NASA launches space rocket from Australia for the first time in 27 years

NASA launched a space rocket from Australia for the first time in 27 years. It was the first of three launches from the Arnhem Space Center.

After a series of rain and wind delays, the rocket took to the skies on Sunday to study X-rays from the galaxies Alpha Centauri A and B. When the rocket reached its 350-kilometer highest point, it began collecting data about the galaxies. be caught.

The Arnhem Space Center in the Northern Territory is a facility of the Australian commercial company Equatorial Launch. It is also the first launch in NASA history from a commercial launch facility outside the United States. It was NASA’s first rocket launch from Australia since 1995.

astrophysicist Brad Tucker of the Australian National University, 400 meters from the launch pad from the center to Arnhem Space, said Australia’s arid terrain and proximity to the equator provide the most suitable conditions for space launches.

Referring to NASA’s famous Kennedy Space Center, Tucker said, “There aren’t many places near the equator where you can get dry, stable air. “Florida, where Cape Canaveral is, is kind of a swamp,” he said.

Rockets are used to study heliophysics, the nature and influence of the sun, and planetary scientific phenomena. “The launches will allow us to investigate how light from a star can affect a planet’s habitability, among other things,” said NASA’s Nicky Fox.

Source: NU

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