Our first-ever Australian astronaut, Katherine Bennell-Pegg will land down under later this year to appear at a major space conference. If you are a massive fan of her work or captivated by all things space, I highly recommend putting this event in your diary. From November 19 to 21 at the International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space aka i-SAIRAS, (what a mouthful), will have Bennell-Pegg headlining! The event, hosted by the CSIRO, will have agencies, researchers, and industry professionals to chat about all things space from advancing the science and technology of robotics, automation and artificial intelligence (AI) to shape the future of space.
Bennell-Pegg, who was recently certified by the , has just completed her training in Germany and will be back down under to return to work at the Australian astronaut Ms Bennell-Pegg completed her training with the European Space Agency in Germany this year and will soon return to work at the Australian Space Agency in Adelaide. “I’m excited to come home to Australia and share the knowledge I’ve gained from my training with our growing space and tech sectors,” Bennell-Pegg said. “Australia has an increasing number of cutting-edge AI and robotics projects contributing to global space missions – including Roo-ver, the Australian Space Agency’s rover that will head to the Moon later this decade.
” The Australian astronaut will be joined by a range of other speakers, panellists, and.
