NASA looks to Australia to join its journey to Mars
A supplied image obtained on Sunday, June 26, 2022, shows the the Arnhem Space Centre in the Northern Territory of Australia. A NASA rocket will launch from the NT on Sunday night, the agency's first in Australia in 27 years and the first from a commercial spaceport outside the US. (AAP Image/Supplied by NASA via Equatorial Launch Australia) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY Credit: NASA/PR IMAGE
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NASA's administrator has landed in Australia, using the AUKUS announcement to bolster the argument for Australia to join the United States in the space race. The ties between the two nations are already very strong, but there's fresh momentum in the quest to send astronauts to Mars within two decades.
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