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Dr Gabrielle M Caswell of SpacePort Australia® Pty Ltd, www.spaceportaustralia.com.au (SPA) has been named a finalist in the Australian Space Awards, 2026. Dr Caswell has confirmed her acceptance of the award nominations; she is finalist in seven of the 30 awards offered by the Australian Space Agency in 2026. Dr Caswell says, “It’s an exciting time to be working in space, we are watching the renaissance of human space flight, beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO), and a return to the Moon.” She continued, “It’s particularly exciting as Artemis II had a smooth launch, and all hands returned to Earth, and just last week the crew of Artemis III has been announced.”

Dr Caswell stated, “The space industry was predicted to be valued at $USD 1.1 trillion in or around 2032, now that the USA is ‘on mission’ to the Moon, I believe that industry value will double in the next three years, with obvious benefits to the Earth side communities.” She continued, “There will be growing career and job opportunities, from materials science to biopharmaceuticals, to space medicine and education, and lets no forget astronomy, digital technologies, aerospace, mission management and agriculture.” She noted that people focus on being an astronaut, and until recently, selection and training was predicated to those fortunate enough to have government employment, and almost unlimited access to government support and funding. SpaceX and Blue Origin are beginning to rewrite this scenario, Australia astronaut Eric Phillips is a shining example of the ‘right stuff’ making it to space.

Moree’s Long History with the Space Industry

Dr Caswell added, “We should remember the pictures of the first landing on the Moon, Apollo 11, Artemis’ brother ship, were directly beamed from Antenna One, Moree OTC, to the world. The Moree OTC station is now decommissioned, the site is 20 minutes from SpacePort Australia®. The Honeysuckle Creek Achieves has a wonderful repository of Australia’s long history, of supporting space exploration. It has a great store of images, which are really worth reviewing”.

Dr Caswell is a rural medical practitioner; she continues to work in the practices she established over 20 years ago, in rural NSW and has unique operational insight into the challenges of providing medical care for remote locations, a distinct advantage when understanding the operational space environment. SPA has a unique niche in the modern space industry landscape, being non-government funded, it has flexibility and has attracted many national and international partnerships and joint ventures.

With an eye on the next generation of space personal and problem solvers, Dr Caswell has formed several space education and training partnerships, including The Montana Spaceport and Test Range® and Arkisys®, international STEM educators AICompanyUSA©©, ChameleCo® and STEM Innovation Council.

These strategically focused education and space training bodies are working to prepare and train individuals for space careers. SpacePort Australia® is working with Arkisys®, to repurpose the International Space Station (ISS) Astrobee’s from maintenance robots to medical assistants. And with Aexa Aerospace to create the holographic doctor, The Hamilton Project.

Dr Caswell stated she is privileged to have these associations, and excited to be mapping out academic and operational training pathways, coupled with excellent youth engagement strategies. “The STEM opportunities are enormous in the space industry, as I remind people what we have down here, they will want up there. And the challenge of keeping humans alive in space is just starting; deep space is a very different environment from LEO”. Amongst a number of projects that has brought Dr Caswell to the Australia Space Awards arena is the concept of a Space Science School: Engagement, Education. Academic to Manufacturing, rapidly been shortened to the ‘Triple S Atom Project’ (SSS-AtoM©). The SSS-AtoM project is a joint initiative with One Giant Leap Australia (www.onegiantleapaustralia.com.au) , who are consummate space science educators.

One Giant Leap Australia and SpacePort Australia have constructed an NSW parliamentary e-petition for use of the Couralie, Carol Avenue decommissioned high school in Moree, NSW as a site for the space school. Those who reside in NSW are able to sign the e-petition for the decommissioned school in Moree, NSW, to become the Space Science School. Good for the bush, great for regional Australia.

Every signature helps secure the decommissioned school for this community building project:

The space economy dovetails with the technological economy, and for the next two upcoming generations of Australia to take part, opportunities need to be created, and focus broadened to all areas where young people can be involved. The SSS-AtoM project is a concept to provide Australian youth and communities avenues for space skills training (from robotics, to podcasting and media, to orbital mechanics and mission control). The SSS-AtoM Project has already attracted the interest of three universities, and a number of commercial partners.

Australian Space Awards 18th June 2026, Sydney

The Award ceremony will be held in Sydney, Thursday June 18th, 2026. As part of the awards ceremony each finalist is asked to nominate three songs. Dr Caswell nominated Russell Morris: The Real Thing and On The Wings Of An Eagle, and her third U2, I Still Haven’t Found What I Am Looking For. Dr Caswell stated she was very grateful to her anonymous nominators. And it was fabulous to see so many young women in the finalist line up, and she is very excited for two of her mentorees, and five of her nominations who have made it to silver badge [finalist] status.

Dr Caswell is presenting at the SpaceCyt Institute, Australia Space Law and Policy Conference on Friday 19th of June and SpacePort Australia is a sponsor for SpaceLive – coming to Perth, Sydney and Melbourne in July and August.

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Dr Gabrielle Caswell: www.DrGabrielleMCaswell.com

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May 1st, 2026

One Giant Leap Australia (OGL) and SpacePort Australia (SPA) have announced a strategic partnership, creating Space Science School: Engagement, Education. Academic to Manufacturing, rapidly been shortened to the ‘Triple S Atom Project’ (SSS-AtoM©).

Dr Caswell stated, “Before the successful journey of Artemis II, human space flight did not seem real for a lot recent generations. Now, in the timeframe of less than a month, there has been the renaissance of human space flight, and a plan to settle on the Moon in the next couple of years”, she continued, “The growing space sector was estimated to reach $USD 35 trillion by 2030. I think we can half the time frame, and double the dollar value. The world is now ‘on mission’”.

SSS-AtoM© will continue the educational outreach of One Giant Leap Australia and Dr Caswell of SpacePort Australia, both of which started independently, and maximise access to STEM education in rural and remote areas.

With the anticipated growth of the space and advanced technology sectors, Australia is facing a significant shortfall of STEM capability — from robotics to space medicine, from coding to navigation. More than 10,000 space-skilled professionals will be needed to meet the near future workforce demand. Ms Carpenter added, “There must be an integrated and engaging pathway that connects what students learn in both formal and informal education settings, with the skills required by tomorrow’s workforce. One Giant Leap Australia has been working to highlight the practical capabilities young people will need, and in some cases for the future jobs which are yet to be conceived and created”.

The Triple-S AtoM (SSS-AtoM©) project has been designed with a bold ambition: to double the reach of One Giant Leap Australia’s educational programs, expand the organisation’s national impact which incorporating new sectors included film, arts and design. The COVID-19 crisis demonstrated how isolation, similar to what will be encountered in Exploration Class Space Missions (ECSM) and extraterrestrial colonisation, can effect mental health and cognition. An insightful clinical approach by Dr Caswell, an active rural general practitioner, has seen a holistic approach to include art and communication pathways, convinced they will be imperative to human success in space.

Dr Caswell noted that the future of space is rapidly shifting toward commercial leadership, following the trajectory set by organisations such as SpaceX and Blue Origin — companies that have demonstrated their capabilities in research, applied science and the development of space-ready transport systems. She acknowledged that Australia does not yet possess these capabilities at scale, but emphasised that the next generation will be the ones to change that.

“You never know which child attending One Giant Leap’s Australia Aerospace Camp will be the one to build Australia’s next breakthrough”, she said, ‘But we can all contribute to making learning opportunities possible”.

The initiative aims to strengthen the connections OGL already holds across the education sector, while increasing exposure to commercial partners, research and development environments, as well as companies operating within the global space industry, research and development sectors. Dr. Gabrielle M. Caswell underscored the impact of the partnership: “Inspiring the next generation requires making science, science careers, tangible and accessible. Through this collaboration, we are building a global network of hubs that connect education with real-world pathways into STEM careers. If there are people who would like to contribute to SSS-AtoM©, or help a kid get to Space Camp, please do contact one of us, a small amount can go a long way. As I often tell students and mentorees — if we can imagine it, we can achieve it.”

About One Giant Leap Australia

One Giant Leap Australia is dedicated to advancing STEM and space education, offering transformative opportunities for students and educators to develop their knowledge and build career pathways. To create a fully equipped future workforce, a diverse and dynamic set of skills is essential to meet the needs of employers in STEM industries. One Giant Leap Australia fosters student interest in STEM while keeping up with developments in the space industry and providing innovative programs to address its needs.

One Giant Leap Australia Go Fund Me Space Camp Appeal: https://gofund.me/d53f462dd

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SpacePort Australia Pty Ltd: www.spaceportaustralia.com.au

Dr. Gabrielle M. Caswell: www.DrGabrielleMCaswell.com

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April 7th, 2026

The STEM Innovation Council (SIC), co-founded by Steven Parrington and Dr. Nathalia Gillot (Ph.D.) has announced a strategic partnership with SpacePort Australia® (SPA) to advance targeted space education and improve STEM retention among students aged 12–16.

The initiative brings together a distinguished group of mentors and collaborators, including Dr. Gabrielle M. Caswell, internationally recognized for her work in space medicine and human survivability; and Gitanjali Rao, a globally recognized young innovator. The partnership will also collaborate with the Young Innovators Network ((https://steminnovationcouncil/yin), to expand global reach and engagement.

The renewed global focus on space exploration—highlighted by the Artemis II mission—signals a new era of human spaceflight and long-term space habitation. Achieving these ambitions will require sustained interest and capability development in critical fields such as space medicine, engineering, and advanced technologies.

Recognizing a significant drop-off in STEM engagement during early teenage years, SIC and SPA will jointly focus on re-engaging students through immersive education, mentorship, and clear pathways into space-related careers.

Steven Parrington, Director of SIC, emphasized the importance of early engagement:

“Mentorship is critical. Leaders like Dr. Caswell and Gitanjali Rao are helping empower young people to tackle real-world challenges and develop solutions that will shape the future of humanity.”

Dr. Gabrielle M. Caswell also underscored the impact of the partnership:

“Inspiring the next generation requires making science tangible and accessible. Through this collaboration, we are building a global network of hubs that connect education with real-world pathways into STEM careers. As I often tell students—if we can imagine it, we can achieve it.”

Dr. Nathalia Gillot highlighted the strategic importance of retention in STEM:

“The loss of students from STEM pathways during adolescence presents a long-term challenge for global innovation. Our goal is to reignite curiosity and ensure young people can

clearly envision themselves in STEM careers by providing meaningful, inspiring learning experiences.”

The STEM Innovation Council, based in Florida, USA, operates globally through a network of innovation hubs focused on developing future STEM leaders. SpacePort Australia®, located in Moree, New South Wales, stands at a historic site integral to the Apollo missions, where early lunar transmissions were relayed to the world.

This partnership reflects a shared commitment to preparing the next generation not only for STEM education, but for participation in the future technical workforce supporting space exploration and beyond.

As humanity enters a new era of space exploration, this collaboration aims to ensure that today’s youth are equipped, inspired, and ready to lead.

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Dr Gabrielle M Caswell of SpacePort Australia® Pty Ltd, has been nominated for 14 of 30 Australian Space Awards, 2026. Dr Caswell has confirmed her acceptance of eight of the 14 awards for which she received nomination, she was a finalist in the 2024 (3) and 2025 (5) awards. Dr Caswell says, “It’s an exciting time to be working in space, we are watching the renaissance of human space flight, beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO), and a return to the Moon.” She continued, “It’s particularly exciting as Artemis II had a smooth and successful launch earlier today, Australian time. Now we can all take a breath, until they return in ten days.”

Dr Caswell added, “We should remember the pictures of the first landing on the Moon, Apollo 11, Artemis’ brother ship, were directly beamed from Antenna One, Moree OTC, to the world. The Moree OTC station is now decommissioned, the site is 20 minutes from SpacePort Australia®. The Honeysuckle Creek Achieves has a wonderful repository of Australia’s long history of supporting space exploration. It has a great store of images, which are really worth reviewing”.

Dr Caswell has spent a large part of her working life spend in rural and remote environments, she has unique operational insight into the challenges of providing medical care for remote locations. She counts her advantages as having an intimate understanding of ecological systems management, molecular biology, and working as a rural and remote medical doctor. She is fond of reminding people: “If you have two you have one, and if you have one, then you have none”. She continued, “Important concepts for exploration class deep space missions, and remote space colonies, where, by virtue of location, you will have limited and finite resources. Technology needs to be robust, fixable and serve very precise purposes”.

Dr Caswell’s enthusiasm for science, in all its forms, blends into the requirements for novel problem solving, multi- and inter-disciplinary teams, with cross collaboration. With an eye on the next generation of space personal and problem solvers, Dr Caswell has formed several space education and training partnerships, including the Montana Spaceport and Test Range® and Arkisys®, and international STEM educators ChameleCo® and STEM

Innovation Council. These strategically focused education and space training bodies are working to prepare and train individuals for space careers. SpacePort Australia® is working with Arkisys®, to repurpose the International Space Station (ISS) Astrobee’s for medical deployment.

Dr Caswell is working within a number of USA states, creating academic to space orientated manufacturing hubs, capitalising on the concept of spaceport economic zones. Dr Caswell is hopeful that this concept returns to Australia, backed by the ongoing development of SpacePort Australia® and its international academic and commercial partnerships.

Dr Caswell stated she is privileged to have these associations, and excited to be mapping out academic and operational training pathways, coupled with excellent youth engagement strategies. “The STEM opportunities are enormous in the space industry, as I remind people what we have down here, they will want up there. And the challenge of keeping humans alive in space is just starting; deep space is a very different environment from LEO.” Continuing, she said, “Something which I had never considered, and a wonderful outcome of my folly, my retirement project [sic. SpacePort Australia®], is that SpacePort Australia® is a project which in the past year, has become an inter-generational project, that will hopefully thrive beyond my input.”

Dr Caswell said, “Academic science and applied space science will become a continuum. Pathways and opportunities are being created at lightning speed. It’s a wonderful time to be alive. Imagination has returned to science. Curiosity, left field ideas and novel solutions are back in vogue, and these will be ideas will lead to the scientific and space science careers of tomorrow”. Continuing, she reflected. “My view has always been that elder states-people have a responsibility to push forward Australian youth, young people, to place a few bricks on pathway for them [young scientists] to take their first steps. And it is evident now, we are on mission”.

Dr Caswell stated she was very grateful to her anonymous nominators. Finalists are due to be announced towards the end of April 2026. The Award ceremony will be held in Sydney, Thursday June 18th, 2026.

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SpacePort Australia: www.spaceportaustralia.com.au

Astrobees: www.spaceportaustralia/associates/astrobees

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The Chameleon Consulting Firm® LLC (ChameleCo®), based in the United States, https://www.chameleco.com/ and SpacePort Australia® Pty Ltd (SPA) have joined forces to conduct a feasibility study focused on integrating STEM training pathways, including practical spaceflight crew training and space environment orientation facilities.

As humanity advances toward sustained space exploration and eventual colonization, the profile of space travelers will extend beyond traditional astronauts. Future exploration-class space missions (ECSMs) and extraterrestrial settlements will require a wide range of professionals, each needing training to operate and survive in space environments.

With a focus on preparing the next generations for human spaceflight, Ms. Ambericent Cornett, CEO of The Chameleon Consulting Firm® LLC, is developing practical training and acclimatization models. Ms. Cornett brings multidisciplinary expertise spanning military intelligence operations, cybersecurity and technical program management, and public health as an infectious disease epidemiologist, complemented by leadership experience in fraud operations and advanced academic research as a quantum PhD candidate.

SpacePort Australia® Pty Ltd (SPA) is an ongoing initiative with over 16 years of development, including eight years of formalized operations (www.SpaceportAustralia.com.au). Dr. Gabrielle M. Caswell, Founder and CEO of SpacePort Australia® Pty Ltd (SPA), established the organization as an independent research hub prior to the formation of the Australian Space Agency. The organization supports innovative research in space medicine, human performance, and biological and operational liveability in microgravity and space environments. Dr. Caswell serves in a rare practitioner-scholar capacity and is uniquely positioned as the only female working clinician to own and operate a spaceport.

Both organizations share a mutual focus on education, research, and infrastructure development, with a commitment to creating practical and accessible pathways for individuals to pursue careers in the space sector.

Ms. Cornett stated, “This partnership is mutually beneficial. We are aligned in addressing the challenges that space environments present to human survival. Success will depend on comprehensive training and preparation to navigate both known and emerging hazards.” She added, “This is an exciting time to contribute to the space sector as we enter a new era of human spaceflight beyond Low Earth Orbit.”

Dr. Caswell explains, “Humans will develop economic zones at the planets and celestial bodies they inhabit; it is inevitable for survival, as colonies cannot be dependent on Earth for the basics, food, water, shelter, medicine.” She continued, “A new approach is looking to what can provide those humans with autonomy, and particularly if the ‘tech’ breaks down. In rural Australia we live by the motto if you have two you have one, if you have one you have none. This is the basic concept of everything that we are reviewing and designing, from education to facilities. We are preparing mind and body, tools and equipment, for technological mishaps, and unforeseen disasters.”

Both Ms. Cornett and Dr. Caswell recognize the strength of this partnership and the synergistic impact of their complementary skill sets, practical experience, and shared commitment to advancing human space exploration. Notably, both continue to maintain active professional careers while independently supporting and funding their respective initiatives.

Dr. Caswell has been nominated for the 2026 Australian Space Awards (14/30 categories), reflecting her significant contributions to the space sector.

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https://www.chameleco.com/

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25th March 2026

Arkisys, a leader in on-orbit services and space robotics operations, and SpacePort Australia® (SPA) today announced a strategic partnership to explore advanced crew health support capabilities using NASA’s Astrobee free-flying robotic system aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
This collaboration brings together Arkisys, appointed operational role as the commercial sustaining partner for Astrobee, with SPA expertise in remote and rural healthcare delivery. The shared goal is to enhance astronaut medical care, clinical decision-making, and aid medical autonomy during long-duration space missions.

Originally developed at NASA’s Ames Research Center, the Astrobee system has been operating aboard the ISS since 2019. Consisting of three free-flying robots—Bumble, Honey, and Queen—Astrobee was designed to support research, inspection, and crew assistance within the station’s microgravity environment.
In September 2025, Arkisys was awarded a Space Act Agreement to sustain and maintain Astrobee operations, with a view to expand their commercial utilization. This partnership with SpacePort Australia® represents a new phase in extending Astrobee’s capabilities into the domain of space-based healthcare.

“Expanding Astrobee into more advanced crew support roles is a natural evolution of the platform,” said David Barnhart, CEO of Arkisys. “As missions extend beyond low Earth orbit to commercial destinations, and future deep space exploration, enabling greater crew medical autonomy becomes essential. Healthcare is a critical component of that future.”
The collaboration leverages Australia’s leadership in remote telehealth, where medical professionals routinely operate with limited resources and distance constraints. Dr. Caswell, Director of SpacePort Australia and a practicing physician in rural Australia, brings direct experience in delivering care in challenging environments.

“Remote healthcare is fundamentally about doing more with less—limited tools, limited support, and high stakes,” said Dr. Caswell. “Those conditions closely mirror what future crews may face in space. By integrating telemedicine and rural and remote medical care concepts with Astrobee’s mobility, and sensing capabilities, we can begin to define how medical support evolves for long-duration missions.”

The joint effort will focus on evaluating how Astrobee can serve as a “robotic assistant” for in-space healthcare applications. Potential use cases under study include:

• Delivery of medical supplies within the ISS;
• Real-time video and diagnostic support for remote physicians;
• Integration of compact diagnostic sensors and monitoring tools;
• Assistance during medical procedures as an additional “set of eyes and hands.”

Advances in miniaturized medical technologies on Earth—combined with Astrobee’s telepresence, mobility, and autonomous capabilities—create a pathway toward adaptable, in-orbit healthcare support systems.

“Astrobee provides a unique, flight-proven platform to test how robotics can augment human capability in space,” Barnhart added. “This partnership allows us to take another practical step towards enabling sustainable human presence beyond Earth.”

Initial assessments are underway to define system requirements, data pathways, and integration approaches, with the intent to present and demonstrate early concepts and technology experiments on orbit in 2027. The teams intend to present ideas and concepts to NASA’s offices for Medical, Human Health and Performance, and Crew Safety to understand and maximize the utility of advancements that Astrobee’s can provide for future crew operations.

Find out more about the Astrobees visit: https://www.arkisys.com/astrobee

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About Arkisys:
Arkisys, Inc., is expanding access to long-duration platforms that accelerate technology readiness and validation for commercial, government, and academic organizations through its Port Architecture in orbit. As the commercial sustaining partner for NASA’s Astrobee system, Arkisys supports global customers in advancing technologies from ground testing to on-orbit operations. Arkisys works with system and subsystem providers to integrate their technology for early validation testing on Astrobee and then transition to full space qualification operation onto autonomous Port Modules, enabling innovation in components, payloads and new missions while capturing value across the rapidly growing on-orbit services market.
For more information, visit http://arkisys.com/

About SpacePort Australia®
SpacePort Australia® research is focused on biological solutions to space medicine issues, and advancing space access and applications from Australia. Including innovative approaches to remote operations, telemedicine, and future space-based infrastructure supporting human spa

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Space will ultimately be a commercial enterprise, it is important that others with ideas and solutions to the harshness of the space environment find a way to take their ideas and research into the space marketplace.  “Space”, she continued, “Is a global enterprise.  Australians, with all our inventiveness and problem solving skills, should take part, and encourage the next couple of generations to ‘think’ space.  As we transition from the Military Industrial Complex (MIC) to the Space Industrial Complex (SIC), what we have ‘down here’ we will want up there, and it has to be robust, repeatable and fixable.  The Moon is still (space speaking) in our backyard, Mars, not so much”.

Spaceport Australia’s active research, investigation and recruitment of partners has been global, with established ‘practitioner scholar’ projects looking to create medical and mental health diagnostic tools that can be used in space or any remote environment. Whether on the Moon, Mars or mining asteroids, there will be requirements for human habitation and health management.  Three factors:  Shelter, food and water security will be cardinal for any space venture. Technologies that maintain human health and protect humans from the space environment are matters of safety, practicality, and importantly, will allow viable, longer term independent missions past Low Earth Orbit (LEO).     Spaceport Australia recently released three projects for investment: Miento, Lunar Laptop Project and the Bioregenerative Space Habitat.  The much anticipated Hamilton Project will be released in the coming months.  In June 2025 Dr Caswell will be hosting an Australian led panel at the American Society of Aerospace Medicine www.asma.org, this panel is focussed on the human mircobiome in space, and regenerative life support systems.

Dr Gabrielle Caswell is finalist in the following Australian Space Award, 2025 categories:

• Executive of the Year;
• Female Space Leader of the Year – SME;
• Innovator of the Year;
• Mentor of the Year;
• Rising Star of the Year – SME. 

With predictions of space tourism and workforce, Dr Caswell is interested in the horizontal launch concepts, which she believes have the potential to be a more accessible for people to experience ‘space holidays’.  Horizontal launch entities are focussing on reusable space-planes, which will double time: human transportation and freight into space.

Space medicine, in all its forms from medicines and treatments to nutrition, is cardinal for human survival and success in the space environment.  “It’s an exciting time be involved in all areas of STEM (including E for empathy and M for medicine).  To think, you could be training to be a space pilot in the near future”, she said, “I would really encourage young people and young professionals to think how their studies can contribute to the space economy.  Things we don’t tend to think about, like space law, will be needed.  All Australians should take advantage of upcoming opportunities in the space sector”.

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Several of Dr Caswell’s projects have received international attention, leading to cooperative research initiatives in a number of jurisdictions, including Canada and the United States. “Space”, she advises, “Is an international profession, and depending on the development of a country’s industry, and the direction their government is taking, can shape professions,” continuing, she said,   “I feel very lucky that there has been an international appetite for space medicine, space health and human factors; it has become a priority for those countries seriously considering launching for Mars.  My diverse academic and clinical training is put to good use.”

Dr Caswell is a registered medical practitioner, and has training in several biological sciences,    her current focus is the human microbiome, space habitats, agriculture and nutrition.  Space medicine is a broad church focussing on keeping people healthy, and alive, in the space environment, despite many diverse physiological challenges.  Habitats, ecology, agriculture and nutrition, don’t seem to be related, until you research the human microbiome, which resides in two main habitats: the skin (including hair and appendages) and the gastrointestinal tract, both, she points out, are external to the human body.  “The human microbiome has been with us for an estimated 103,000 years, developing in synergy with the rise of modern humans. It’s a dynamic adaptive system, integrated with the human body on many levels, from nutrition, to micronutrients, to lung immunity to Vitamin D production.”  The organisms, cells, viruses and other organics that make up the human microbiome, like human cells, are influenced by microgravity.

In her view, space medicine encompasses all of which influence the human microbiome, and therefore human health.   In June 2025, at the Aerospace Medicine Society of America annual scientific meeting (www.asma.org) their teams collaborative panel, “Life Support Challenges for Exploration Class Space Missions:  Human Health and Survivability” has been accepted.  Dr Caswell points out, “With the current projections for travelling to Mars just a couple of years away, there is much work to be done.”

The AusSpace Awards ’25 are administered by the Australian Space Agency https://www.spaceconnectonline.com.au/ausspaceawards/.  Dr Caswell says, “There is a high calibre of individuals and companies in Australia whose science is contributing to the world space effort.  To be included in the same categories as these individuals is a fabulous win for independent researchers, and smaller self-funded operators.”

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The Compact is supported by leaders and institutions worldwide, including the Global Spaceport Alliance.  It provides a framework designed to safeguard the long-term sustainability of space for the benefit of humanity.  The Compact represents a commitment by the signatories to support the principles described in the Compact.

Dr Caswell said, “It was a privilege to support the Compact and its intent.  Space is the industry of the future; we will see many professions, skill bases and sectors likely to move into the ‘space industrial complex’ (SIC).  It’s important to reflect modern attitudes towards commerce, business operations, and good enterprise stewardship.”  She added that the Compact upholds to keep benefits to humanity as a focus.

Dr Caswell said, ‘Commercial space exploration is right around the corner, it should be appreciated that Australians have a culture of novel problem solving, and in my view this is a strength for space exploration”.  To meet its aim, Space Port Australia has a number of commercial and educational alliances within the Global South, EU and USA resident companies and organisations.  Dr Caswell’s research interests include space health, human factors, molecular and cellular biochemistry in microgravity and the human microbiome.

Dr Caswell’s describes space medicine as contributing to keeping people healthy and alive, in the space environment, despite many physiological challenges.  In her view this extends to habitat, agriculture and nutrition, all of which influence the human microbiome, and human health.   In June 2025, at the Aerospace Medicine Society of America annual scientific meeting (www.asma.org) their team’s collaborative panel, “Life Support Challenges for Exploration Class Space Missions:  Human Health and Survivability” has been accepted.  Dr Caswell points out, “With the current projections for travelling to Mars, just a couple of years away, there is much work to be done.”

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[1] Space Port Australia Pty Ltd www.spaceportaustralia.com.au was formalised in 2018 with the aim to develop technological and biological solutions to aid human exploration of space.  Areas of focus include: Biological (Human factors and Medical tools and diagnostics suitable to remote and isolated space situations).  Technological/electronic (Diagnostic and other tools suitable for the use in the space environment).  Psychological/community (Additive research into the psychological aspects of space exploration).

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Titans Space Development Corporation, Titans Space, US-based aerospace company, (Titans Space Industries www.titanspace.com), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Space Port Australia Pty Ltd, www.spaceportaustralia.com.au. This strategic partnership aims to explore potential locations in Australia for Titans Space’s development, manufacturing and launching of Titans Spaceplanes and crafts. Scouting suitable launch and landing sites has been the recent focus of Titans Space, with runway length capable of accommodating the innovative, reusable Titans Spaceplanes.

Dr. Caswell (an Australian Space Awards Finalist 2024) of Space Port Australia, acknowledged the project as being cardinal, “It’s amazing to think the future is here. Titans Space is an exciting start-up, with innovative concepts, reusable craft, with the potential of increasing Australia’s space craft operation. Space Port Australia’s expertise in space education, space health technology, and space medicine research is complementary.”

Space Port Australia, based in northern New South Wales, contributes considerable local knowledge of the Australian aviation scene to the project, Dr Caswell continued, “This partnership presents a significant opportunity to advance the Australian space industry, and engage contribution from NSW towards global space exploration”. Space Port Australia is committed to creating an integrated space facility which fosters innovation, industry, education and helps grow Australia’s place in the space sector.

Mr Lachman, founding CEO of Titans Space advised, “Australia had four active Space Shuttle landing sites during the height of that program, and in the modern era Australia has even more capability to accommodate large horizontal lift craft. Australia is well placed to service South East Asia, and those who wish to combine space tourism with tourism in Australia”. Mr Lachman added, “If Titans Spaceplanes can be successfully accommodated in Australia, there is potential to create high technology aerospace support and related careers”.

Titans Space is actively seeking suitable locations to expand its operations, whilst developing its Californian site.

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Contact Space Port Australia: contact@spaceportaustralia.com.au
Contact Titans Space Industries: Mr Marcus Beaufort marcus@titansspace.com

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