July Public Meeting | Tranquility Base - The Eagle has Landed

This is the free monthly meeting of the Space Association of Australia - all welcome!

DATE: Monday, 22 July 2019
TIME: 7:00 - 10:00 pm
VENUE: Golden Gate Hotel, 238 Clarendon Street, South Melbourne

HOW TO FIND US:  The Golden Gate Hotel is on the north-western corner of the intersection of Clarendon and Coventry Streets. Take the stairs or lift up to level 1 - we'll be in the Coventry Room.

GETTING THERE:
By car: Car parking is best in Coventry Street west of Clarendon Street.
By tram: Route 12 (via Collins Street), Stop 127 (York Street, then walk south) or Stop 128 (Dorcas Street, then walk north).

MEALS AVAILABLE: Place your meal order in the Coventry Room and have it delivered to your table. 

The meeting will be streamed live and then made available on-demand via the Space Association's YouTube channel - SAA.TV.

This meeting will include part 11 and final in our monthly feature series leading up to the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11: Footsteps to the Moon: Countdown to Apollo 11.

This series provides monthly progress reports on the lead up to and execution of the Apollo 11 Moon landing that took place in July 1969.

Each month we will summarise the key activities and missions flown in that month 50 years ago between September 1968 and July 1969. This will culminate at our July 2019 meeting, commemorating the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11.

ACRUX-1 Part 2: Into Orbit

The meeting will also feature a special presentation on the successful launch and operation of the ACRUX-1 cubesat with Blake Fuller from the Melbourne Space Program. 

On 29 June 2019 at 2.40pm AEST, the Melbourne Space Program’s student-built CubeSat, ACRUX-1, was launched from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 aboard an Electron rocket, on a mission entitled “Make It Rain”. Launch Complex 1 is located on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand.