A remote part of Australia will be lit up tonight in a historical event as NASA launches a rocket from the red dirt.
In a first for Australia, US space agency NASA will launch a rocket from a remote area of the Northern Territory on Sunday night.
The rocket will launch from the Arnhem Space Centre near Nhulunbuy, on the lands of the Gumatj people who were consulted throughout the process.
The rocket is due to launch from the red dirt at about 10.45pm on Sunday, but it will only be visible for ten seconds before disappearing.
It is a 13m “sounding rocket” which will carry an atmospheric…
