The New Zealand Space Agency issues permits and licences for payloads, launch activities, launch facilities, and high-altitude vehicles.

Dawn Aerospace is a NZ registered company pushing the boundaries of space technology and engineering in green satellite propulsion, suborbital launch vehicles and novel orbital launch systems. Read more about their innovation successes in our guest article written by Kiwi Co-founder, James Powell.

Andrea Bubendorfer is a Principal Research Scientist and Microfabrication Team Leader at Callaghan Innovation. Her team’s MicroMaker project: scalable, rapid-printing technology that creates tiny devices, opens the way for New Zealand companies to take the lead in a multi-billion dollar global industry.

Robin McNeill, Space Operations Manager at Southland’s Awarua Satellite Ground Station (SGS) heads Great South’s space programme. He was born between the launch of Sputnik and Gagarin’s first space flight and believes that starting life between these momentous events meant he was always going to take an interest in space.

The New Zealand space industry is taking off in a massive way, but to be the brightest star in the NZ$647 billion global space economy we need skilled workers. Te Pūnaha Ātea – Space Institute, at the University of Auckland is helping to address that need by offering courses that will shape New Zealand’s next generation of space scientists and engineers.

Set up in 2016, the New Zealand Space Agency is the lead government agency for space policy, regulation and sector development.

A further 3 students from the same round were chosen for the Autumn NASA Internship period from September to December 2019, and given prestigious New Zealand Space Scholarships to attend. Follow the video journeys of their unique projects and experiences there.