Briton in one of US space shuttle Endeavour's final missions
A British-born astronaut blasted off into space today on one of US shuttle Endeavour's last missions.
Dr Nicholas Patrick took off with five other crew members from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.
Dr Patrick, 45, originally from Saltburn in North Yorkshire, will spend 13 days working on the International Space Station.
The mission launch was delayed yesterday by low cloud. Only four more shuttle flights are scheduled.
Dr Patrick has already spent 308 hours in space and in 2006 was one of seven astronauts on a 12-day mission to the International Space Station. He is married with three children and lives in Connecticut.
He became a US citizen in 1994 but said he dreamed of becoming an astronaut while walking on the Yorkshire moors as a child.
