{"id":410474,"date":"2026-04-21T13:54:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T03:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/australianaviation.com.au\/?p=1431684"},"modified":"2026-04-21T13:54:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T03:54:32","slug":"space-centre-australia-and-nasa-launch-airborne-science-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=410474","title":{"rendered":"Space Centre Australia and NASA launch airborne science program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSI2NDAiIGhlaWdodD0iMzYxIj48cmVjdCB3aWR0aD0iMTAwJSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxMDAlIj48YW5pbWF0ZSBhdHRyaWJ1dGVOYW1lPSJmaWxsIiB2YWx1ZXM9InJnYmEoMTUzLDE1MywxNTMsMC41KTtyZ2JhKDE1MywxNTMsMTUzLDAuMSk7cmdiYSgxNTMsMTUzLDE1MywwLjUpIiBkdXI9IjJzIiByZXBlYXRDb3VudD0iaW5kZWZpbml0ZSIgLz48L3JlY3Q+PC9zdmc+\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image wp-image-1431685 wp-post-1431684\" alt=\"\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;\" decoding=\"async\" data-public-id=\"Space Connect\/NASA_Wallop_Island_ASCENT_Program_sc_ty8dpd\/NASA_Wallop_Island_ASCENT_Program_sc_ty8dpd.jpg\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-transformations=\"f_auto\" data-version=\"1776727674\" data-seo=\"1\" data-responsive=\"1\" data-size=\"640 361\" data-delivery=\"upload\" onload=\";window.CLDBind?CLDBind(this):null;\" data-cloudinary=\"lazy\" \/>The Airborne Science and Cosmology Enabling Telescope (ASCENT) program was formally introduced by Space Centre Australia LLC at NASA Wallops Flight Facility, where it will be based. At the heart of the program is a fleet of C-130J Super Hercules aircraft, modified to carry interchangeable telescopes and sensor payloads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Airborne Science and Cosmology Enabling Telescope (ASCENT) program was formally introduced by Space Centre Australia LLC at NASA Wallops Flight Facility, where it will be based. At the heart of the program is a fleet of C-130J Super Hercules aircra&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[273,312,471],"tags":[472,315],"class_list":["post-410474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia","category-aviation","category-news","tag-australian","tag-space"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=410474"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":410475,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410474\/revisions\/410475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=410474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=410474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=410474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}