Five things we learned talking to Australia's first female astronaut

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Meet Katherine Bennell-Pegg, Australia's First Female Astronaut

As a child, Katherine had a dream to go to space. Harbouring a natural curiosity about the stars and night sky, it was a dream she refused to ...

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Ngalang Koort Conversations: Katherine Bennell-Pegg

In April of this year, she made history by becoming the first qualified astronaut under the Australian flag! Now back at the Australian Space ...

Australian astronaut hails increase in space opportunities

“It's often said that the first person on Mars is in a classroom today, and that may be in an Australian classroom,” she said. “I'm so excited ...

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Jessica Watson OAM - The Australian Museum

Perhaps it was because someone so young was setting off alone on what many considered to be the Everest of sailing. The naysayers became even more strident when ...

Meet the first astronaut to represent Australia: Katherine Bennell-Pegg

“Without a phone or even a watch, once I'd set things up, there was nothing to do but look up and be mesmerised by the same stars that had ...

Australia's first female astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg - LinkedIn

It's a huge honour to have just graduated as an Australian astronaut. I stand on the shoulders of giants here. When I grew up, I looked up to ...

Meet Katherine Bennell-Pegg, Australia's first astronaut

“I hope my training and whatever comes next helps unlock the path for more Australians to become involved in human spaceflight.” In a picture on ...

Next Gen Inspired by Australia's First Female Astronaut | Mirage News

"We went to the careers expo last year and the Australian Space Agency was there. I didn't even know we had a space agency." The World Science ...

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"To be an astronaut, better yet, an Australian astronaut is the culmination of a childhood dream and the amalgamation of my more adult dream ...

'The Six' author Loren Grush: First female astronauts set example for ...

One thing I talked about with [first female space shuttle pilot and commander] Eileen Collins for the book is that when she came on board, she ...

Katherine Bennell-Pegg is Australia's first official astronaut

“I knew it academically, but I didn't have the next level of deep understanding and we learned about why the unique environment of microgravity ...

Launching from the Beaches into space - Northside Living

“Growing up, I knew that there was no Australian astronaut program and no mature satellite development industry in Australia,” she explains. “I ...

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Katherine Johnson Biography - NASA

It was the first time a woman in the Flight Research Division had ... “If she says they're good,'” Katherine Johnson remembers the astronaut ...