Australia Plans New Space Command as Air Force Celebrates 100 Years

International Space Station backdropped by the ocean between Antarctica and Australia on Jun. 3, 2013. NASA

The chief of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Air Marshal Mel Hupfeld has verified that Australia will establish an integrated space organisation in the next year.

Hupfeld, who confirmed the news to the ABC on March 31, is currently heading up an analysis into the requirements for Australia to establish its own sovereign space organisation.