Katherine Bennell-Pegg: Australia’s first female astronaut sets her sights on the stars

Katherine Bennell-Pegg is The Right Stuff. As smart and daring as the Mercury astronauts celebrated in the Oscar-winning 1983 movie, Ms Bennell-Pegg has qualified as Australia’s first female astronaut.

The only thing now separating her from the stars is a mission to fire her into space.

Ms…