ScienceAustralia offers astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg for International Space Station mission

Australia’s federal government has offered the European Space Agency a place for Australian of the Year Katherine Bennell-Pegg on a planned 2028 International Space Station mission. If she flies, she would be the first astronaut to qualify under the Australian flag. The trip is estimated to cost about $100m.

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