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Australia's first qualified astronaut closer than ever to maiden space mission
Key takeaways
- Katherine Bennell-Pegg has been formally offered a place on a future European Space Agency mission.
- The European Space Agency has offered Australian Astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg a potential place in a future space mission that would take her to the International Space Station.
- The place is dependent on financial support being raised from private and public sources.
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Katherine Bennell-Pegg has been formally offered a place on a future European Space Agency mission. (ABC News: Jarrod Lucas)
The European Space Agency has offered Australian Astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg a potential place in a future space mission that would take her to the International Space Station.
The place is dependent on financial support being raised from private and public sources.
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