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High-flying graduate students are encouraged to reach for the stars and apply for the New Zealand Space Scholarship programme to support an internship at NASA’s Ames Research Center or the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in 2024.

The scheduled 3 year review of the Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Act 2017 (OSHAA) is now complete. This technical and operational review assessed the performance of the Act against its objectives, and considered how it might be improved operationally.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has been invited to nominate a limited number of participants for Singapore’s Global Youth Scientists Summit (GYSS) on 6-10 January 2025. The conference will be in-person in Singapore.

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The Government has established 2 new awards to recognise the talented people working in New Zealand's space and emerging aviation sectors and inspire young people.

The New Zealand Space Agency has signed a space science and technology partnership agreement with Australia’s leading space research organisation, the SmartSat Co-operative Research Centre.

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