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Dr Sarah Pearce
Director of Astronomy and Space Science, CSIRO
In her current role at the CSIRO, Sarah leads the national science agency’s space program.
Ben Tran
Developer, space tech start-up
Ben Tran is a front-end developer at satellite tech startup, Myriota.
Monique Hollick
Space Systems Engineer, DST
Monique and her team design daily mission plans, check the health and performance of satellites and conduct maintenance on ground stations.
Kirsten Banks
Astrophysicist and science communicator
Kirsten Banks is bringing Aboriginal astronomy, Indigenous and Western science to the masses as a budding astrophysicist and science communicator at UNSW.
Professor Tara Murphy
Astrophysicist
Astrophysics Professor Tara Murphy has made some interesting discoveries in her career at the University of Sydney, like radio signals from space that were created 130-million light years away!
Beth Jens
NASA engineer
NASA Engineer Dr Elizabeth (Beth) Jens is making interplanetary travel a real thing!
Miss Aerospace
Aerospace Engineer
Marielle of Miss Aerospace is becoming the female engineering role model she never had.
Karen Willcox
Aerospace engineer
Several trips on the 'vomit comet' made Karen Willcox determined to be the best aerospace engineer.
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