British astronauts

British astronauts

To date, five British-born astronauts have flown in outer space:

In addition, Anthony Llewellyn (born 1933, Cardiff, Wales, UK) was selected as a scientist-astronaut by NASA in August 1967 but he resigned in September 1968 having never flown in space.

ee also

* British space programme (British astronauts)

*Timeline of space travel by nationality

*List of space travelers by nationality

*British National Space Centre

*National Space Centre (Leicester)

*List of astronauts by name

*List of space travelers by name

*List of human spaceflights

*Astronaut

*Astronaut Hall of Fame


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