Dr Kelly Fast is the space agency’s acting NASA Planetary Defense officer and will explain the technologies being created to help avoid an Armageddon-style event.
Award-winning space leader, Sang-Ho Yun, director of the Earth Observatory of Singapore – Remote Sensing Lab will deliver a keynote at the Australian Space Summit & Exhibition 2025.
It comes after Virgin Orbit in 2022 unveiled a similar ambition to turn Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport into a “horizontal launch” spaceport, before the firm collapsed following the failure of its first landmark launch in the UK.
Dr Ulpia-Elena Botezatu is the chair of the influential Scientific and Technical Subcommittee, which aims to foster collaboration between nations and consider legal issues arising from space exploration.
The sixth annual Australian Space Awards 2025 celebrates the leading professionals and businesses advancing the development of Australia’s space industry.
A.C. Charania is the agency’s chief technologist, responsible for overseeing collaboration with the private sector while also being a principal advisor to NASA’s Administrator.
The pair’s SpaceX Dragon capsule undocked from the International Space Station before hurtling through Earth’s atmosphere at 28,000kmh and parachuting into the sea.
Lockheed Martin, which makes the F-35 Lightning II fighter, was named “preferred tender” on JP 9102 in April 2023 – all but guaranteeing the deal – before it was abruptly dropped, along with scores of smaller firms, in November 2024.