Parliament's saltire returns from space
21 March 2007
On Wednesday 21 March NASA astronaut Nick Patrick returned to Holyrood a Scottish Parliament saltire flag he took on his inaugural mission into space.
Mr Patrick was assisted by 16-year-old Katie McGoohan, of Wester Hailes Community School in Edinburgh. Katie visited the NASA space centre in Houston as part of the Careers Scotland Space School programme.
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The British-born astronaut, whose mother is from Skye, took the flag on a 12-day construction and logistics mission to the International Space Station in December.
Presiding Officer George Reid received the flag from Nick Patrick on behalf of the Parliament, along with a collage featuring NASA emblem badges and images of the shuttle crew and the spacecraft in orbit. |
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For further information, the media contact is :
Elaine Mitchell: 0131 348 6245
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E-mail: elaine.mitchell@scottish.parliament.uk
For photography queries contact: photography@scottish.parliament.uk |
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