Australia’s Northern Territory (NT) saw the successful launch of the first of three NASA rockets from the Arnhem Space Centre (ASC) on Sunday, marking NASA’s first-ever launch from a fully commercial spaceport and the first-ever commercial launch in Australia.
Along with the other two launches scheduled for July 4 and 12, the rocket conducted astrophysics studies only possible from the Southern Hemisphere, Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA)—owner and operator of the ASC—reported on Sunday.
