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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- NASA will launch a research rocket from remote northern Australia this month in the agency's first blast off from a commercial

NASA will launch rockets from the Northern Territory later this month to study planetary science only visible from the southern hemisphere - the first launch in the country since 1995.

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

NASA is to launch research rockets from remote northern Australia this month and next month, the first of which is to be the agency’s first blast off from a commercial space port outside the US. Three suborbital sounding rockets are to be launched from the Arnhem Space Center on land near the mining town of Nhulunbuy in the Northern Territory on June 26, July 4 and 12, said NASA and the launch pad’s owner, Equatorial Launch Australia. The launch site was chosen because it is in the southern hemisphere and close to the equator. “This commercial launch range in Australia opens up new

Canberra, June 8: 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. 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, said NASA and the launch pad’s owner, Equatorial Launch Australia. The launch site was chosen because it is in […]