I collect Australian and New Zealand space toys and games and this article has helped me identify the likely origin of a game mentioned in a local newspaper in August 1955.

The Australian Govt in the fifties restricted imports to preserve foreign currency reserves. So a lot of games and toys were licensed from overseas and then made here and this may be one of them. It fits the description in the newspaper very well – about the only difference is the spinner is supposedly in the middle of the board.

I've also recently bought a small plastic rocket game piece that is a dead ringer for the ones shown in your article.

So thank you for posting the info and the pictures as they'll help me identify the game when I see it.