Aussies Play Key Role in New Space Mission

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon capsule launches from Pad-39A on the Crew 5 mission carrying crew members to the International Space Station from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Oct. 5, 2022. Joe Skipper/Reuters

Not far from Los Angeles, one of Elon Musk’s rockets is about to blast off carrying a satellite with extraordinary capabilities.

It will be used to survey nearly all the water on the surface of Earth for the very first time.