The 2026 Australian of the Year is Katherine Bennell-Pegg! 🇦🇺🚀 In 2024, Katherine made history as the first Australian to qualify as an astronaut under Australia’s space program when she graduated from Basic Astronaut Training at the European Astronaut Centre. As a space engineer, she has advanced multiple space missions and technologies, and along the way has opened pathways for others to follow. She is an energetic champion for Australia’s space program and regularly presents to schoolchild

Whether it was the first civilian spacewalk or the first private lunar landing, there were a lot of impressive feats in space this year – and most involved Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435210-300-space-was-for-sale-in-2024-as-private-missions-led-by-elon-musk-boomed/ | New Scientist

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