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Meet Katherine Bennell-Pegg: Soon to be Australia’s first astronaut
From flying lessons at the Bankstown, Sydney airport, to astronaut training in Germany, to the moon. 39-year-old Bennel-Pegg is a champion of girls and women in STEM and reaching for both the International Space Station, and the stars