Maths whizz Carol Vorderman has passed on her bright spark to her astronaut daughter, Dr. Katie King, who has won an award for her revolutionary space enterprise.
The 32-year-old nanotech specialist prepared to travel to space last year and has since continued to work on cancer treatment breakthroughs in space.
As outlandish as it seems, Katie’s firm, Bio Orbit, plans to build a pharmaceutical plant in space within the next ten years.
Now, the Countdown star has revealed that her daughter has won the Innovator of the Year title for her outstanding efforts.
Carol shared snaps of the award ceremony on X and wrote: ‘Proud mum moment ❤️My daughter, nanotech scientist, Dr Katie King Ph.D founded a space company Bio Orbit last yr, part sponsored by European Space Agency.
‘She has just won INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD at @everywomanUK.’
Explaining the sophisticated technology, the 63-year-old celebrity stated: “By taking certain cancer drugs to space, the perfect crystallisation of proteins in microgravity will allow patients to inject under the skin instead of going into the hospital for chemo.”
‘First process trial… in space…coming soon.’
Clearly proud of Katie, Carol then joked: ‘I’ll be going to that rocket launch for sure!!!’
The two are extremely close, with the television great travelling to Spain with her daughter to assist her astronaut training.
She released a video of Katie arriving at Astroland in Cantabria, an aeronautical start-up that serves as a research organisation for future living possibilities on the red planet.
Katie kept her fans informed with photos of herself in a space suit and enjoying her final supper ‘on earth’ before entering the zero-gravity simulation.
Carol and her ex-husband Patrick King have two children: the scientist and Cameron, a 27-year-old son.
Cameron, who has severe dyslexia, has long advocated for increased help in schools for children with exceptional educational needs.
She previously told: ‘If a child has special educational needs, like my son did, he was off the scale dyslexic, he was in special school for about five years in the end.
‘Sadly, there is not much support for them. Budgets have been cut in local authorities. Some people are waiting for years for that educational psychiatrist test. It’s not a good place at all at the moment.
‘I can only see it getting worse right now. They end up being the forgotten ones sadly.’
