SpaceX is a hot topic of conversation in this part of the world, after the upper stage of one of the company’s Starship rockets was recovered in a dramatic operation off Christmas Island.
Ben O'Shea
Slipping the surly bonds of Earth and testing an experiment in zero-G usually requires becoming an astronaut first. But a team from the University of WA escape gravity on the Vomit Comet.
Christmas Island’s Flying Fish Cove hosted the painstaking operation to prepare the island’s most famous visitor, a SpaceX Starship, for the next phase of its astonishing voyage.
How Elon Musk will get a 52-metre SpaceX Starship upper stage from Christmas Island to his Starbase in Texas has been revealed.
Christmas Island is a serendipitous destination for the unexpected recovery of a SpaceX Starship this week because it felt like a gift to the WA company looking to build a spaceport there.
A flight carrying SpaceX engineers has landed on Christmas Island to assist in recovering a towed vessel and return it to Texas for recycling.
Kirsty Lichtenstein
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship has found an unlikely home just off Australia's doorstep, after the rocket was recovered from the waters of the Indian Ocean.
Amy Jackson
The latest SpaceX rocket was towed into one of the island’s protected bays on Tuesday.
Amy Cavender
Perth stargazers are in for a treat on Tuesday evening when the International Space Station appears in the WA sky.
Tegwen Bescoby
Scientists are making lemonade from “Elon Musk lemons” as they scramble to learn as much as possible from this week’s SpaceX moon crash.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
A wild lunar phenomenon – expected to be bright enough to outshine two meteor showers – is set to delight Aussie stargazers.
An ECU researcher has uncovered new evidence supporting the theory that Mars was once covered by water after discovering hidden clues in decades-old NASA rover data.
Liam Murphy
Professor Jessica Dempsey was among the first astronomers to produce an image of a black hole and will now oversee Australia’s largest science project, anticipated to unravel the universe’s biggest mysteries.
Western Australia’s homegrown space program is surging to new heights, with three satellites set to launch out of one Perth university this year.
Eliana Hullett and Michael Palmer
The Australian Space Agency has weighed in after a mysterious object was found on a beach, forcing it to be shut down.
David Hannant
The WA billionaire has lauded SpaceX as an exceptionally led company operating in crucial sectors, while flagging collaboration between the US group and her Hancock Prospecting mining and agribusiness flagship.
Sean Smith
Aussies as far west as Mount Isa and as far south as the Hunter region have been left bewildered by a strange light in the sky.
Jack Nivison
America’s big banks are pitching Elon Musk’s rocket company to investors, as they prepare to reap huge fees from the largest IPO ever.
Lauren Hirsch
SpaceX's decision to publish a price a week ahead of its landmark offering has few if any precedents among major US initial public offerings.
Echo Wang and Milana Vinn
A rare lunar event combining two celestial phenomena is set to light up our skies tonight. Here’s how you can catch a glimpse.
Tia Clarkson-Pascoe
The rocket was being prepared to launch satellites for Amazon’s internet network.
Freddy Pawle
The future of space is here in WA with the State having the technology and landscape to help Australia take its place at the forefront of space exploration, says the first astronaut to represent the country.
Claire Sadler
Australian of the Year, Katherine Bennell-Pegg, says WA should stop settling for the ‘punching above our weight’ mantra and instead step into a higher weight division.
Matt Zis
Australian of the Year Katherine Bennell-Pegg has already overcome so much as the nation’s first female astronaut, but there’s still one thing standing in the way of achieving her goal of getting to space.
