From the outback to outer space: A brief history of Australia's space program

By Steven Trask
Updated April 24 2018 - 9:29pm, first published September 25 2017 - 8:26pm

Australia leapt out of the space race starting blocks in 1967, becoming just the third nation in the world to build and launch its own satellite.

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