Astronaut Calls For British Mission To Mars

The first Briton in space has urged the government to continue funding human spaceflight so the Union Flag one day flies on Mars. Helen Sharman, who was part of a Russian mission 24 years ago, said it was "better late than never" for the UK to fund its own return to space. Dr Sharman, now a scientist at Imperial College London, told Sky News: "The rest of the world is getting on with human space flight.