It was one small step for the Invercargill community, one giant leap for a 12-year-old school pupil in the city yesterday. Southland Girls’ High School pupil Sophie Ineson has been campaigning to get more women involved in the space industry — starting with her own schoolmates. Southland Girls’ High School pupil Sophie Ineson (12) hosted US embassy Charge d’Affairs Kevin Covert during his visit to her school to discuss better pathways for women into the space industry. "It is very exciting because when I came back from my Nasa Trip [in 2018] I was telling them everything and they did not know anything about the space industry or females in the space industry. "I think young women can do anything they set their minds to and it is fantastic to see them just go ahead and take that on."

Source: Otago Daily Times February 24, 2021 15:33 UTC