Nasa to launch rockets from the Northern Territory for scientific research

In June and July, rockets from the Northern Territory will be used by NASA.

Three suborbital sounding rockets will be launched from the Arnhem Space Centre between June 26 and July 12.

The event will be the first time that rockets from a commercial facility outside the US will be used, and the first time that rockets from Australia will be used in 20 years.

There are clouds near the edge of space.

There will be about 75 people in Australia. The southern hemisphere will be the only place where the missions will look at heliophysics, astrophysics and planetary science.

On the lands of the Gumatj people, there is a space centre. As part of the approval process, the traditional owners have been consulted.

Anthony Albanese arrived in Darwin on Wednesday night and will make a space announcement with the NT chief minister on Thursday.

This is a landmark event for the Top End.

She said that they had backed the project from the beginning and that they were less than a month away from seeing the launch of the rocket.

Adding capacity and rocketing East Arnhem Land into the global spotlight for investors will help our industry grow and create more jobs for locals.

The history of Australia's connection to the space industry can be traced back to the 1950s.

He said that the project would bring together global and local industry.