Georgi Coddington is the Director of the ASTRA Program, a space education initiative established by the Australian Youth Aerospace Association (AYAA) in 2020. The program provides a platform for 36 tertiary students and young professionals to discuss issues pertaining to the growth of Australia’s space sector. Leading industry experts support participants from around Australia to write a co-authored white paper over the Australian summer period. Previous white paper topics have centred around critical space infrastructure, workforce diversity, regional space collaboration and earth observation. Georgi authored a paper on the program, speaking at the 2024 International Astronautical Congress in Milan, representing Australia as one of the AYAA’s 2024 Young Australian Space Leaders. As well as leading the program, she is currently working towards a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechatronics)/Mathematics and is also a TAFE student studying a Diploma of Project Management at RMIT University, Melbourne.