Small step for man, giant leap for Saltburn (From The Northern Echo)

Small step for man, giant leap for Saltburn

8:52am Tuesday 9th February 2010 in

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THE US space shuttle Endeavour blasted off on one of its last scheduled missions yesterday.

Endeavour, with six crew members on board including Dr Nicholas Patrick – originally from Saltburn, east Cleveland – took off in darkness from Cape Canaveral at 9.14am GMT.

Dr Patrick, 45, is part of a team that will spend 13 days working on the International Space Station.

Married with three children, Dr Patrick lives in Connecticut. He became a US citizen in 1994.