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Dr Shawna Pandya is the first named Canadian female commercial astronaut, a Physician and Director of the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences Space Medicine Group. Dr Pandya will fly to space with Virgin Galactic aboard their new class of Delta spacecraft as early as 2026 and continues to lecture at the University of Alberta in

We welcome Australian Astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg back to Australia in Space TV on her first appearance at IPSEC. In 2023, as an employee of the Australian Space Agency, Katherine was invited by the European Space Agency (ESA) to undertake Basic Astronaut Training in Germany, becoming the first international astronaut candidate to do so. In 2007,

Axiom Space recently welcomed former Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata as a newly appointed Astronaut and Chief Technical Officer for the Asia-Pacific region. Koichi is a veteran astronaut with decades of human spaceflight experience, will lead the expansion of Axiom Space’s business and strategic presence in the Asia-Pacific region and contribute to

KSAT has continued to grow its mid-latitude network with a new ground station in Peterborough, South Australia, complementary to its existing service location in Western Australia. KSAT provides continuity of coverage in the Australia and Oceania region, another step for KSAT in fulfilling seamless global coverage. KSAT now operates 300 plus antennas at 28 sites