The artistic astronaut inspiring the next generation

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Astronaut Frank Rubio has already spent longer in space than any Nasa astronaut before him. And this time next week, he'll have spent exactly a year up there after his stay had to be extended following a technical problem. So is Frank likely to be get bored of the sight of the Earth from orbit? Newsday asked Nicole Stott - a former Nasa astronaut who was the first person to paint a watercolour in space and is behind an art project aiming to get children more interested in the industry. She also explained the challenges of painting in zero gravity: "Everything's floaty - you're floating so you have to kind of configure yourself, the water's floating so you're dipping your brush into floating balls of water versus into a cup; and I wish I would have videotaped it." (Pic: Nicole Stott; Credit: Nicole Stott)