Great to hear we have a Brit - Dr Rosemary Coogan on an ESA training programme to go to the International Space Station. Following in the footsteps of Helen Sharman. So inspiring when she won the dream ticket in a competition while working for the confectioner Mars. #openingitupforothers

The great draw of new frontiers. I detected awe and felt a wonder at the almost incomprehensible babble emitting from the capsule. So incomprehensibly extraordinary to see the moon from that perspective, the absolute blackness - nothing, and eternity of stars. This is a dream for so many.