Posts by Mikayla Keen

Taking mining technology into orbit
Collaboration is the essential ingredient as CSIRO, Boeing and NASA adapt scanning and mapping tech for operations on the International Space Station.

Meet our researcher and satellite operator: Dr Amy Parker
Meet Dr Amy Parker and see how she's helping make satellite data more accessible to Australian researchers.

Food for extended space missions
Our researchers are working to develop new foods and food production systems for extended space travel.

Indigenous-owned ground station supports our NovaSAR-1 satellite research facility
We're working with Australia’s first and only Aboriginal owned-and-operated ground station provider to bring NovaSAR-1 data down to Earth.

CSIRO opens satellite offering for Aussie Earth observation
From today Australian researchers in industries like agriculture and natural disaster management can apply to direct the Earth observation satellite NovaSAR-1 by accessing Australia’s share of the satellite, managed by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency.

Space startup Quasar takes off with CSIRO tech
Quasar Satellite Technologies is set to revolutionise space communication, allowing ground stations to talk to hundreds of satellites at once using technology developed by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency.

Aust in Space: how our additive manufacturing technology helped with a recent satellite launch
Our additive manufacturing technology helped a recent satellite launch! See how we developed a small part to fix a big problem.

CSIRO’s Dish to support one of the first commercial Moon landings
CSIRO will help businesses to literally reach for the Moon by providing ground station support for one of the first commercial lunar landings.

Lunar ice and data science making Mars mission a reality
The moon will once again play a crucial role in the space race. But, this time, as a giant link in the planetary supply chain.

Space technology set to boost national water quality management
Satellites in space and a network of ground-based sensors could be used to monitor the quality of Australia’s inland waterways, reservoirs and coastal environments.