Aerospace engineer and space communicator
Georgia shares her trajectory in the Australian space sector and why engineering roles are exciting career opportunities At the moment, Georgia is a space communicator
Jasmine Fellows August 27, 2025
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Georgia shares her trajectory in the Australian space sector and why engineering roles are exciting career opportunities At the moment, Georgia is a space communicator
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Ben Tran is a front-end developer at satellite tech startup, Myriota.
Will Reid wants to send robots to the moons of Saturn.
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Kirsten Banks is bringing Aboriginal astronomy, Indigenous and Western science to the masses as a budding astrophysicist and science communicator at UNSW.
Astrophysics Professor Tara Murphy has made some interesting discoveries like radio signals from space that were created 130-million light years away!
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Marielle didn’t consider herself an engineer because of a lack of diverse role models. Now she blogs as ‘Miss Aerospace’, providing advice on study and astronomy and everything in between.
