Katherine Bennell Pegg

Katherine bennell-pegg (born 1984 or 1985) is an australian space engineer and qualified astronaut, although she has not as yet flown in space. Katherine becomes the first person qualified as an astronaut under the australian flag. In april 2024, after graduating from the european space agency’s astronaut training program, katherine became.

1 day agokatherine bennell-pegg has been named 2026 australian of the year for making history as the first australian to qualify as an astronaut under the nation's space program. 2 hours agokatherine bennell-pegg has been named australian of the year for 2026. Katherine bennell-pegg is making history as the first australian to qualify as an astronaut under australia’s space program, opening pathways for others to follow.

Katherine bennell-pegg is the first professional astronaut to represent australia and remains the only australian woman to have ever qualified as a professional astronaut. Katherine works for the australian space agency, where she has contributed to growing australia's space capability as technical lead on scoping the nation's first moon rover mission, developing plans. May 10, 2024after 13 months of rigorous training, mastering spacewalking, spacecraft systems, robotics, flight engineering and sea survival, katherine bennell-pegg now holds the distinction of.

15 hours agoastronaut, stem ambassador and history maker katherine bennell-pegg has been crowned as australian of the year for 2026.