The program aims to raise the profile of female professionals and has already delivered media training to 270 people since its launch in 2017. It is backed by Defence, the Department of Science, and Google, and is overseen by Science & Technology Australia.

N95NA, or NASA5, touched down in Brisbane on Monday before flying out to Perth on Tuesday ahead of the launch on 11 January. The aircraft will watch the re-entry of the SpaceX Starship, which is expected to splash down off the coast of Western Australia.

The 24-year-old, identified as Suva farmer Ilaisa Tanoa Degei, fronted Nadi Magistrates Court on Monday. Tanoa Degei is alleged to have lured the woman into his car posing as a taxi driver, and has been charged with one count of rape and one of sexual assault.

The bodies of 67-year-old Mark White, chief flying instructor at Midcoast Microlights, and 69-year-old Simon Peutrill have been recovered after their Sting S4, registered 23-1677 (similar aircraft pictured), plunged into the ocean near Scotts Head in the Coffs Harbour area on Saturday afternoon.