Australia bids to send first astronaut to space
The Australian Government has made a formal bid to the European Space Agency to send Australian of the Year Katherine Bennell-Pegg to the International Space Station, with more than $6 million committed to the mission. She would become the first astronaut in space under the Australian flag.
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