British-born Astronaut aboard Shuttle

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It has been an iconic sight for decades, but today a Nasa space shuttle blasted into the night sky for the last time - with a British-born astronaut on board.

There are just four more shuttle missions scheduled this year before the famous ships are retired.

Source: Nico Hines Times Online

The Space Shuttles are to be retired this year, so only four more missions to go.

 

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8059999.stm

It's ground control to Major Tim



Shame he was not called Tom

Of course the first brit into space was a tyke

"Sheffield-born chemist Helen Sharman was the first Briton to actually make it into orbit in 1991 after securing private funding to fly to the Mir space station on a Russian Soyuz craft."