Mars mission
A SPACE rocket will carry the name of the Shrewsbury & Newport Canals Trust when it blasts off on a 35.8-million-mile mission to Mars next month. The trust’s name is one of more than 10 million etched on chips attached to a plate on spacecraft Perseverance. Trust chairman Bernie Jones said: “While our name is heading to Mars we are on a mission of our own.” This is to complete the journey of two working boats, Bainton and Berkhamsted – which were given to the trust earlier this year – to Norbury Junction for restoration.