For as long as she can remember, Emerald Gaydon has set her eyes on the stars on her quest to become an astronaut. On a recent adventure to the Himalayas, she felt so close she could almost touch them.
The rising physics star and UQ Bachelor of Science (Physics) student embarked on a successful summit of Tsorku Peak in Nepal late last year with the National University of Singapore’s Mountaineering Club, while on student exchange as part of a Westpac Asian Exchange Scholarship.