Clark Australian Space Agency
Megan Clark, the head of the Australian Space Agency, discussed her agency's efforts to help Australia's space agency during an Oct. 2 presentation at the International Astronautical Congress. Credit: SpaceNews/Jeff Foust

BREMEN, Germany — A year after the Australian government announced plans to establish a national space agency, that office is now in operation with plans to help support the country’s emerging space industry.

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Jeff Foust writes about space policy, commercial space, and related topics for SpaceNews. He earned a Ph.D. in planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree with honors in geophysics and planetary science...