The spectacular launch of the Artemis II Moon mission has prompted Australian resident Novel prize-winner in physics Brian Schmidt to appeal to Australian governments to send SA’s Katherine Bennell-Pegg to space.

The federal Government should “think big” and invest $100m in a mission to send South Australian Katherine Bennell-Pegg into space, says a Nobel prize-winning astronomer.

Private companies are putting in cash, universities are mobilising, and now its up to our leaders to act.

The European Space Agency boss has praised Australia’s first astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg as negotiations continue over a $100 million mission that would send her to space.

International Space Centre deputy director Riss Wiese joined David & Will for Breaking at 8 to discuss the benefits of sending Katherine Bennell-Pegg to space and when the decision has to be made. 

Australia now faces a crucial deadline to secure whether astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg will blast into orbit.

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Australian aerospace and defence firm Nova Systems has pledged $1 million to support efforts to send Australian astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg to the International Space Station, a mission that would mark a historic milestone for the nation’s space sector.

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The Premier is tonight throwing his support behind calls to send Australia’s only astronaut to train under our flag into space. Peter Malinouskas warns there’s only a small window of opportunity to accept this rarest of offers.

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Nova Systems has given a $1 million commitment to support national efforts to send Australian astronaut and 2026 Australian of the Year Katherine Bennell-Pegg to the International Space Station.

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Having started the national campaign for social media ­reforms, South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas is now urging every government in Australia to get behind the push to send astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg into space.

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7NEWS can exclusively reveal that an Adelaide company is helping South Australian astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg reach for the stars.

The mission is to send her to the International Space Station.

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Kids are urging the Prime Minister to back Australian of the Year Katherine Bennell-Pegg on a history-making space mission. Send your message of support.

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Former NASA astronaut Andy Thomas has thrown his support behind the campaign to send Australian of the Year Katherine Bennell-Pegg into space, writing a direct plea to Anthony Albanese to fund the project.

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Katherine Bennell-Pegg was invited on a space mission

The Australian Government has until March 18 to respond

The Australian government has just over one week to agree to send Australian of the Year Katherine Bennell-Pegg to space, but the cost has some worried.

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Students in Adelaide are firing off letters to Prime Minister, urging him to back South Australian astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg on a history-making space mission.

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NSW Minister for Innovation, Science and Technology, Anoulack Chanthivong, has thrown his support behind a recent public campaign to send Australian of the Year, RAAF group captain and astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg on a space mission.

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Sport brings nations together. But this space idea is the kind of nation-building endeavour which has the capacity to make our nation more intelligent and more affluent.

To put it in its budgetary context, the cost of this project is one-eleventh of what it will cost to build a roofed AFL football stadium in Hobart.

And it is a truly amazing enterprise, but one where the clock is ticking, as the Albanese government has less than four weeks to respond to the European Space Agency which has specifically invited Bennell-Pegg to take part in a mission aboard the soon to be decommissioned International Space Station.

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The Australian: Editorial Astronaut and Australian of the Year Katherine Bennell-Pegg deserves the chance to put her training to good use on a worthwhile project – in space. The Albanese government has just four weeks to consider an invitation by the European Space Agency, where Ms Bennell-Pegg excelled at her studies, for her to join a mission on the International Space Station. It would be a milestone, the first mission by an Australian astronaut under the Australian flag.

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“The ESA partnership is clearly going to be beneficial to Australia. Any contribution the nation makes to the program will flow back in contracts to that country. So this is about plugging into that space industry eco system that will get paid back to Australian industry to participate in future ESA programs. There is a return on ­investment which is a very clear ­financial return,” said Melroy.

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The International Space Centre at The University of Western Australia is leading a cross-sector campaign seeking government support for a human spaceflight mission to help anchor Australia to the global space economy.

The campaign includes universities, industry associations, chief scientists, STEM organisations and senior political figures from across the country, reflecting rare cross-sector alignment around the strategic importance of space.

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A cross-sector campaign led by the International Space Centre at The University of Western Australia is seeking federal government support for an Australian human spaceflight mission, positioning it as a strategic step to anchor the nation in the rapidly expanding global space economy.

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A public and industry-led campaign has been launched to implore the Australian government to partner with the European Space Agency in sending Australian of the Year and astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg on a space mission.

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The race is on to get 2026 Australian of the Year astronaut Katherine Bennell Pegg on the next mission to the International Space Centre. But time is ticking to get the 41 year old on a space mission. A consortium of industry, mining and university leaders are making a big push to the Prime Minister to gain government support for Ms Bennell Pegg to secure a seat on a mission to the International Space Station.

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