How did
this Australian woman go
from the
suburbs to
mission control?
It's a long way
from the
suburbs of Adelaide, Australia to
mission control, but according to Andrea Boyd, it was as simple as scouring Europe's version of Seek.com.
Boyd **w lives in Cologne, Germany working with the European Space Agency (ESA) and is the only
Australian working as a flight controller for the International Space Station (ISS). *
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In Sydney to promote the new film
Barbie: Starlight Adventure, in which Barbie travels space to save the stars, Boyd wants to spread the message that any young
Australian can follow in her footsteps. Hell, even Barbie's going to space **w.
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