Astronaut Is Over The Moon ..Just Not About The Football

Virgin space Brit on his historic day

- Christopher Bucktin

Britain’s newest astronaut came back to Earth with a bump, by watching England crash and burn in the Euros.

Just hours after landing aboard Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic spacecraft, engineer Colin Bennett joined the Daily Mirror for a well-earned celebratory drink and to see the game.

He had helped make history by taking the VSS Unity 53.3 miles above the Earth’s surface.

And he was hoping the Three Lions would also write their names in the record books.

The dad-of-one even had the message: “It’s Coming Home” on the sleeve of his flight suit.

Despite being disappointed by England’s loss on penalties to Italy, Bennett said it could not take away from “one of the greatest days of life”.

The Liverpool fan said: “Although we just failed to bring the Euros trophy home, we made history in other ways.