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The Happy Pod: The Aussie astronaut reaching for the moon

Katherine Bennell-Pegg, Australia's first official astronaut, urges children to dream big and go for it.

Katherine Bennell-Pegg, Australia's first official astronaut, has beaten the odds to fulfil her childhood astronaut dream. After 13 months of extreme training, Katherine qualified with the European Space Agency earlier this year as the first astronaut to officially represent Australia.

Also, the photography camp in Belize which is giving children a new skill; and meet Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo who has gone viral.

(Photo: Katherine Bennell-Pegg, Australia's first official astronaut. Credit: EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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Thu 19 Sep 2024 23:32GMT

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