Tuesday, 8. October 2002
Topic: - on October 8, 2002 at 7:51:09 PM CEST
Blast-off for third British astronaut
British-born astronaut Piers Sellers has become the third person from the UK to go into space. Dr Sellers, 47, originally from Crowborough in East Sussex, is one of six astronauts on board the US space agency (Nasa) shuttle Atlantis heading for the International Space Station (ISS).
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