The CSIRO's Mobile Mission Operations Centre will travel to country schools to inspire students. Photo: Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a space truck.

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A B-double trailer transformed into a mobile space hub will soon hit the road across regional Australia to support rocket launches and bring science and technology education to the bush.

The CSIRO's Mobile Mission Operations Centre, affectionately described as a space truck by some of its engineers, has been unveiled at the International Astronautical Congress in Sydney.

The centre is solar powered an

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