TEABBA's Space Visit

In November TEABBA had a visit from the Australian Space Agency, with special guest, Australian Astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg. TEABBA was the first stop of her Top End tour. In collaboration with the Australian Space Agency, TEABBA opened its doors to the public to come to meet Katherine and hear her journey to become an astronaut. Firstly, she acknowledged her appreciation to be welcomed to Country by Mary Williams for and on behalf of the Larrakia People. 

TEABBA’s John Pearce-Scharnberg anchored the discussion, asking all the questions that everyone was keen to hear her explain. Katherine told of her dreams and wishes as a small child to become an astronaut and go into space. She shared her challenges with us about how she had to navigate through intense training, whilst being a wife and a mother, and being away from her family and living in different parts of the world to learn different skills and languages to be able to communicate with multi nationalities that crewed the space station. 



Overall, everyone was in complete awe of this incredible lady, as to how someone so committed to be reaching for the stars, was so down to earth, and approachable. Everyone enjoyed having lunch with her, taking selfies and having a few minutes to have their private chats with Katherine.

TEABBA, sincerely appreciates Katherine for her time, and congratulates her on her remarkable achievements. Including recently being named as Person of the Year SAlife.