# Australia offers astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg for International Space Station mission

https://mins.news/en/item/111906

- The Guardian, 2026-10-22 23:27 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/23/australian-astronaut-katherine-bennell-pegg-2028-space-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.