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From astrophotonic frontiers to cosmic plant biology – WA’s first integrated space centre launches at UWA.
The launch of the International Space Centre (ISC) on 28 Jan was attended by prominent Ministers…
Optical laser communications accelerate data transfer between Earth and space by order of thousands.
The ISC has been awarded Federal funding to advance optical communications between Earth and space…
Emotions in space – what exactly is the orbital experience?
International Space Centre Node Leader Professor Yasmin Haskell traces some of the complex and…
Lions Eye Institute joins the ISC to further develop research into intracranial pressure in astronauts.
The ISC welcomes the Lions Eye Institute, who will work with NASA to further develop research into…
Falling into a Black Hole – CoP Library Public Talk
Jump online to register for for this wonderful free event at the City of Perth Library, where the…
First ISC Head Danail Obreshkow gives 2021 Ian Constable Lecture.
On October 27, join the first Head of the International Space Centre Danail Obreschkow for a…
ATISII Festival of Space – Thriving in Space
On Monday morning, (Monday November 29, 2021), an online panel from the International Space Centre…
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28 June 2023
$6.5m boost for WA space laser network to support lunar comms
The ISC's Laser Communications and Timing Node has received a multi-million dollar grant from the Australian Space Agency to build a sovereign communications network that can send high-speed data to…
4 April 2023
Protecting astronaut vision in long haul spaceflights
West Australian researchers have developed a breakthrough method to measure the brain fluid pressure in humans, which may reduce vision damage experienced by astronauts on long-haul space flights.…
15 February 2023
10 Million Hours of Supercomputing Time
What would you do with almost 10 million computing hours at Australia’s most powerful public research computer, Pawsey Supercomputing Centre?
3 February 2023
ISC’s Inaugural Industry Tour
The ISC welcomed guests from government, industry and academia last Friday to tour six of our 23 space Nodes across the UWA campus. It was a pleasure to demonstrate the work of the our laboratories…
4 November 2022
Plants for Space ARC funding boost
The University of Western Australia is one of five Australian universities to receive a $90 million funding boost to create food and medicines for space explorers.
3 November 2022
Fastest ground to airborne vehicle data transfer rate achieved.
How fast can data transfer from ground to an airborne vehicle in free space? 100GB/s - or the equivalent of 100 SD movie downloads *per second*!
29 September 2022
Space Boot Camp showed diversity and breadth of options in space careers
Student feedback from this year's Space Boot Camp showed a great enthusiasm that space is not just for astronauts!
8 September 2022
Space Apps Challenge at UWA uses NASA’s open source space data to solve real world problems
NASA Space Apps Challenge at UWA uses NASA's open source space data to solve real world challenges
12 August 2022
Space Boot Camp September ’22
A great opportunity for Years 9 and 10 students to meet space experts who have worked with NASA and UWA researchers driving WA’s space frontiers. This Space Boot Camp is designed to provide a range…
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25 March 2020
Optical laser communications accelerate data transfer between Earth and space by order of thousands.

27 February 2021
Emotions in space – what exactly is the orbital experience?
