Congrats to the First Brit in space!
J.K. Leon...
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he's not of course - only the first one the Govt paid for
To date, six
British-born astronauts and one
non-British born UK citizen have flown in space:
Helen Sharman went up in May 1991 - a mere 24 years ago..............
As of November 2015, people from
40 countries have traveled in space.
540 people have reached Earth orbit. 543 have reached the altitude of space according to the FAI definition of the boundary of space, and 549 people have reached the altitude of space according to the American definition. Only 24 people have
traveled beyond low Earth orbit.
Of the 37 countries whose citizens have traveled into Earth orbit, 26 have only flown a single space traveler, and 3 others have only flown 2 each.
Over 94% of all space travelers have been contributed by the following eight nations:
USA 335
Russia 117
Germany 11
China 10
japan 10
Canada 9
France 9
Italy 7
The rest 32