Govt sends final bid for Bennell-Pegg space mission


Australia has submitted a final bid to send qualified astronaut and Australian of the Year Katherine Bennell-Pegg to space on one of the last International Space Station missions as early as 2028.

The European Space Agency (ESA) earlier this year put a formal offer of spaceflight to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, in what would be only the second ESA agreement with a non-European nation.

On Friday, Industry minister Tim Ayres …

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