This is one of those collisions of the two major aspects of my life – space and Tudor history – that I didn’t quite expect. Pretty cool!
News release from the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard website:
During their visit to Portsmouth, the Atlantis Space Shuttle crew were presented with a piece of the Mary Rose, the flagship of King Henry VIII, with a view to sending it up to space on a future mission.
The presentation took place at a gala dinner Sunday 27th June, on board HMS Warrior 1860, another ship that accompanies the Mary Rose at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.
And I thought this was an interesting tidbit:
This won
