Astronaut waits for space return
His love of exploration took him from North Yorkshire to America but astronaut Dr Nicholas Patrick's dream of a walkabout in space had to be put on hold yesterday after Nasa suspended plans for the launch of space shuttle Endeavour because of poor weather.
Dr Patrick, originally from Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire, was due to blast off from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 9.40am UK time yesterday but the conditions led launch managers to call it all off, with just nine minutes left in the countdown.
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Dr Patrick, 45, is part of a team that will spend 13 days at the International Space Station.
He has already logged 308 hours in space.
In 2006 he was part of a seven-member Discovery crew that spent 12 days at the Space Station.
Married with three children, Dr Patrick now lives in Connecticut.