Ex-Miss England aims for the stars

Jessica plans to boost STEM learning

- BY ED CHATTERTON

MEET the three Miss England finalists who are all rocket scientists - one of them from Skelmersdale - bidding to become the first beauty queens to travel to outer space after being inspired by the Artemis mission.

Maleha Khan, Jessica Gagen and Maroon Rahman say they all want to inspire other women into STEM subjects after 'breaking down pageantry stereotypes' through their own careers.

And they believe the next giant leap for womankind might just come from a beauty queen after seeing the NASA programme which has broke records and captivated people the world over.

NASA's Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman and Christina Koch, as well as Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, have splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean after returning to the moon.