While visiting the Australian Space Agency, the Governor-General spoke with Australian astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg and Head of the Australian Space Agency Enrico Palermo about their exciting work. Katherine’s trailblazing career as the first Australian astronaut qualified under the Australian flag is inspiring the next generation of Australian STEM students, leaders, scientists, engineers and astronauts to reach for the stars. ✨👩‍🚀 | Governor-General of Australia

#ISRO rocket parts found on Australian beach? Australian Space Agency shares key details | The Times of India

Together with the Italian Space Agency, we recently launched SpIRIT, a landmark nanosatellite mission supported by the Australian Space Agency. Demonstrating Australia’s growing reputation in the global space sector, SpIRIT is the first Australian satellite to carry a foreign space agency’s scientific instrument as its main payload, namely the Italian Space Agency’s HERMES X-ray detector. The HERMES X-ray detector is designed to search for bursts of gamma rays, which are created when stars die o