Related Australian Sites

• Australian Academy of Science ­ Submission to the Interdepartmental Committee on International Space, September 1995
• Australian Academy of Science ­ Science education Interview with Professor John Carver
• Australia in Orbit: Space Policy and Programs - Current Issues Brief 12 1997-98 Parliamentary Libary.
• Australian Defence Magazine's Business Directory - The Yaffa Defence Group is made up of three publications. They report on the Australian and New Zealand Defence business sector.
• Australian Defence News - DIAR.com aims to deliver an un-paralleled international quality defence information service, covering developments in the Australian and New Zealand defence environments, which can be accessed by defence executives from anywhere around the world.
• Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF - CSIRO) - CSIRO's Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF) is an organisation that supports and undertakes research in radio astronomy. It operates the Australia Telescope, the collective name for a set of radio telescopes in New South Wales. These telescopes are used, individually or together, to study objects in the Universe ranging from the remains of dead stars to entire galaxies.
• Astronomical Society of Victoria - The Astronomical Society of Victoria Inc. is a Melbourne based Society (but with many country members) for people interested in Astronomy, attracting and catering for people with a wide range of ages, abilities and interests.
• Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex - The Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC) is responsible for communicating with spacecraft undergoing interplanetary missions within our solar system. The CDSCC is part of National Aeronautical and Space Agency's (NASA) Deep Space Network. CDSCC is also the home of the Canberra Space Centre, your gateway to the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex. The fantastic view, fun interactive and static displays and wide range of archive and new video footage create a visit that you won't forget!
• COSSA: vision and perseverence - Since its foundation in 1984, COSSA, the body coordinating CSIRO's space efforts, has been a driving force on the Australian space landscape. Despite setbacks, COSSA has now delivered on founder Ken McCracken's vision: to begin work on Australian satellite projects. From January, with the creation of the CRC for Satellite Systems, Australia will significantly enhance its contribution to international space technology. This is COSSA's story.
• La Trobe University, Remote Sensing - Links for Remote Sensing including Atmospheric and Geospace Tomography
• Melbourne Planetarium - The Melbourne Planetarium is the first in the Southern Hemisphere to use the Digistar II - a computer graphics system especially designed for planetariums.
• 'To Mars and Beyond - The Search for the Origins of Life' exhibition - opening to the public at the National Museum on 13 December 2001
• Photographs from the Anglo-Australian Observatory - This page is the gateway to a unique collection of wide-field astronomical photographs, mostly made with the telescopes of the Anglo-Australian Observatory by David Malin.
• Queensland University of Technology Aerospace Avionics - Bachelor of Engineering (Aerospace Avionics)
• Queensland University of Technology - Hypersonic Research
• Queensland University of Technology Space Centre for Satellite Navigation - Satellite Navigation
• UNSW - Astrophysics & Optics - The Department of Astrophysics and Optics is part of the School of Physics at UNSW. It conducts both research and teaching in Astrophysics.
• UNSW - Centre for Photovoltaic Devices & Systems
• Welcome to the Stars Program  - Australian spiders are going to space because of the NASA a one-of-a-kind adventure that lets students from around the world send experiments into space. The lead schools participating in the STS-107 mission are involved in a complex but exciting experiment design and development process, just like other scientists that conduct research in space. To be selected as a lead school, many students in various cities around the world participated in experiment concept contests hoping that their experiment idea would be selected for this opportunity.
• What really happened to Australia's space effort? - Opinon, by Dr Ken McCracken, pioneering Australian space researcher and inaugural Head of CSIRO's Office of Space Science and Applications, is widely regarded as Australia's foremost expert on space. This is an extract of an interview with Wayne Deeker, recorded in November 1997.
• Woomera On the Web - Woomera On the Web was prompted by a desire to increase awareness of Australia's activities in rocket and missile testing at the Woomera Range during the 1950's, 60's and, to a lesser extent, beyond that - an important part of Australia's history and international relations. The web site became active in April 1997 - 50 years after the Long Range Weapons Establishment (Woomera rocket range) came into existence as a Joint Project between Britain and Australia.
• Space Operations - An Australian Perspective by Scott Wallis and David Fogg. Australia's future strength and success depends on our ability to become more innovative and imaginative in the way we do business. What better way to demonstrate our commitment to take on the challenges of the future, than by embracing the challenges of space?