Renae KielyAug 9, 20184 minHow satellites can help put out fires – or even prevent themThe Australian landscape has been shaped and impacted by bushfires for tens of thousands of years, with some of the natural flora and fau...
Renae KielyJul 3, 20183 minMSP partners with LEAP Australia to bring students free ANSYS trainingWe recently partnered up with LEAP Australia to host a on ANSYS software that ran over two full days – Thursday, 28 June to Friday, 29 Ju...
Renae KielyMay 14, 20184 minWoomera: Where it all beganABC News has reported that the Australian space agency is being officially launched on 1 July 2018, with Megan Clarke acting as head of t...
Renae KielyMay 5, 20183 minA brief history of Australian satellites (Part 2)Here, we continue our look at Australia’s history of launching satellites. QB-50 QB-50 is a global space initiative involving 50 CubeSats...
Renae KielyJan 26, 20182 minThe sky is no longer the limit: NASA has two Cubesats that will soon be heading to MarsNASA’s next flight to Mars will mark the first time CubeSats have ever journeyed beyond Earth’s orbit to a different planet! This mission...
Renae KielyDec 10, 20173 minWhat can a CubeSat do? Here are some of the coolest additions to CubeSatsCubeSats have made it easier and cheaper for almost anyone to launch into space, and some inventive minds have even taken CubeSats into w...
Renae KielyOct 3, 20172 minThe 60th anniversary of Sputnik 1 kicks off World Space Week 2017Satellites enhance our lives in so many ways — in a way, they are the digital fabric that makes up modern societies. They allow us to use...
Renae KielySep 28, 20172 minIAC 2017: Beginning re-entryAs I write this, sitting in the sun with a beer, looking out over the Adelaide Oval and surrounding parks, I must admit that writing this...
Renae KielySep 24, 20172 minAdelaide or bust! MSP makes its way to South Australia for IAC, the world’s largest space confDear fellow space cadets, The International Astronautical Congress (IAC) is a conference unlike any other. Spread across five days jam-pa...
Renae KielyAug 6, 20171 minSignals in space: a new NASA job, the world’s smallest nano-satellite and plans for a breakthrBringing you the most recent space-related news in this weekly feature. Apply to be a Planetary Protection Officer with NASA NASA is look...
Renae KielyApr 26, 20172 minRecap: Last week’s Cubesat Conference and the March for ScienceIt was an exciting time for space — and science — last week, with the launch of three Australian-built cubesats last Tuesday night coinci...
Renae KielyApr 12, 20172 minCelebrating the International Day of Human Space FlightRussian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space. Credit: NASA Today we acknowledge the person who took humanity’s first step in...
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