Areas where Australia has a competitive edge or strategic interest are many, including positioning, navigation and timing; earth observation; communications technologies and services; and much more.

Two Australian-born US citizens, Dr. Paul Scully-Power and Dr. Andrew Thomas, have made spaceflights as NASA astronauts… but there’s yet to be an Aussie woman in space, or anyone fly under the Australian flag. Katherine Bennell-Pegg, from the Australian Space Agency, has trained at the European Astronaut Centre as an Australian. Basic astronaut training qualifies you to go to the International Space Station.

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Coin Highlights:

• Coin’s reverse design depicts a stylised scene featuring an Australian astronaut exploring space and with an insert paying homage to WRESAT-1, Australia’s first satellite and a ‘C’ Mintmark
• Displayed in a presentation case with a numbered Certificate of Authenticity
• Coin’s obverse features the effigy of King Charles III designed by Daniel Thorne
• Australian legal tender