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    Australia ‘Incredible milestone’: Nasa launches rocket from Australian space centre

    Nasa has successfully launched a rocket from the Northern Territory – the first commercial space launch in Australia’s history.

    Troublesome winds caused the countdown to be aborted several times before the first of three scheduled rockets launched at about half past midnight (ACST) on Monday from the Arnhem Space Centre on the Dhupuma Plateau, near Nhulunbuy.

    It is the space agency’s first launch from a commercial spaceport outside the US and will help scientists study how a star’s light can influence a planet’s habitability.


    Nasa to launch rockets from the Northern Territory for
    The rocket is carrying an X-ray quantum calorimeter, which will allow University of Michigan scientists to measure interstellar X-rays with precision and provide new data on the structure and evolution of the cosmos...



    https://www.theguardian.com/australi...n-space-centre

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    Why do foreign news services refer to NASA as Nasa? It's incorrect. Just a minor irritant to me when I see it. I see it a lot in news outlets from the UK, although recently, some of them have corrected it and started capitalizing it like it's supposed to be.

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    And I wonder why they launched from there? The article doesn't say.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teh One Who Knocks View Post
    Why do foreign news services refer to NASA as Nasa? It's incorrect. Just a minor irritant to me when I see it. I see it a lot in news outlets from the UK, although recently, some of them have corrected it and started capitalizing it like it's supposed to be.

    You're correct. It's douchebag writing.

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    And I wonder why they launched from there? The article doesn't say.
    From another article:

    The rocket is expected to travel more than 300 kilometers (186 miles) into space on its mission to observe the Alpha Centauri A and B constellations -- the nearest star systems to the Earth.


    Alpha Centauri bears a special meaning for Australia. It is mostly only visible from the Southern Hemisphere and is one of the "pointers" to the Southern Cross constellation that appears on the country's flag, according to Reuters.

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