An explorer is going to be the first British born astronaut to travel in space and then go to the bottom of the planet’s deepest ocean.
Richard Garriott will become only the 14th person alive to go to the depths of the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean. A total of 5,000 people have climbed Mount Everest to reach the very top of the world– but so many fewer have gone to the bottom of the world.
And for Richard it will be an impressive “double” after he flew to the International Space Station in 2008. And when he travels down to the Mariana Trench he will be taking something very special with him – pictures drawn by the children of Daily Mirror readers.
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