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Winnipeg Free Press
Stephanie Connell never grew out of her childhood dream of becoming an astronaut.
Stephanie Connell never grew out of her childhood dream of becoming an astronaut.
While the 29-year-old student has a long way to go before venturing into outer space, she came one step closer last week when the Perseverance rover landed on Mars. I was watching it from my living room, on my laptop … sweating, she recalls of the moments Thursday, leading up to the successful spacecraft parachute.
Connell, a fourth-year environmental sciences student, is part of the University of Winnipeg team at the Centre for Terrestrial and Planetary Exploration involved with NASA’s latest probe.