NASA Launches A Rocket From A Space Base Outside The USA For The First Time

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has carried out all its launches to date only from its own space bases. While Cape Canaveral was the most used base among these bases, today was a first in NASA history. It’s the first time the agency has launched a rocket from a commercial space base outside of the United States.

NASA’s first commercial base to launch rockets was the newly built Arnhem Space Center in Australia. The launch from the base in northern Australia was also NASA’s first launch in Australia in more than 25 years. The purpose of establishing a space base in Australia was to assist science.

Space exploration will be made from the Southern Hemisphere:

• Arnham Space Center

The Arnhem Space Center will help study the effect of a star’s light on the habitability of nearby planets, according to scientists. Sub-orbital rockets launched from the center will help scientists unravel the mysteries of constellations 430 million light-years away in their few-minute flights.

On the other hand, the base will of course enable Australia to take a role in the global space race. NASA will launch two more rockets from the spaceport in the coming days. The first of these rockets will be launched on July 4, and the second on July 12. The rockets will carry probes to measure ultraviolet light and the structure of stars.

You can watch NASA’s launch in Australia right below: