisphere and close to the equator.

NASA to launch 3 rockets from private Australian space port

NASA will launch a research rocket from remote northern Australia this month in the agency’s first blast off from a commercial space port outside the United States.

NASA to launch three rockets from private spaceport in Australia

NASA has taken a trip down under.

NASA to launch 3 rockets from private Australian space port

NASA will launch a research rocket from remote northern Australia this month in the agency’s first blast off from a commercial space port outside the United States.

NASA to launch 3 rockets from private Australian space port

NASA will launch a research rocket from remote northern Australia this month in the agency's first blast off from a commercial space port outside the United States.