June 2026 Meetup | NASA's Moon Base I, II and III
About this event
Join us for the June 2026 meetup of the Space Association of Australia – all welcome!
Date: Monday, 22 June 2026
Time: 6:30 - 9:00 pm AEST
Venue: Bentleigh RSL, 538 Centre Road, Bentleigh, VIC
Note: This is an in-person event in Melbourne only, there will be no live stream.
The usual RSL sign-in rules apply (e.g. scan driver's licence) to enter the venue.
There is off-street car parking behind the RSL building — enter from Arthur Street. The entry from the car park is for members only. The public entry is from Centre Road.
Alternate off-street parking may be found in front of the Woolworths next door — enter from Centre Road, or behind the Bentleigh Library — enter from Jasper Road.
The Bentleigh RSL is a few hundred metres east of Bentleigh Station on the Frankston Line. Also, smart buses run along Centre Road.
Download the bistro and gluten-free menus from here.
Please RSVP for the night by booking a free ticket below:
Schedule
- 6:30 pm
- Meal time
- 7:15 pm
- Welcome & introduction with Michael Abdilla
- 7:30 pm
- International space news update with Shane Usher
- — Starship Test Flight 12: The FAA has grounded Starship until an investigation is complete
- — Announcement of contract awards for NASA's Moon Base assembly program and task orders for Lunar Terrain Vehicles (LTVs)
- — New Glenn rocket explosion and likely effect on Artemis lunar landing program
- 8:30 pm
- Planetary and space science update with Andrew Rennie
- 9:00 pm
- End
