A Russian rocket roared into space today in a burst of flame, launching the world’s third space tourist, US millionaire scientist Gregory Olsen, and a US-Russian crew on a two-day trip to the international space station.

TOURISTS inspired by the Discovery space mission can take advantage of a new holiday offer - a trip around the Moon - for $100 million (€81m).

Lottery players don’t want the moon and the stars – they just want the money, Florida officials decided as they rejected a proposal to offer spaceflight as a big prize.

The Northern Ireland Ombudsman hit back tonight over a demand for her resignation for ordering an inquiry into the police handling of Omagh bomb atrocity.